Authorities across Europe took down a massive crypto fraud and laundering network tied to fake investment platforms, deepfake ads and call-center operations.
Lower adjusted net asset value multiple means Strategy can no longer issue equity at a premium, threatening its long-term plan to accumulate more bitcoin, analyst Brett Knoblauch wrote.
Nischal Shetty, co-founder of Shardeum, says the rise of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has helped push Bitcoin deeper into the traditional financial system, giving institutions a regulated and familiar way to gain exposure. He said the approvals have not only “validated” Bitcoin but also made it easier for major firms to participate without changing …
The lawsuit highlights escalating tensions between media and AI firms, underscoring the need for clearer copyright regulations in AI use.
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Softer than expected private inflation data did spark some hope that the Friday decline could reverse.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), up 0.5%, was the only gainer from Thursday.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs gave back nearly all of their 2025 gains after hitting a cycle high in early October, with total net assets sliding to $120.68 billion as of Dec. 4, down $48.86 billion from the Oct. 6 peak. The drawdown leaves the category essentially flat year-over-year, sitting just $30 million below the $120.71 […]
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Texas is now the first US state to purchase and hold Bitcoin, but why did it act during a market pullback, and how could this move influence national crypto policy?
GoPlus Security's revenue success highlights the growing importance of token utility in enhancing Web3 security infrastructure and services.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP all fell today, pulling the wider crypto market down with them. Bitcoin slid back toward $90,000 after recently coming close to $100,000. Ethereum moved toward $3,090, and XRP dropped to about $2.06. BNB slipped to around $888, while Solana dropped to about $135 after several days of weakness. TRON traded near …
Bitcoin traders brought back sub-$90,000 BTC price targets amid ongoing weakness after a rejection at the yearly open capped potential upside.
In 2026, VTB plans to be the first Russian bank to allow clients access to spot crypto trading services.
The IMF and South Africa’s central bank are still concerned about stablecoins, while in the US, spot crypto products can now be traded on futures markets.
Newly launched XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are drawing stronger-than-expected demand from both institutional and retail investors, according to several fund managers who entered the market in recent weeks. The early performance has led some on Wall Street to reassess XRP’s position in the broader digital-asset landscape. Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Asset & Industry Advisory …
The Pi price action is flashing early warning signs as the token slips beneath a key trading range, threatening to deepen the correction that began after multiple rejections near $0.29. While the market remains in a consolidation phase, the structure is weakening, and Pi now sits at a make-or-break point that could define its December …
The privacy debate in crypto highlights the tension between user protection and regulatory compliance, impacting future adoption and innovation.
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Paribu has acquired CoinMENA in a transaction valued at up to $240M, expanding the platform’s regulated footprint into Dubai and Bahrain.
Ethereum is holding firmly above the $3,150 level as the market shifts into a more bullish phase after enduring weeks of heavy selling pressure and fear-driven liquidation. The recovery has sparked debate among analysts: some view the bounce as nothing more than a relief rally within a broader bearish trend, while others believe Ethereum may be building the foundation for a more sustained rebound. Related Reading: XRP On-Chain Velocity Hits Yearly High As Network Activity Explodes A new CryptoQuant report offers one of the clearest insights. According to Ethereum data on Binance, the past several weeks have shown heightened volatility in the Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) — a metric that tracks real-time buying and selling pressure. This volatility reflects sharp, rapid shifts in trader behavior as the market attempts to stabilize. Although Ethereum remains in a downtrend from its August peak, recent CVD spikes point to the return of notable buying activity. However, the report emphasizes that these bursts of demand are sporadic and lack the sustained strength needed to confirm a full bullish reversal. CVD Volatility Highlights Ongoing Battle Between Buyers and Sellers According to the Arab Chain report, Ethereum’s CVD recently turned positive, coinciding with the price’s attempt to stabilize above the $3,100 level. This shift indicates fresh liquidity entering the market through short-term buy orders, suggesting that some traders are stepping in to accumulate during dips. However, the sudden spikes and rapid pullbacks within the CVD reveal that the market remains locked in a strong tug-of-war between buyers and sellers. This volatility underscores the fact that Ethereum has not yet reached either temporal stability or a clear structural trend. The report also highlights the importance of the 30-day correlation between price and CVD, which has held steady at around 0.6 despite lower price levels. This relatively high reading shows that liquidity flows continue to influence Ethereum’s price direction in a meaningful and consistent way. Even though buying pressure appears irregular, its recurring impact on price suggests that traders are still actively responding to market conditions. Overall, this pattern reflects investors attempting to capitalize on volatility, especially as anticipation grows around potential liquidity inflows tied to upcoming network upgrades. Yet, Arab Chain stresses that without a more sustained accumulation phase and reduced short-term selling, Ethereum may struggle to generate a decisive upward movement. Related Reading: Ethereum NUPL Holds Steady, Signaling Market Balance Amid Volatility Ethereum Attempts a Recovery but Faces Key Resistance Ethereum’s latest price action shows a cautious recovery as ETH climbs back above the $3,150 level, but the chart reveals that the broader structure remains fragile. After a steep decline from the October highs near $4,500, ETH found support slightly above $2,700, where buyers stepped back in with increased volume—visible in the recent surge of green candles at the bottom of the chart. This reaction suggests renewed interest at lower levels, but not yet a decisive shift in trend. The price is now pressing against the 100-day SMA (red line), a level that previously acted as support and has now flipped into resistance. Reclaiming this line would be an important step toward restoring bullish momentum. Above it, ETH faces another barrier at the 50-day SMA (blue line), which continues to slope downward, reflecting ongoing medium-term selling pressure. Related Reading: Bitmine Buys Another 18,345 Ethereum ($54.94M) In Fresh Accumulation Push – Details Despite the rebound, volume remains inconsistent, indicating hesitation among market participants. ETH will need stronger follow-through buying to challenge the next resistance zone around $3,300–$3,350, a region aligned with previous breakdown levels. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
The early December Chainlink ETF news was strong and optimistic. A few days later, it placed Chainlink price prediction discussions even strongly in the spotlight. As whale accumulation began and grew in relevance in tokenization narratives, market sentiment is shifting from early bearish sentiment. As liquidity increasingly flows toward projects securing institutional-grade channels, Chainlink crypto …
Elon Musk’s viral comments on Bitcoin’s intrinsic ties to energy and physics signal a changing attitude toward Bitcoin from Tesla’s founder.
The incoming policy chief arrives as the crypto industry seeks to influence the market structure bill in Congress, including its heavy DeFi implications.
The company's senior preferred stock has rebounded 20% from November lows, with investors apparently favoring that over the more junior issues.
The expiration of these options could lead to increased market volatility and influence trading strategies in the cryptocurrency sector.
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Bitcoin whales are accumulating at a record pace amid almost $5.8 billion in capitulation losses, signaling a potential bullish reversal.
Senate negotiators are struggling to finalize a bill as disputes over stablecoin yield, conflicts of interest, and DeFi slow progress.
Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson just offered one of her most detailed looks yet at how the firm got into Bitcoin and why she still backs it today. In a recent conversation at the Founders Summit with a16z crypto COO Anthony Albanese, she walked through how Fidelity ended up years ahead of the rest of traditional …
The token broke through key support levels and underperformed wider crypto markets.
Pros don’t “ape the dip” on gut feel; they predefine their allocation, let rules-based systems do the buying and use DCA-style flows as part of a disciplined, data-driven execution plan.
Indiana's bill could accelerate crypto adoption in public finance, influencing other states to integrate digital assets into pension strategies.
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What to Know: IMF concerns about dollar stablecoins eroding local currencies reinforce the appeal of scarce, non-sovereign assets like Bitcoin in a fragmented monetary system. Bitcoin’s base layer remains constrained by slow confirmations, fee volatility, and minimal smart contract support, creating renewed interest in specialized Layer 2 infrastructure. Competing Bitcoin scaling projects, from Lightning to sidechains, are racing to capture BTC liquidity as programmable capital for payments and DeFi. Bitcoin Hyper uses an SVM-based Layer 2 anchored to Bitcoin to deliver extremely low-latency smart contracts, targeting DeFi, gaming, and high-speed BTC payments. Stablecoins are a threat. At least that’s according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a recent report, the IMF shared concerns that dollar-backed stablecoins might hollow out weaker local currencies and dilute central banks’ control over domestic liquidity. If a digital dollar reaches everyone’s smartphone, what happens to the Peruvian sol, Nigerian naira, or Turkish lira? The report also discussed the positives of stablecoins like cheaper and quicker payments, and a simpler UX, so it wasn’t all doom and gloom. However, the warning does not just read as a technocratic worry. It reinforces a deeper macro story that crypto has been circling for a decade: demand for scarce, non-sovereign assets that cannot be printed at will, especially Bitcoin. In a world of increasingly digital dollars, Bitcoin’s hard cap can look less like a curiosity and more like a hedge. That backdrop is why attention keeps shifting from ‘number goes up’ to ‘what actually gets built on top of Bitcoin.’ If you believe Bitcoin will matter more as a neutral reserve asset, then the highest-beta plays sit in the infrastructure that makes $BTC programmable, spendable, and usable in DeFi at scale. In that lane, Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is trying to position itself as a key liquidity rail. It pitches itself as the first Bitcoin Layer 2 using the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM), aiming to merge Bitcoin’s hard-money appeal with Solana-style throughput and developer tooling. Why Bitcoin Layer 2 Infrastructure Is Back In Focus When a body like the IMF flags dollar stablecoins as a systemic risk for smaller economies, it implicitly admits that monetary power is splitting. You are not just choosing between local cash and a bank account anymore; you are choosing between local fiat, dollar tokens, and non-sovereign assets like Bitcoin at the tap of an app. That split has pushed capital toward Bitcoin itself, but it has also exposed how limited the base layer is for real-world usage. On-chain Bitcoin still moves with minutes-long confirmation times, variable fees, a slow 7 TPS rate, and almost no native smart contract support. Competing Bitcoin scaling efforts have rushed to fill that gap. Lightning Network pursues off-chain payment channels for instant $BTC transfers, while projects like Stacks and Rootstock lean on sidechains and alternative virtual machines to bring DeFi into the Bitcoin orbit. In that growing field, Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is standing out to turn dormant $BTC liquidity into programmable capital using Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) tech and a canonical bridge. See how to buy into the action with our ‘How to Buy Bitcoin Hyper’ guide. How Bitcoin Hyper Tries To Turn $BTC Into High-Speed Capital For years, the crypto trilemma suggested you couldn’t have speed, security, and decentralization in one place. Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) challenges that by changing the geometry of the network. Instead of forcing Bitcoin to be fast, Bitcoin Hyper accepts Bitcoin as the heavy, secure anchor (Settlement Layer). It then attaches a Ferrari engine on top: a modular SVM Layer 2 (Execution Layer). What does this unlock? Rust-based Smart Contracts: Developers can build complex dApps (Gaming, NFT, DEXs) identical to Solana’s ecosystem. Latency: Sub-second finality that beats Solana’s own benchmarks. Security: State is periodically anchored back to $BTC, preserving the ‘hard money’ thesis. The market is voting with its wallet. The presale has breached $29M, with whales accumulating and making purchases as large as $500K. With a price point of $0.013375 and high-APY staking currently at 40%, Bitcoin Hyper is positioning itself as the execution layer for the next bull run. Our experts predict $HYPER possibly reaching $0.08625 by the end of 2026. If you invested today, that means a potential ROI of over 544%. Don’t miss the upgrade. Buy your $HYPER today. 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/imf-warns-stablecoins-threaten-banks-boosting-bitcoin-hyper-layer-2