Strategy, the company led by Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, has successfully held its place in the Nasdaq-100 Index following the index’s annual reconstitution. While this strengthens its position in major markets, another key decision is still ahead, as MSCI will rule on January 15 whether to remove bitcoin-focused companies like Strategy. Strategy Retains Nasdaq-100 Position …
Strategy remains in the Nasdaq 100 as MSCI considers excluding firms whose crypto holdings exceed 50% of total assets.
As Bitcoin (BTC) tries to hold the $90,000 barrier, some analysts affirm that the flagship crypto’s bear market signals are becoming clearer, suggesting that a breakdown to new lows could be around the corner. Related Reading: Dogecoin Could Stage A 600% Rally In 2026 If This Multi-Year Support Holds Bitcoin Bear Flag Raises Concerns On Friday, Bitcoin shredded its Thursday gains, dropping 3.2% intraday to retest the $89,500-$90,500 support zone once again. The cryptocurrency has been trading between the $84,500-$94,500 range for the past four weeks, briefly falling to a seven-month low of $80,600 during the late November correction. This week, the flagship crypto’s price has seen more volatility, fueled by the expectations of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut and positive regulatory developments in the US. However, BTC has failed to successfully break and hold above its local range’s upper boundary after multiple retests, ultimately falling to the mid-zone of its range. Analyst Ted Pillows highlighted a concerning pattern on Bitcoin’s chart, warning that the cryptocurrency risks a drop to new multi-month lows if the price fails to hold key support levels. Per the post, BTC has been forming a bear flag for nearly a month, which “is too hard to ignore” after the price continues to be rejected from the formation’s upper boundary. The analyst affirmed that this pattern follows a trend that has been developing over the past two months. As he pointed out, bearish flags have been continuously forming on BTC’s chart since the October 10 market pullback, with each pattern resolving in a breakdown to lower levels. To Ted, the new formation signals “that the overall trend is still to the downside.” He suggested that a close above the $96,000 level would invalidate the bearish pattern. On the contrary, a drop to below the $86,000 support, where the formation’s lower boundary is located, could push Bitcoin to the April lows, around the $76,000 mark. Is The 2022 Playbook Repeating? The market observer also noted a resemblance between the last cycle and the current one, which could lead to a drop below the $70,000 level. The chart shows that after losing the 50-Week EMA indications, Bitcoin consolidated within a bear flag before breaking down and descending to the 2022 lows. Now, BTC displays a similar performance after losing the 50-Week EMA and breaking down from its October bear flag. “If this plays out, a pump to $100,000 and then a dump below $70,000” would follow, the analyst added. Meanwhile, Robert Mercer shared a similar perspective in a series of X posts. The analyst affirmed that the classic four-year cycle has not changed despite the significant increase in institutional adoption: Bitcoin is breaking crucial supports one by one and entering a bear market. The same happened back in the end of 2021. At the moment, BTC is forming an ascending channel with the top near $100,000 – $104,000, you can see a clear Right Shoulder of H&S in this move. Something similar happened in the beginning of 2022. He also asserted that Bitcoin shows a similar picture “from the 1W MA50 perspective,” as BTC has traded below this indicator for multiple weeks now for the first time in the bullish cycle. Related Reading: Cathie Wood Says Bitcoin Is ‘Climbing Another Wall Of Worry’– Here’s Why Nonetheless, he concluded that “no such breakdown happens without a retest,” forecasting a relief bounce up to $98,000-$102,000, followed by a dump to the support level of $55,000-$60,000. As of this writing, BTC Trades at $89,990, a 2.75% decline in the daily timeframe. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
While legislative language circulates among all four corners of the talks — industry, White House, Republicans and Democrats — the process is still mid-stride.
The XRP price is currently in a decisive standoff, as its price is capped despite robust fundamentals, but a wavering market sentiment is preventing it from rising. Ripple’s recent regulatory breakthrough represents a historic shift for the crypto landscape, yet the XRP price has yet to show some response on the chart. So far, it …
Singapore Gulf Bank has launched a service that allows clients to convert fiat money into stablecoins like USDC and USDT directly on the Solana blockchain with no transaction or gas fees for now. Announced at Solana Breakpoint 2025 in Abu Dhabi, the move highlights rising institutional confidence in stablecoins for everyday financial operations. Singapore Gulf …
Bitfinex said the recent 66% slide in spot trading volumes echoes lulls seen before next leg in the cycle.
Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto has again predicted that the XRP price could reach $27. This time around, he outlined the technical formation that could spark a parabolic surge for the altcoin as it eyes the $27 target. How The XRP Price Could Reach $27 In an X post, Egrag Crypto stated that the Linear Regression targets for the XRP price are $3.4, $10, and $27. He further explained that, as of this month, these three major price levels stand out based on the long-term Logarithmic Linear Regression Channel. The analyst then touched on each price target and how XRP could reach there. Related Reading: XRP Price Needs To Hold This Macro Support For Hope Of Revival Egrag Crypto described the $3.40 target for the XRP price as the mean reversion. He stated that a retest and rejection from $3.40 would be one of the strongest bearish TA signals for the altcoin. The analyst further remarked that this target is based solely on chart structure, not fundamentals. He added that a close above this level means that XRP is officially back in macro bullish territory. Furthermore, the analyst stated that the $10 target for the XRP price is the upper midline. He explained that this is where full bull expansion normally accelerates and that the target rises with time because this channel is logarithmic. Lastly, Egrag Crypto highlighted $27 as the top of the channel. He noted that multiple long-term confluences point to this target for the altcoin. Notably, this XRP price prediction comes amid several bullish fundamentals for the altcoin. Ripple was just granted a conditional approval for its national trust bank charter, which could boost XRP’s adoption. XRP also just expanded to Solana with Hex Trust’s launch of its wrapped XRP token for DeFi purposes. Meanwhile, Swiss bank AMINA Bank has integrated Ripple payments, which utilize XRP. The Major Levels To Watch Haven’t Changed Crypto analyst CasiTrades stated that the major levels for the XRP price haven’t changed. The macro supports are $2.03 and $1.64. On the other hand, the macro resistance is $2.41, which a break above would confirm a bullish scenario for the altcoin. The analyst remarked that if a break above $2.41 happens, the next measured targets stand around $2.75 and $2.90. Related Reading: Analyst Predicts XRP Price Will Rise To $14 By Frontrunning Bitcoin By Over 600% However, if the XRP price breaks below the macro support at $2.03, CasiTrades predicts that the altcoin could fall below $1.97 and decline towards the $1.64 major support. She reiterated that there is no official confirmation yet on the next potential move for XRP. Interestingly, the world’s largest IQ holder, YoungHoon Kim, stated that XRP has a strong possibility of reaching a new ATH by the end of this year. At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $2.01, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
RaveDAO’s $RAVE launch turned heads after early buyers entered near $0.20 and the price quickly climbed close to $0.60, marking a clean 3x move. Unlike many recent launches, the chart expanded upward from the start, allowing real participants to enter instead of insiders dumping. This fair structure rewarded the community and boosted confidence. In a …
Ripple is seeing growing attention from large investors as VivoPower International moves forward with a new investment vehicle focused on Ripple’s equity. The company has received approval from Ripple to launch a $300 million fund aimed at institutional investors, with a strong focus on South Korea. The move highlights rising demand for Ripple-related exposure beyond …
Ethereum’s community has proposed ERC-8092, a draft standard for creating “associated accounts” across blockchains. It allows two accounts to publicly declare, prove, and revoke their relationship using cryptographic signatures. The proposal supports practical uses like sub-account inheritance, delegated authorization, and reputation tracking. By working with EIP-7930, it also enables cross-chain compatibility. If adopted, ERC-8092 could …
When Binance rolled out its new “Binance Junior” accounts this month, the announcement landed with the kind of split reaction usually reserved for children’s TikTok privacy updates. On paper, the product is tightly controlled, restricted to a savings lane, and anchored to a parent’s KYC identity: there are no trading buttons, no margin sliders, no […]
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It was a pivotal but uneasy week for crypto, with regulators making tangible moves even as markets stayed cautious. A priced-in Fed cut failed to move prices, while new U.S. policy signals and global rate shifts reshaped how investors are thinking about risk. Here are the top headlines to catch up on! Third Fed Rate …
Solana’s network took a notable step this week as Firedancer, a validator client developed by Jump Crypto, began running on the mainnet, and markets reacted quickly. Related Reading: Is Dogecoin Waking Up? Critical On-Chain Metric Explodes Higher According to Solana’s announcement, the client moved out of a controlled testing phase and is now active for real-world validation. Traders pushed SOL up about 5%, with the token trading close to $140 during the initial move. Firedancer Goes Live On Mainnet During more than 100 days of controlled tests, a small set of validators produced more than 50,000 blocks without downtime, according to reports. Built in C and C++, Firedancer was made to handle heavy workloads and to lower the chance of network interruptions. Test environments reportedly showed the client processing over 1 million transactions per second, a figure that far exceeds current mainnet throughput. BREAKING: After 3 years of development, Firedancer is now live on Solana Mainnet, and has been running on a handful of validators for 100 days, successfully producing 50,000 blocks ???????? pic.twitter.com/Y0WxxEj2WL — Solana (@solana) December 12, 2025 That high number comes from lab-style tests, not live traffic, and should be read as experimental performance rather than everyday capability. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko marked the transition as a step out of a long beta cycle for the network. Early Adoption And Stake Adoption is still small in terms of stake. The first Firedancer nodes hold under one percent of total staked SOL, and that share is expected to grow as operators add it to their setups. Reports have disclosed that a December rollout prompted more than 20% of validators to move from earlier experimental clients, showing a rapid shift among some operators. Running multiple validator clients reduces dependence on a single software implementation. If one client encounters a bug, others can keep block production running. That diversity mirrors how other large proof-of-stake chains operate. Why This Matters For Validators And Apps Validators and developers stand to benefit if Firedancer keeps meeting its goals. Faster or more reliable validation could mean more capacity for apps that need many transactions per second. For node operators, the option to mix clients offers an added safety net. Still, the network’s real-world load will be the true test, and watchers say they will be looking at uptime and performance over the coming weeks. Related Reading: Do Kwon Falls Hard — Terraform Labs Chief Gets 15 Years For Wire Fraud Market Moves And Technical Signals The announcement coincided with a clear market flow into SOL. Reports have disclosed $11 million in inflows to Solana ETFs on the day of the news, while Bitcoin saw outflows of $77.30 million and Ethereum $42.35 million. Featured image from Phantom, chart from TradingView
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, came under sharp criticism after the Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar said the digital asset has no real value and is driven only by speculation. Despite raising such concerns from the Deputy Governor, crypto adoption in India continues to grow rapidly in spite of strict taxes …
A group of major crypto and DeFi organizations has pushed back strongly against Citadel Securities after the firm urged the US SEC to tighten oversight on decentralized finance, especially around tokenized securities. The response came in the form of a joint letter sent to the SEC by the DeFi Education Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, The Digital …
Exactly 15 years ago, on December 13, 2010, Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto posted his final message and disappeared from public view. A day earlier, on December 12, he released Bitcoin version 0.3.19, which included important fixes to protect the network from attacks. After this update, Satoshi quietly stepped away, leaving Bitcoin fully decentralized with no …
OKX found clear evidence that multiple accounts were working together to use large OM holdings as collateral to borrow USDT and artificially push up the price of MANTRA OM. The exchange’s risk systems detected the activity early, and after the accounts failed to cooperate, OKX stepped in and took control. A sudden price crash followed, …
RaveDAO’s $RAVE is witnessing extreme volatility following its token generation event. The token surged over 285% in the past 24 hours, trading around $0.62 with a market cap of $143 million. Trading volume spiked sharply to $238 million, signaling strong capital inflows and aggressive price discovery. While momentum remains strong, traders are closely watching for …
Coinbase has added Lighter (LIGHTER) to its public asset listing roadmap, signaling potential future trading on the platform. Trading launch depends on securing market-making support for liquidity and completing technical integrations like wallets and systems. No deposits or transfers yet, sending LIGHTER early risks permanent loss. The official start date will be announced via Coinbase’s …
Research firm Kaiko reports that crypto market liquidity is increasingly concentrated in just a few centralized exchanges, with Binance leading the pack. This concentration could increase risks during volatile periods, potentially causing ripple effects across the market. The report also highlights ongoing challenges for Binance, including structural, operational, and legal uncertainties, lack of formal regulation, …
The standoff between OKX and Mantra just took a sharper turn. Today, OKX broke its silence with a public statement accusing the Mantra team of spreading a “misleading narrative” around OM and confirmed that law enforcement is now involved. What started as a disagreement over a token migration timeline is quickly turning into something much …
Brazil’s largest private bank says Bitcoin can improve portfolio diversification and hedge currency risk despite a volatile year for the asset.
Crypto companies are slowly moving into traditional industries, and Tether has now taken one of the biggest steps yet. On December 13th, Tether announced its plan to acquire Italian football club Juventus, with a proposed $1 billion investment if the acquisition is completed. Following the announcement, Juventus’ fan token, JUV, surged by 30%. Juventus is …
Sui (SUI), a Layer-1 blockchain network, has overtaken Ethereum in daily bridged inflow, jumping to 3rd place, showing rising interest from users and investors even as its token price slipped nearly 5%. While SUI trades near $1.57, strong on-chain activity is now fueling hopes of a price recovery toward $2.10. Sui Beats Ethereum in Daily …
RaveDAO made a powerful entry as $RAVE launched simultaneously across major exchanges, including Binance Alpha, Kraken, Bitget, MEXC, Gate, and Aster. Such coordinated listings are rare for new projects and signal strong preparation and demand. Early traders are already active, and interest from key Binance Labs members has added to the buzz. With momentum building …
According to a report from CNBC, Coinbase (COIN), the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, is preparing to launch its own prediction market in collaboration with Kalshi, one of the largest federally regulated financial exchanges in the country. Coinbase Teases Major Updates The anticipation surrounding the prediction market has been building for nearly a month. Recently, a screenshot of what appears to be Coinbase’s prediction markets dashboard was shared by Silicon Valley researcher Jane Manchun Wong in a post on social media site X (previously Twitter), shedding some light on the features of the forthcoming product. Related Reading: Crypto Market Dips: The Reasons Behind Bitcoin Plunge Below $90,000 Despite FOMC Optimism The Information first indicated on November 19 that Coinbase planned to introduce these prediction markets powered by Kalshi, with a formal unveiling set for the “Coinbase System Update” event scheduled for December 17. Formal announcements regarding this new platform are expected soon, potentially as early as next week. Bloomberg corroborated this report, stating that the cryptocurrency exchange is also likely to announce a tokenized stock offering during the same event, in line with Tether’s same vision reported earlier this week. While Coinbase has refrained from confirming these developments directly to CNBC, the company has encouraged stakeholders to tune in to its upcoming event for more details. The firm did not disclose a specific timeline for when the prediction markets will become available to users. ‘Everything Exchange’ Status Coinbase’s push to launch a prediction market is part of a broader strategy to transform itself into an “everything exchange”—a comprehensive platform for trading a wide variety of assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized stocks, and event contracts. CEO Brian Armstrong articulated this vision earlier in May, stressing that the cryptocurrency exchange aims to evolve into a leading financial services application within the next decade. This development comes as Coinbase faces increasing competition from rivals like Robinhood (HOOD), Gemini (GEMI), and Kraken, all of whom have introduced tokenized equity offerings for users outside the US and are exploring prediction markets to varying extents. Related Reading: Report Reveals 65% Of Bitcoin Treasury Companies Struggling With Major Unrealized Losses Coinbase is expanding its range of financial instruments while making a series of acquisitions this year. These include major deals such as the purchase of the crypto derivatives exchange Deribit and the on-chain advertising firm Spindl, as well as seven other major acquisitions. This also follows a shift in investor sentiment in the digital asset space, with the largest cryptocurrencies — including Bitcoin (BTC) — having retraced by over 30% since October amid fears of a new bear market beginning. Over the past months, the exchange’s stock, which trades under the ticker name COIN, has also seen a significant drop of over 39%, with the current valuation standing at $267 per share. Featured image from DALL-E, chart from TradingView.com
The crypto market is extending losses as Bitcoin and altcoins face a sharp Friday sell-off, with prices sliding 5–10% across major tokens. While the timing may feel familiar, the pressure is not random. Markets are reacting to tightening global liquidity conditions, driven largely by renewed concerns over Japan’s interest rate policy and its impact on …
Jupiter, the top decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator on Solana, has unveiled a comprehensive suite of eight major upgrades at Solana Breakpoint 2025, designed to transform the platform into a full-scale DeFi hub. The primary goals of these upgrades are to simplify DeFi, improve safety, and complete Jupiter’s offerings beyond just token swaps. JupUSD Brings a …
Brazil’s leading asset manager, Itaú Asset, with $185 billion under management, advises allocating 1% to 3% of investment portfolios to Bitcoin in 2026. This move targets diversification amid Brazil’s volatile real and inflation pressures, shielding against fiat risks while complementing stocks and bonds. Analysts call it the ideal “sweet spot” for capturing Bitcoin’s growth with …