The Aster DEX and Lighter have been gaining ground in the decentralized perpetual futures (perps) DEX market that Hyperliquid has long been the dominant player, often capturing over 50% of open interest and generating massive revenues through its Layer 1 blockchain. The Aster DEX has enjoyed a surge in trading volume thanks to various factors, […]

As the crypto market starts looking beyond current volatility and towards a more fundamental long-term strategy, increasingly, investors are looking to pinpoint the best crypto to buy in preparation for a further massive growth cycle, due to materialize through 2026 and beyond. Investors are entering the market, looking for projects that are a cut above […]

Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) announced plans to introduce generative AI for customized tax consultations trained on laws, precedents, and rulings.

Klarna partnered with Coinbase to tap USDC-based capital from institutional investors. The payment and zero-interest loan service branched into crypto, also planning to launch a native stablecoin in 2026.

As Bitcoin grows as a macro asset in the global market, long-term forecasts for the value of BTC are increasingly trending toward steady and more passive levels of increasing value rather than hyperbolic expansion. While this is great for Bitcoin’s status as digital gold, it has led investors to seek out greater levels of value […]

Ethereum (ETH) posted a 5% gain on Friday, reversing losses from its post-CPI volatile move.

Silver pushed to a fresh record on Friday as buyers kept loading up and supply stayed tight. Spot prices moved up 2.3% to $69.6/oz, locking in a weekly jump of 8.1% after hitting $67.20 earlier in the session. The move capped a wild year where silver climbed 132%, far ahead of gold’s 65% rise. Cryptopolitan […]

The executive power in Russia is ready to begin making budget payments in the digital ruble as early as this year, the finance ministry announced. The full-scale launch of the state-issued coin is slated to begin in the second half of next year, but the authorities in Moscow intend to start using it sooner. Russian […]

MANTRA and cryptocurrency exchange OKX have exchanged formal letters that signal a potential easing of tensions roughly one week following their public sparring over the migration of OM tokens.  In an open letter posted on X on December 19, MANTRA CEO John Patrick Mullin proposed handling the migration manually “for maximum safety and assurance that […]

In a move that is sending ripples through the RWA ecosystem, one of Conflux’s founders, Yuanjie Zhang, who goes by Forgivenever on X and serves as a key ecosystem promoter — think Mert Mumtaz but for Conflux and RWAs — has publicly called out the RWA analytics platform RWA.xyz.  His statement is coming at a […]

Capital is increasingly flowing toward early-stage crypto projects that show clear traction, real utility, and accelerating demand. Mutuum Finance (MUTM) is quickly rising to the top of that list. As one of the most closely watched presale tokens in the market, MUTM is now nearing $20 million in total funding, with Phase 6 of its […]

RIVN traded above $22, breaking out to a new 12-month high.

SWIFT, a global payments giant, has made progress on integrating a blockchain-based ledger into its payment network. According to the announcement, it has collaborated with global banks to design features like real-time transaction validation and smart contract enforcement for tokenized assets. In an interview, Thierry Chilosi, our Chief Business Officer, stated, “We Swift, will take […]

During the late stages of market development, growth is apparent in most cases before it becomes vociferous. Allocation tightens. Participation rises. Price movement indicates gradual demand and not imminent upsurge. That is now evident about one new cryptocurrency that has traversed through 2025 with steady improvements. Now that Phase 6 is going into full production, […]

Crypto hedge funds came into 2025 expecting new regulations and support from the White House under President Donald Trump, and billions flowing in from institutions. None of that helped the market though. Bitcoin punished almost every strategy that aimed to profit from big price swings. Directional crypto funds ended November down 2.5%, putting them on […]

Japanese Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet has announced plans to start a sponsored Level I ADR program to attract U.S. OTC (over-the-counter) investors.

Hyundai Group’s headquarters in Seoul has received a threatening email demanding 13 Bitcoins. The email stated that if the demand were not met, there would be an explosion at the Jongno District building and other facilities. According to South Korea’s police, they received a report about a threat email stating, “If you do not give […]

U.S. households still aren’t buying the “soft landing” story. In December, consumer sentiment rose, but not by much, and still came in lower than expected. The University of Michigan’s sentiment index inched up to 52.9, just a 1.9-point rise from November. That was short of the 53.5 median forecast from economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Basically, […]

The Russian government has come up with a plan to bring more of the country’s economy out of the shadows and legalizing crypto is listed as a priority. President Putin recently urged the executive power to speed up its implementation, including measures to curb the widespread illegal minting of digital currencies. Moscow moves to clean […]

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 0.75%, pushing borrowing costs to their highest level since 1995.

Ripple has recently found itself back in the news due to the effects XRP’s performance is having on near-term market sentiment in the cryptocurrency markets as a whole. Price performance below a key technical level has led to questions concerning the appropriateness of holding XRP or whether the money should be moved elsewhere. At the […]

Geneva, Switzerland, December 19, 2025 – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today announced the integration of TRON with Base, an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Coinbase. Enabled by LayerZero, the integration allows TRX, TRON’s native utility token, to be […]

Arthur Hayes says the old Bitcoin clock no longer matters. He says liquidity now runs everything. He ties Bitcoin’s future to how quickly dollars are created and how discreetly that creation is sold to the public. In his latest essay, Arthur frames money printing as a language game run by politicians and central bankers, where […]

Federal Reserve governor Chris Waller walked out of the president’s residence knowing the job was not his. He felt it the moment the meeting ended. He had just finished what officials later called a “strong interview” with President Donald Trump for the Federal Reserve chair role. The talk focused on the labor market, slow hiring, […]

Dogecoin (DOGE) is edging higher, trading above $0.1300 at the time of writing on Friday, reflecting positive sentiment across the cryptocurrency market.

A fire emoji from Elon Musk has sent Russell, a cryptocurrency token inspired by the Coinbase co-founder’s pet dog up by more than 240% in 24 hours. The chain of events started after Brian Armstrong, CEO and co-founder of Coinbase, posted a family picture that included him, his wife, and their white Akita Inu pet […]

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