Authorities released a report revealing 14,000 illegal bitcoin miners siphoned electricity from the national grid worth $1.1 billion since 2020.
The latest on-chain data reveals a striking divergence between whale and retail behaviour during Bitcoin’s recent correction, suggesting that smart money may be positioning for the next major move. While BTC’s pullback from its $126,000 high has unsettled retail traders, large holders appear to be buying aggressively—a pattern historically linked to early-stage trend reversals. Whale …
The XRP price action is now showing signs of resilience as it coils tightly around a key support level, fighting against further downside pressure. Despite recent pressure across the broader crypto landscape, XRP has repeatedly held this level. With bearish momentum fading and volatility compressing, it could be preparing for a potential reversal. Support Cluster Shows Strength As XRP Holds Its Ground XRP is reaching a point where it refuses to go any lower. Crypto analyst Henry has noted on X that the token is whispering loudly right now, showing strength exactly where it matters, and rising clearly from its trendline support after days of bleeding. Related Reading: XRP Shows Unusual Market Behavior as Traders Weigh Fresh Bullish Signals for December This level has been tested, rejected, and respected with precision, but this bounce feels different as the structure looks cleaner, the moment feels calmer, and the overall price action seems controlled. Whether it breaks out this time or not, the setup is undeniably shifting fast. Adding to the momentum narrative, Bloomberg reports that $11 trillion asset manager Vanguard will begin to allow clients to access their XRP ETFs starting from tomorrow. Meanwhile, the US spot crypto ETF flows on December 1st came in at a solid $90+ million. As a result of the setup, Henry has suggested that the next major target sits around $2.20 region if the market confirms the move. An inverted look at the XRP chart over the last six weeks reveals a textbook 3-drive pattern, a formation that has constantly preceded major reversal events in crypto. According to Dom, the translation into a higher low has finally formed, which hints at the first sign that a trend change could be developing. However, bulls need to regain the monthly RVWAP around the $2.22 region, and holding above this area would mark a significant shift in structure, opening the door for a continuation rally towards the $2.50 range. The order books are clear enough that, if momentum is going to flip, this is the time. If this price setup fails to hold this structure and slips back below $2.00, Don warns that the end of the year could turn less favorable. Why Exchange Balance Is The Ultimate Supply Metric The Co-founder of Tedlabsio, trader and investor Niels, pointed out that XRP has just flashed one of the strongest bullish signals seen in the current market cycle. Over the past two months, roughly 45% of the XRP supply held on exchanges has been withdrawn and moved off trading platforms. Related Reading: What The Rapid XRP Outlfows From Crypto Exchanges Mean For The Price A drop in exchange supply this sharp only happens when the smart money is accumulating heavily. When the supply available on the exchange reduces, the selling pressure reduces, and this is how big moves begin. Niels believes that XRP is entering that phase where most people haven’t noticed yet. Featured image from Pexels, chart from Tradingview.com
Developed by Interop Labs, AgentFlux lets financial firms deploy “agentic” automation without sending sensitive information to external infrastructure.
With v3, the team says that about 85% of market orders will fill in under half a second, and liquidity will deepen enough to bring slippage on larger trades down to around 0.02%.
What to Know: With improving macro and declining $BTC dominance, altcoins with clear narratives, liquidity, and real ecosystems look best placed for 2026 rotations. Altcoins stand to boom if the risk-on rotation comes to fruition in early 2026. Bitcoin Hyper brings SVM‑powered smart contracts and low‑latency execution to Bitcoin, targeting real DeFi and payments usage on BTC collateral. Maxi Doge channels 1000x trader culture into a meme token with future competitions, dynamic staking, and a treasury backing future partnerships. Is liquidity about to flip? Bitcoin dominance has started to leak lower, even as spot ETF flows stabilize and macro data quietly improves. With global PMI readings ticking back into expansion and traders increasingly pricing an eventual end to quantitative tightening, we’re seeing the first ingredients for a proper ‘risk‑on’ rotation in 2026. If that shift accelerates, capital typically moves in stages: Stage 1: Bitcoin – The cycle begins here. Capital flows into the market leader first as the safest entry point during a shift.Stage 2: Large Caps – Money rotates from $BTC into established, high-valuation cryptocurrencies (typically assets like Ethereum or Solana).Stage 3: High-Conviction Altcoins – Capital moves to mid-cap assets, but strictly those meeting specific quality criteria: Actual user bases. Clear, understandable narratives. Sufficient liquidity to support significant investment. Stage 4: Low-Float / Story-Driven Names – This is the speculative phase where prices go ‘vertical.’ However, there are some critical conditions for longevity here: Requirement: Must be backed by real infrastructure and legitimate community culture. Warning: Projects relying solely on ‘memes and promises’ without substance generally struggle to maintain their value. Then, to top it off, crypto analysts like Shanaka Perera on X say the altcoin resurrection is coming, and watching key information will be the biggest indicator as to when. That’s why the most interesting plays now are assets sitting at the intersection of structural demand and narrative readiness: Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER), Maxi Doge ($MAXI), and Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) all do exactly that, making them the best altcoins to buy. 1. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER): First Bitcoin Layer 2 With SVM Firepower Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) positions itself as the first-ever Bitcoin Layer 2 with Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) integration, essentially grafting Solana‑style performance onto Bitcoin’s settlement layer. Instead of trying to redo Bitcoin, it uses a modular design: Bitcoin L1 for finality and a real‑time SVM L2 for high‑throughput execution anchored back to mainnet. On the technical side, $HYPER runs a low‑latency execution environment using the SVM, enabling sub‑second confirmation times and high TPS for smart contracts. A decentralized Canonical Bridge lets you move $BTC into wrapped representations on L2, where fees drop to cents, and complex transactions become economically viable. That unlocks a full DeFi and dApp stack denominated in $BTC: high‑speed payments, AMM swaps, lending markets, staking protocols, NFTs, and even gaming. It’s all built with familiar Rust tooling and SPL‑style tokens modified for this L2. For a full project breakdown, check out our ‘What is Bitcoin Hyper’ guide. For developers, it’s essentially Solana‑grade UX with Bitcoin security and demand as the underlying collateral base. Crucially, the market is already responding. The Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) presale has raised over $28.9M with tokens priced at $0.013375, signaling deep early liquidity and conviction at the infrastructure layer. With dynamic staking rewards currently at 40% you can make your money work for you without any extra effort. Smart money is also moving. Whale buys have hit highs of $500K, showing big money is getting in early. Join the $HYPER presale today. 2. Maxi Doge ($MAXI): Meme Liquidity for 1000x Trader Culture Maxi Doge ($MAXI) is the pure sentiment play on speculative energy. Branded as a 240‑lb canine juggernaut embodying the 1000x leverage trading mentality, $MAXI wraps degen culture into a meme token built around competition, leaderboards, and shared upside through its community treasury. Instead of being ‘just a dog coin,’ Maxi Doge leans into a ‘Leverage King’ identity. Future holder‑only trading competitions, on‑chain leaderboards, and reward pools are designed to keep activity around the token, giving it a narrative hook during risk‑on rotations when gamblers return in force. The presale numbers already show meaningful traction: over $4.2M raised with tokens priced at $0.0002715, giving you clear exposure to a meme that actually has structural community mechanics. A dynamic staking APY currently at 72% adds another layer, encouraging you to lock tokens. In a 2026 altcoin season scenario where meme risk comes roaring back, tokens with defined culture, visible scoreboards, and funded treasuries tend to outperform anonymous copy‑paste projects. Maxi Doge is aiming squarely at that lane with its treasury‑backed ‘Maxi Fund’ for liquidity and partnerships. Learn how to buy Maxi Doge today. 3. Pudgy Penguins (PENGU): NFT IP Turning Into Tokenized Infra Pudgy Penguins ($PENGU) is a very different kind of altcoin candidate: a utility token sitting under one of the strongest NFT‑origin brands in crypto. $PENGU powers the Pudgy Penguins Web3 ecosystem, supporting gaming, staking, governance, and broader participation across a fast‑expanding IP universe that already spills into mainstream retail. The token runs on Solana with a max supply of 88.88B, tapping into low fees and high throughput while benefiting from major exchange liquidity and established infra. It’s closely tied to Pudgy’s push into gaming and digital experiences, where NFTs, merch, and token incentives can all reinforce each other in a flywheel. As the ecosystem grows through partnerships and IP expansion, including integrations with zk‑powered infrastructure like the Abstract network, $PENGU becomes a way to capture value from that brand growth rather than just speculate on individual NFTs. This aligns it with a broader shift toward ‘media‑fi,’ tokens under recognizable, memetic IP. July price action shows what happens when culture and capital collide: $PENGU rallied more than 60% after Coinbase adopted a Pudgy Penguin NFT as its profile picture, a small but visible vote of confidence from a major platform. If altcoin season becomes a bet on recognizable consumer brands, Pudgy Penguins could be near the front of the pack. Buy $PENGU from top exchanges like Binance. Recap: If 2026 delivers a real altcoin season on the back of easing macro and falling Bitcoin dominance, infrastructure‑grade bets like Bitcoin Hyper, cultural memes like Maxi Doge, and established IP tokens like Pudgy Penguins offer three distinct ways to position. Remember, this isn’t intended as financial advice, and you should always do your own research before investing. Authored by Aaron Walker, NewsBTC — https://www.newsbtc.com/news/best-altcoins-to-buy-before-2026-altcoin-season-hyper-leads/
Bitcoin steadied near weekly highs as concerns ease, but most altcoins remain weak. Market shows early signs of recovery despite broader downtrends.
The firm offers public equity exposure to bitcoin, focusing on "capital-efficient bitcoin accumulation" and Bitcoin ecosystem services.
According to interviews with Eric Trump and ABTC Executive Chairman Asher Genoot, American Bitcoin (ABTC) has structured its business around one clear aim: add more Bitcoin to its balance sheet. Related Reading: Bitcoin Trail Ends: $29M Seized After European Authorities Shut Down Cryptomixer The firm says it spends less on big management teams and more on mining and buying Bitcoin so each share holds more Bitcoin over time. That metric — Bitcoin per share — is tracked in the same way public companies track earnings per share, the executives said. American Bitcoin Tracks Bitcoin Per Share ABTC’s leaders told investors they treat the number of Bitcoin each share represents as the core performance measure. Genoot said the firm began with a single question: “What do investors actually want from a Bitcoin-focused business?” Based on reports, the answer they reached was simple — grow the amount of Bitcoin held per share. That amount, they say, should rise each day thanks to mining and occasional purchases when markets look attractive. Company Adds BTC ‘At A Steep Discount’ Trump told investor Grant Cardone that ABTC adds new Bitcoin to its balance sheet every day at what he described as a steep discount compared to market prices. According To his comments, the firm also plans to keep buying when conditions are favorable. The approach is straightforward: mine and accumulate rather than chase short-term fiat profits. This strategy is pitched as a way to give shareholders more direct exposure to Bitcoin’s future gains. JUST IN: Trump family-backed #Bitcoin miner American Bitcoin Corp increased its holdings by 363 BTC and now holds a total of 4,367 BTC. ????Bitcoin 100 Ranking: 23???????? pic.twitter.com/hSAK9yLd3u — BitcoinTreasuries.NET (@BTCtreasuries) December 4, 2025 Bullish Price Calls And Timeframes Trump has made very large price forecasts publicly. He forecast $1 million for Bitcoin in late 2024 and repeated that belief during 2025 at a conference in Hong Kong. During a recent interview, he projected Bitcoin could trade above $500,000 within the next four years, marking November 2029 as a benchmark date. Those figures underline why ABTC’s model is built on a long-term and highly optimistic outlook for BTC. Global Demand And Institutional Access Trump pointed to strong demand in many parts of the world as part of his reasoning. He said he sees interest from governments, family offices, big companies, and wealthy individuals. Related Reading: Risk Runs Hot: Massive Crypto Liquidation Wave Slams Traders Overnight Reports have disclosed that regions with weak currencies or high inflation show faster adoption, because people there often want assets that are hard for authorities to seize. He also noted that mainstream financial firms now offer more ways to get exposure to crypto, which he believes makes it easier for everyday investors to buy in. Featured image from ABC News, chart from TradingView
Plume is bringing real-world yield to Solana with the rollout of its Nest vaults, giving the network’s users direct access to on-chain credit, Treasuries and receivables.
Hyperliquid Strategies has transferred 12 million HYPE tokens to Hypercore, a move worth $411 million. This shift represents 1.2% of the total HYPE supply and 3.54% of the circulating supply. Alongside this major transfer, the company has also started staking activities. Around 425,000 HYPE tokens, valued at roughly $14.5 million, were moved into the staking …
Bitcoin (BTC) clawed back from $86,286 on Dec. 2 to $93,324 as of press time, up by 8%, while the Trump family’s American Bitcoin (ABTC) shares tumbled. The BTC price increase can be attributed to improved macro conditions and Vanguard’s opening of crypto ETF access to tens of millions of clients. At the same time, […]
The post American Bitcoin plunged 50% during a crypto rally, exposing a fatal flaw in the “Trump proxy” trade appeared first on CryptoSlate.
The BONK ecosystem has introduced a major update to how platform fees are distributed, marking one of the project’s most significant structural shifts to date. The new model is designed to accelerate long-term BONK accumulation for Bonk Holdings Inc. (BNKK) through its Digital Asset Trust (DAT). Bonk.fun Redirects Majority of Fees to DAT Purchases In …
A Citadel Securities letter to the SEC argues that some DeFi systems resemble traditional exchanges and should face comparable oversight.
Saloi Benbaha, Head of XDC Network Enterprise Alliance & Ventures received the Policy Pioneer Award at the Digital Assets Global Forum’s 100 Commonwealth Impact Leaders Dinner, held at the UK House of Lords by Baroness. The award was presented by Dr. Lisa Cameron, former UK Member of Parliament and founder of the UK-US Crypto Alliance. …
WhiteBIT’s native coin (WBT) has been officially included in the S&P Cryptocurrency Broad Digital Market (BDM) Index, marking a significant milestone for both WhiteBIT and the broader fintech landscape of Central and Eastern Europe. The S&P BDM Index — curated by S&P Dow Jones Indices — tracks the performance of leading digital assets that meet …
The XRP price has staged a strong rebound in recent days, rising from early-December weakness and climbing back above $2. The recovery comes just after crypto analyst CasiTrades published a detailed technical outlook on the social media platform X, where she outlined a scenario that anticipated both the initial decline and the current bounce. Now that XRP has begun moving upward towards $2.2, the focus is on what the next phase of this pattern could bring next. Subwave 3 Targets Hit As Structure Plays Out CasiTrades explained that XRP’s early-December drop was part of a subwave 2 setup that had been discussed during her previous livestream. When XRP fell to $2.03 in early December, it confirmed the transition into a subwave 3 extension, and the next projected target sat near $1.90. That level was important not only as a Fibonacci extension but also because it corresponded with Bitcoin reaching its macro 0.382 level around the $79,000 region. Related Reading: Are Dogecoin Whales Leaving The Meme Coin? Large Transactions Crash To 2-Month Lows The chart attached to her analysis illustrated this path clearly. A sequence of orange, pink, and black wave structures converged toward the same support region, all pointing toward $1.90 as the initial landing zone. As shown in the chart image below, there’s another green accumulation block between $1.80 and $1.64 as the deeper support level that could still come into play. XRP Chart Analysis. Source: @CasiTrades On X At the time of her analysis, selling pressure was already slowing down, and momentum indicators like the RSI were building a bullish divergence. Since then, XRP’s price action has turned bullish, and this supports the idea that a reaction was always likely to occur in the $1.90 zone. CasiTrades noted that once the price reached this level, she expected a bounce back toward $2.04 to retest resistance for a new Wave 4 formation. Over the past few days, XRP has done exactly that, rising from its lows and reclaiming momentum as buyers returned. Two Final Scenarios Still In Play For XRP According to CasiTrades, there are two possible outcomes for the XRP price against the backdrop of retesting $2.04. The first outcome is a double bottom forming around the $1.80 to $1.88 region, depending on the exchange. The chart she shared includes a mid-range support box that captures this possibility, with wave markings showing how price could rotate downward before a larger breakout. Related Reading: Here’s What To Expect If The XRP Price Holds $2 The second potential outcome is a deeper sweep to $1.64, which is based on the macro 0.618 support. This zone forms the lower boundary of the green accumulation block on her chart, representing the final area where a full Wave 2 or Wave C completion could occur before XRP attempts a larger impulsive breakout. Featured image created with Dall.E, chart from Tradingview.com
XRP is showing strong signs of rising activity as CryptoQuant, an on-chain analytics data provider, shows that the XRP Ledger recorded a massive spike in Velocity, hitting 0.0324, the highest level in 2025 At the same time, a lot of XRP is being taken off exchanges because institutional ETFs are buying large amounts. With rising …
Russia’s growing reliance on crypto is grabbing attention and the Kremlin now seems ready to acknowledge it. Maxim Oreshkin, President Vladimir Putin’s top economic adviser, says digital assets have become a real part of Russia’s trade flows and should finally be counted in the country’s official balance-of-payments data. He called Bitcoin mining an “undervalued export …
As the crypto bulls gain strength, Cardano (ADA) price is reviving bullish hopes as it reclaims multi-year resistance levels. This has sparked discussions about whether the third-generation token is preparing for a broader trend reversal. With improving on-chain data and technicals pointing towards a bullish continuation, the ADA price is believed to begin to resemble …
"Treasuries love that 4% to 4.1% trading range. Temporary break below more likely. But break above has more legs," the Dutch bank said.
US Senator Cynthia Lummis has reignited speculation that the United States could move to materially increase its Bitcoin holdings, after posting a Bitcoin-themed image on X with the caption: “₿ig things coming for Franklin!” Lummis Revives Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Hype The image is drawn as a children’s book cover titled “FRANKLIN BUYS BITCOIN AND FINDS FINANCIAL FREEDOM.” At the center sits Franklin, a cartoon turtle in a backwards red cap and bandana, seated at a wooden desk. In front of him is a laptop emblazoned with the orange Bitcoin logo, clearly signaling that he is using Bitcoin-related software or services—most obviously, buying or managing BTC. Franklin’s eyes project bright “laser beams” at the screen, echoing the well-known “laser eyes” meme in Bitcoin culture. Related Reading: Bitcoin Blasts To $92,000, Liquidating $182 Million In Shorts On the desk lie physical coins stamped with the Bitcoin symbol, and a glass jar filled with more of these Bitcoin coins. The jar seems to function as a visual metaphor for saving and stacking sats over time. The subtitle “and finds financial freedom” explicitly connects Bitcoin accumulation with the idea of long-term economic sovereignty. Bitcoin-focused accounts immediately interpreted the post as a policy signal rather than a simple meme. Bitcoin Magazine summarized the moment as: “JUST IN: US Senator Cynthia Lummis hints at buying Bitcoin”. Bitcoin Archive went further, claiming: “JUST IN: US Senator Cynthia Lummis hints at a potential US Bitcoin buy. Senator Lummis has recently submitted legislation to have the US government buy 1 million Bitcoin.” Related Reading: Bitcoin And The 2026 Fed Shift: Expert Says Markets Aren’t Ready That reading is consistent with Lummis’ own public rhetoric. On November 5 she wrote via X: “I truly believe the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is the only solution to offset our national debt. I applaud @POTUS and his administration for embracing the SBR, and I look forward to getting it done.” Her legislation has pushed for a formal US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and explicitly contemplated the government holding up to 1 million BTC over time. The meme also lands after President Trump’s executive order from March this year establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve framework. While it has become very quiet around the topic, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently attended the opening of the Bitcoin bar PubKey in Washington. For many in the market, those developments, combined with Lummis’ latest post, suggest that concrete steps toward expanding US Bitcoin reserves may be progressing quietly in the background. So far, however, there has been no official confirmation of state-level Bitcoin purchases. For now, Franklin remains a symbolic turtle with laser eyes at a Bitcoin laptop—but in a market hyper-attuned to political signals, Lummis’ image is being read as the clearest hint yet that the United States could one day be the largest sovereign Bitcoin buyer. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $93,381. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
Citadel Securities has urged the U.S. SEC to tighten oversight on DeFi platforms that offer tokenized U.S. stocks. What began as a routine regulatory comment quickly escalated into a heated debate between traditional finance giants and crypto innovators—and the conversation is louder than ever. DeFi Under the Regulatory Lens Citadel argues that DeFi platforms, smart-contract …
Binance’s native token, BNB, is back in the spotlight as the market tries to settle after weeks of volatility. After falling sharply from its October peak, the token is now showing early signs of recovery, pushing its price above $920. Psyduenyme crypto analyst notes that BNB is now nearing a key 7-year resistance level, where …
Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection has ordered Kalshi, Robinhood and Crypto.com to stop offering sports event contracts, saying they are running unlicensed online gambling in the state. The firms must immediately halt advertising and providing these products to Connecticut users and allow residents to withdraw funds. Regulators argue the contracts are really sports bets, while …
Ethereum’s new Fusaka upgrade has delivered an important fix that many users did not even realize was needed. The upgrade changes how blob fees work, and it ends a problem that kept blob costs near zero for months. Since the Dencun update, the blob base fee has been stuck at 1 wei, which is almost …
Michael Saylor’s company, Strategy (MSTR), has shifted its approach in a major way, building a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve and slowing down its Bitcoin accumulation. According to CryptoQuant, the move shows the company is preparing for weaker or choppy market conditions ahead. The reserve is designed to cover at least 12 months of dividends …
Predict.fun aims to fix prediction markets’ biggest inefficiency, user funds sitting idle for weeks or months without earning yield, while tapping the large userbase of BNB Chain.
Entrée Capital unveiled a $300M fund prioritizing AI agents, DePIN and regulated Web3 infrastructure.
“The short-term setup has shifted into a choppy pullback, with markets watching whether BTC can stabilize within the $90,000–$91,000 support zone,” one trader said.