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.
Solana and Ethereum can coexist in tokenization race: Dragonfly VC
Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick says “there’s a lot of room” in crypto for more than one blockchain as networks race to win market share of tokenized assets.
From stablecoins to incumbents, VCs map crypto value in 2025
Venture partners such as Pantera, Hash3 and Variant look back on a year of regulatory shifts and uneven markets, outlining crypto’s biggest winners and losers in 2025.
Binance lists som-pegged stablecoin as Kyrgyzstan deepens crypto push
The listing follows Kyrgyzstan’s passage of crypto legislation, the launch of a new US dollar–pegged stablecoin backed by physical gold, and plans to build a national crypto reserve.
Crypto heads into 2026 with privacy, decentralized identity on the line
As crypto, governments and Big Tech converge on digital identity, selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs are emerging as a privacy-first alternative to surveillance systems.