Ethereum in 2026: Glamsterdam and Hegota forks, L1 scaling and more
The coming year will see perfect parallel processing, big increases in the gas limit and number of data blobs, and 10% of Ethereum’s network switching to ZK.
CZ proposes fix to address poisoning after investor loses $50M
Zhao urged the blockchain industry to adopt new security measures, including scam address blacklist, after an investor lost $50 million to an address poisoning scheme.
Crypto derivatives volume explode to $86T in 2025, averaging $265B per day
Crypto derivatives trading surged to $86 trillion in 2025, averaging $265 billion per day, as Binance captured almost 30% of global volume, CoinGlass reported.
NFT collections get no Santa rally as market hits 2025 lows
Market data showed shrinking participation across NFTs, with fewer buyers, sellers and transactions signaling fading speculative interest.
Bitcoin ETFs lose $825M in five days as US becomes ‘biggest seller’ of BTC
Bitcoin ETF performance remained negative on Christmas Eve as a short final US trading session produced another $175 million in net outflows.
Bitcoiners bullish over Elon Musk tipping ‘double-digit’ economic growth
Elon Musk added that “triple-digit” economic growth could even be possible by 2030; however, some Bitcoiners worry about a 2026 bear market.
Social engineering cost crypto billions in 2025: How to protect yourself
Crypto hackers took social engineering to a whole other level this year, and advances in artificial intelligence mean scams are about to get even harder to detect.
Crypto saw record $8.6B in deals in 2025 with growth under Trump: FT
The number of crypto deals reportedly skyrocketed this year and hit a record total value of $8.6 billion, led by Coinbase’s record-breaking acquisition of Deribit.
Polymarket says third-party provider caused reported account breaches
Some Polymarket users reported that their accounts had been breached and drained, which the prediction market blamed on a third-party provider.
Tokenization has moved past money only meaning fiat: Kraken exec
Blockchain tokenization is radically expanding the definition of money, enabling anyone to trade, save and spend in virtually any asset they like, says Kraken’s Mark Greenberg.