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Sberbank's Deputy Chairman signals readiness for crypto-collateral lending while Moscow and St. Petersburg exchanges confirm infrastructure preparations as Russia races toward its July 2026 regulatory framework governing the country's $376.3 billion crypto market. The post Russia’s Largest Bank Considers Launching Crypto-Collateral Lending appeared first on Cryptonews.

Russian President Putin said that the US is interested in crypto mining at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The post Russia, US Discuss Bitcoin Mining at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Sidelines Ukraine appeared first on Cryptonews.

It is a Friday, end-of-the-year Bitcoin options expiry event, and one of the largest in history, which is likely to induce some volatility. 

James Howells, who accidentally had his hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin thrown away, offered his advice to industry newcomers, veterans and skeptics in 2026. Newcomers are diving into crypto without learning what it is, veterans are watching their profits soar without spurring adoption and skeptics are judging crypto with little information, says OG Bitcoiner James Howells. Howells is famous for fighting in court to recover a hard drive from a landfill that contained 8,000 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $700 million. While he didn’t succeed, he told Cointelegraph that he didn’t let the loss define him and shared his tips and 2026 resolutions for newcomers, veterans and skeptics. Finally, Howells noted that much of the recycled criticism comes from financial institutions and nation-states that are quietly building blockchain infrastructure for custody, trading, and settlement behind the scenes. Read more

Keonne Rodriguez, the co-founder of Samourai Wallet, spent Christmas Eve documenting his first day inside a US federal prison. The post Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Describes First Day Behind Bars in Letter appeared first on Cryptonews.

Follow up to the hour updates on what is happening in crypto today, December 26. Market movements, crypto news, and more! The post [LIVE] Crypto News Today: Latest Updates for Dec. 26, 2025 – Crypto Market Stuck in Extreme Fear for 14 Straight Days, Exceeding FTX Crash Period appeared first on Cryptonews.

Uniswap governance has approved the UNIfication proposal, marking a major shift in the protocol’s economic model and setting UNI on a more explicitly deflationary path. The post Uniswap Governance Approves UNIfication Proposal in Near-Unanimous Vote appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is hovering at levels lower than during the shock FTX collapse in late 2022, despite Bitcoin trading at roughly five times the price. Crypto market sentiment remained in “extreme fear” on Friday, marking the 14th straight day that market sentiment has remained in the zone.  The sentiment-tracking Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell three points to a score of 20 out of 100 on Dec. 26, hitting a two-week stretch of “extreme fear” that started on Dec. 13, making it one of the longest periods in the zone since the index launched in February 2018. Market sentiment has been trending down since early October after renewed US-China tariff fears wiped nearly $500 billion from the crypto market on Oct. 10. Read more

Multiple Trust Wallet users experienced unauthorized fund outflows on Thursday due to a new browser extension theft. The post Trust Wallet Browser Extension Compromised, Drains Over $6M User Funds appeared first on Cryptonews.

If Ether manages to reclaim its all-time high in 2026, it may just be a “bull trap,” says crypto analyst Ben Cowen. Ethereum is unlikely to hit new highs in the coming year, given the current conditions for Bitcoin, says crypto analyst Benjamin Cowen. “If Bitcoin truly is truly in a bear market, which is what it feels like, it would be kind of hard for Ethereum to go up there,” Cowen said on the Bankless podcast on Tuesday.  It comes after veteran trader Peter Brandt predicted on Dec. 19 that Bitcoin could fall as low as $60,000 by the third quarter of 2026. Read more

Bitcoin hovered near $89k in thin holiday trade as Asian stocks edged up, with analysts pointing to low liquidity keeping prices pinned despite a steady risk tone. The post Asia Market Open: Bitcoin Steady At $89k As Thin Trading Lifts Stocks, Silver Shines appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin trades near $89,200 as fear grips markets. Technicals show a descending wedge forming, with a breakout toward $94,600 back in focus. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Holds $89K as Fear Index Hits 27 – Is a $94,600 Break Closer? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Grok makes X more truth-friendly as it often challenges users’ assumptions instead of confirming them, says Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, makes the social media platform more truth-friendly with responses that oppose users who turn to it to confirm political biases, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said. “The easy ability to call Grok on Twitter is probably the biggest thing after community notes that has been positive for the truth-friendliness of this platform,” Buterin said on Thursday.  ”The fact that you don't see ahead of time how Grok will respond is key here,” he added. “I've seen many situations where someone calls on Grok expecting their crazy political belief to be confirmed and Grok comes along and rugs them.” Read more

Bitcoiners wanting to focus on short-term factors should be “fairly methodical and mathematical,” says Strategy CEO Phong Le. Bitcoin’s market fundamentals have stayed strong in 2025, despite the asset’s price and sentiment declining toward the end of the year, says Strategy CEO Phong Le. “The fundamentals of the market this year for Bitcoin couldn’t be better,” Le told the “Coin Stories” podcast on Tuesday, emphasizing that he doesn’t care too much about its short-term performance.  Bitcoin (BTC) reached an all-time high of $125,100 on Oct. 5, but has since declined nearly 30%, trading at $87,687 at the time of publication, according to CoinMarketCap. AMeanwhile, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, which measures overall market sentiment, has shown “Extreme Fear” since Dec. 12. Read more

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is ending the year with major technological developments after a year that saw it gain significant adoption and milestones. On Dec. 24, Denis Angell, a lead software engineer at XRPL Labs, announced the integration of “post-quantum” cryptography and native smart contracts into AlphaNet, the project’s public developer network. The ‘Q-Day' inevitability […] The post XRPL flips to quantum-safe signatures; 2,420-byte proofs replace elliptic curves appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Chinese AI model DeepSeek, often called a serious rival to ChatGPT, just dropped a fresh set of price predictions for XRP, Cardano, and Solana as 2025 heads into its final week.According to the model, all three coins are entering a high-volatility window, with the potential for sharp moves in either direction before the year wraps […] The post China’s DeepSeek AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Solana, Cardano by the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Each passing day brings the market closer to the end of the altcoin bear phase, but it is also one less day to accumulate high quality crypto coins at cheaper prices.As we go into the year, new hope is building that it will be the bullish year the market has been waiting for.XRP, Dogecoin, and […] The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 25 December – XRP, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin dipped below $87K on Christmas amid thin liquidity and ETF outflows, even as on-chain data hints at easing sell pressure.

Silver left the $50 range in late November and went parabolic into year-end, registering consecutive all-time highs and hitting $72 an ounce on Dec. 24. Gold made a similar run throughout 2025, reaching $4,524.30 the same day. Bitcoin, however, traded at $87,498.12 as of press time, down roughly 8% for the year and 30% from […] The post The Bitcoin “hard asset” narrative is breaking as silver hits parabolic peaks without taking crypto along for the ride appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The non-fungible token project owned by Luca Netz appeared on the Sphere’s exterior screens, with the animated display going live on Christmas Eve. Pudgy Penguins ran an animated display on the Las Vegas Sphere during Christmas week, projecting its penguin characters across the venue’s exterior screens. In a post on X, Pudgy Penguins said its animations went live on Christmas Eve on the exterior of the Las Vegas Sphere, a popular domed venue wrapped in high-resolution LED panels designed to display large-scale visuals visible across the Las Vegas Strip. Pudgy Penguins is an NFT project founded in 2021 and acquired in April 2022 by entrepreneur Luca Netz for $2.5 million in Ether (ETH). As NFT revenue declined, Netz drew on his consumer products background to expand the project beyond digital collectibles and into physical toy production to generate cash flow. Read more