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PI dumped hard after its Feb ATH, but what lies ahead?

The global cryptocurrency derivatives market underwent a structural transformation in 2025, shifting away from retail-driven speculation toward institutional capital and more complex risk dynamics The post Crypto Derivatives Enter Institutional Era in 2025 With CME Overtaking Binance: CoinGlass appeared first on Cryptonews.

A research with an IQ of 236 laid out a bullish XRP price prediction that sees the token reaching a price of $1,000 within the next 10 years.YoungHoon Kim, whose X account is followed by more than 388,000 users, outlined the kind of scenario that must play out for this prediction to happen.He said that […] The post XRP Price Prediction: Korean Researcher Says $1,000 XRP Is Possible – Could XRP Really Go Parabolic?  appeared first on Cryptonews.

This year opened with Bitcoin (BTC) proponents expecting a clean rally, driven by halving narratives, spot ETF momentum, and a Fed pivot all stacked neatly in their favor. Instead, the year closed with BTC stuck 30% below its October peak, North Korean hackers walking away with $2 billion, and the US government quietly building a […] The post 10 stories that rewired digital finance in 2025 – the year crypto became infrastructure appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The coming year will see perfect parallel processing, big increases in the gas limit and number of data blobs, and 10% of Ethereum’s network switching to ZK. The coming year is set to be crucial for Ethereum scaling. In 2026, the Glamsterdam fork will bring perfect parallel processing to the chain and ratchet up the gas limit to 200 million, up from 60 million today. A significant number of validators will switch over from reexecuting transactions to verifying zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs instead. This sets the Ethereum layer 1 on a path to scale up to 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) and potentially beyond, though that target won’t be hit in 2026. Meanwhile, data blobs will increase (potentially up to 72 or more per block), enabling the layer 2s (L2s) to process hundreds of thousands of transactions per second. L2s are becoming easier to use as well; ZKsync’s recent Atlas upgrade allows funds to stay on mainnet but trade in the fast execution environment of chains in ZKsync’s Elastic Network. The planned E...

Bitcoin's loss of a key long-term support could lead to deeper losses if bulls fail to reclaim control soon.

The crypto market is slightly higher today, with total cryptocurrency market capitalization up by around 0.7%. The post Why Is Crypto Up Today? – December 25, 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The FSTB and SFC concluded consultations on virtual regimes and plan to introduce new bill to LegCo next year.

Crypto derivatives trading surged to $86 trillion in 2025, averaging $265 billion per day, as Binance captured almost 30% of global volume, CoinGlass reported. Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume surged to almost $85.7 trillion in 2025, averaging about $264.5 billion a day, according to a report by liquidation data tracker CoinGlass. Binance led the market with roughly $25.09 trillion in cumulative derivatives volume, or about 29.3% of global trading, meaning nearly $30 of every $100 traded ran through the exchange, CoinGlass said. OKX, Bybit and Bitget followed, each posting $8.2 trillion to $10.8 trillion in yearly volume. These four exchanges accounted for about 62.3% of total market share. Read more

Zhao urged the blockchain industry to adopt new security measures, including scam address blacklist, after an investor lost $50 million to an address poisoning scheme. Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao proposed additional security measures to “eradicate” address poisoning, including wallet warnings and blacklists of suspicious accounts. "All wallets should simply check if a receiving address is a 'poison address,' and block the user. This is a blockchain query," Zhao wrote in a Wednesday blog post. Address poisoning is a form of phishing in which scammers trick victims into sending crypto to illicit wallets by first sending them small transactions. Unsuspecting users often copy and paste the attacker’s address from their wallet history. Read more

Layer 1 blockchain tokens experienced severe depreciation in 2025, with Solana falling 35.9% and Avalanche dropping over 67%, as markets punished protocols lacking credible revenue streams despite robust developer activity across major ecosystems. The post L1 Tokens Crushed in 2025 as SOL, AVAX Drop Over 65%: Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

Market data showed shrinking participation across NFTs, with fewer buyers, sellers and transactions signaling fading speculative interest. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) extended their year-end slide in December, with total market valuations falling to their lowest level in 2025. According to data from CoinGecko, the overall valuation of the NFT sector fell to $2.5 billion in December. This represented a 72% decline from a peak of $9.2 billion in January.  The decline came as NFT sales activity remained subdued following a weak November performance. In December, weekly NFT sales failed to surpass $70 million during the first three weeks of the month, falling below November’s pace.  Read more

Bitcoin trades near $87K as gold hits $4,500 and silver breaks records. Technicals suggest consolidation, with BTC eyeing a breakout toward $94K. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Gold and Silver Price Surge Could Send BTC Higher – Is a Crypto Bull Run Days Away?  appeared first on Cryptonews.

2025 delivered a brutal lesson in market structure for Bitcoin. The year began with political momentum and drifted into a summer of aggressive policy signals. Yet, it snapped into one of the sharpest boom-to-bust sequences in the asset’s history. By December, the price had round-tripped, leaving the asset flat for the year. But the flat […] The post Bitcoin’s 2025 review: The “violent transformation” hidden behind the year’s deceptively flat price chart appeared first on CryptoSlate.

ZEC is next in line in terms of daily gains.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced $825 million in outflows across eight consecutive trading days as institutional investors executed tax loss harvesting strategies, while Asian buyers emerged as primary accumulation force amid geographic capital flow reversal. The post “Tax Loss Harvesting” Drives $825M Outflow From Bitcoin ETFs This Week: Analyst appeared first on Cryptonews.

AI-focused crypto tokens have lost about 75% of their value year over year, erasing roughly $53 billion from the market. The post AI Tokens Shed 75% in a Year, Wiping Out $53B in Market Value: Report appeared first on Cryptonews.

Moscow Exchange and St. Petersburg Exchange announced preparation for regulated cryptocurrency trading following Russia's legislative deadline of July 2026, with qualified investors gaining unrestricted access while retail traders face annual purchase caps of approximately $3,800. The post Russia’s Top Stock Exchanges Ready to Launch Crypto Trading by 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

XRP is below $1.90 as of now, despite the minor market recovery over the past 24 hours.

Binance exchange data showed that Bitcoin flash crashed to about $24,111 on the BTC/USD1 trading pair, rebounding back quickly to $87,000. The post Bitcoin Triggers Sharp Flash Crash to $24K on Binance USD1 Pair appeared first on Cryptonews.