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The move by the traditional banking giant would represent a significant deepening of ties to the crypto industry and change in CEO Jamie Dimon’s approach to digital assets. Banking giant JPMorgan Chase is considering offering cryptocurrency trading to its institutional clients, marking a significant expansion for a traditional financial institution expanding its digital asset services. According to a Monday Bloomberg report citing a person familiar with the plans, JPMorgan Chase is assessing products and services in its markets division as part of a potential expansion into cryptocurrencies. The company’s plans were not public at the time of publication, but could include digital asset spot and derivatives trading. The crypto trading services are in the early stages of development, in response to interest from the company’s clients amid the changing regulatory environment in the United States. The government under US President Donald Trump has enacted several policies favoring the crypto industry since Januar...

Bitmine Immersion has disclosed 4,066,062 ETH, or 3.37% of circulating supply, plus 193 BTC and $1B cash. It has said its combined crypto and cash holdings total $13.2B. BMNR has averaged $1.7B daily volume, and a shareholder meeting is set for Jan. 15, 2026 in Las Vegas. Backers include ARK Invest. The post Tom Lee’s Bitmine Immersion Adds 99,000 ETH Boosting Holdings to 4.07M ETH appeared first on Cryptonews.

Coinbase has agreed to acquire The Clearing Company as it adds prediction markets trading and pursues an “Everything Exchange.” The team led by Toni Gemayel is set to help scale regulated on-chain event contracts; Ethereum co-founder Buterin has argued online that such markets can aid truth-finding. The post Coinbase Agrees to Acquire The Clearing Company to Expand Prediction Markets Push appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ether rebounded 16% to reclaim $3,000 as whales accumulate heavily, exchange supply hits nine-year lows and network activity surges. Ether’s (ETH) price reclaimed the $3,000 level on Monday, a 16% rebound from the $2,620 multimonth low reached on Nov. 21. Market analysts pointed to key data metrics that suggest that ETH is “building up for breakout” to higher highs. Key takeaways: Ether whales accumulated aggressively over the last six months. Read more

Behind the move is a sharp narrowing in the profitability of the basis trade, in which traders attempt to capture a spread by buying spot bitcoin while selling BTC futures.

Has ETH decisively reclaimed the $3,000 level, or is there another chance of a pullback to $2,700?

Aave Labs unilaterally advanced a critical brand ownership proposal to vote without notifying its author, intensifying tensions over who controls valuable protocol assets as the community debates whether founding companies are extracting value from collectively built infrastructure. The post Aave Labs Accused of Breaking Trust After Unilateral Vote Push appeared first on Cryptonews.

Indonesia’s OJK has officially whitelisted 29 licensed crypto exchanges, providing investors with clear guidance on which platforms are authorized to operate and ensuring safer trading in the country’s digital asset market. The post Indonesia’s OJK Whitelists 29 Licensed Crypto Platforms: See Who Made the Cut appeared first on Cryptonews.

Technical momentum built as institutional flows drove price through key resistance levels amid an 87% volume surge above average.

Coinbase is buying The Clearing Company as it expands into prediction markets and broadens its product lineup beyond crypto trading. Coinbase has agreed to acquire The Clearing Company, an on-chain prediction markets startup that spans digital assets, politics, sports and culture, as it expands its push to become an “Everything Exchange” offering a broad range of investment products. In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Coinbase said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Clearing Company, with the transaction expected to close in January. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition marks a rapid turnaround for The Clearing Company, which was founded earlier this year and counted Coinbase Ventures among its investors in a $15 million funding round alongside Union Square Ventures, Haun Ventures and several other venture firms and angel investors. Read more

Bitcoin hit $90,353 in a futures-led rally, but a negative Coinbase premium and ETF outflows reveal a lack of U.S. demand.

Investors might be able to take advantage of the recent crypto market downturn in order to lower their taxable income.

Bitcoin is “90% undervalued,” says analyst Sykodelic, who predicts BTC could reach $153K–$200K soon based on gold and liquidity trends.

The largest U.S. bank is exploring spot and derivatives services for hedge funds and pensions as regulatory clarity improves, a person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.

The Trump family’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, has seen its fair share of controversy, and its token is ending the year significantly down. World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto portfolio project, started the year with high hopes. But as the year draws to a close, the fund has barely seen gains. US President Donald Trump announced the launch in September 2024 while he was still on the campaign trail for the 2024 elections. Led by his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, it marked a significant shift in tone for crypto policy in the US. The program started strong. It launched its own World Liberty Financial (WLFI) governance token and made large acquisitions of high-market-cap cryptocurrencies. Read more

Cronos (CRO) was also a top performer, rising 2.5%.

Shares of the bitcoin miner jumped higher last week on its $7 billion pact with Google-backed Fluidstack.

Thomas Lee's ETH treasury firm acquired nearly 99,000 tokens last week as crypto markets slid.

From Wall Street to Washington, Bitcoin reached new heights in 2025, despite tensions flaring over changes to the network's codebase.

Kalshi's markets aggregate information from diverse traders with financial incentives, creating a "wisdom of the crowd" effect, the platform said.