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Solana captured 26.79% of global blockchain interest in 2025 despite losing 12 percentage points of market share, as Base held second with 13.94% and Ethereum climbed to third at 13.43% while Sui and BNB Chain more than doubled their presence to break into the top five. The post Solana Dominates Crypto Attention for Second Straight Year: Analysis appeared first on Cryptonews.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year is "slop," spotlighting AI-generated content that’s fluent, scalable—and increasingly hollow.

Despite claiming ignorance of Sahil Arora's involvement, the community remains skeptical regarding Soulja Boy's meme coin promotions.

Bitcoin rallies continue to be capped by selling near the intra-day range highs, and the expectation of a Bank of Japan interest rate hike could amplify the downturn in BTC and altcoins. Key points: Bitcoin attempted a recovery on Monday, but renewed selling pressure threatens to pull the price to $84,000. Several altcoins are attempting to hold above their support levels, but the bounce lacks strength. Read more

Crypto lawyer Irina Heaver said the ruling reinforces limits on exchange liability and rejects claims tied to speculative future gains following BSV’s delisting

South Korea has missed its self-imposed deadline to introduce stablecoin regulations, as disagreements between banks, financial regulators, and crypto firms slow progress and fuel debate over innovation. The post South Korea Misses Stablecoin Bill Deadline — Banks vs. Innovation Battle Heats Up appeared first on Cryptonews.

Popular Ethereum wallet MetaMask has added support for Bitcoin, expanding more broadly ahead of its planned token launch.

Major crash or a rebound: what's next for SOL?

Bitcoin is trading near $86,000 as losses build across ETFs, treasury companies, and miners. According to Checkonchain’s Dec. 15 “System Stress” note, investors are carrying about $100 billion in unrealized losses. Miners are pulling back hashrate, many treasury-company stocks are trading below their Bitcoin book value, and about 60% of spot Bitcoin ETF inflows are […] The post Bitcoin ETFs are 60% underwater, creating a $100 billion distressed house of cards appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Bitcoin parabola broke, leading some analysts to predict an 80% drawdown in BTC price. Will growing demand from traditional finance and strategic crypto reserves nullify all bearish predictions? Bitcoin (BTC) price is under scrutiny again as veteran trader Peter Brandt is cautioning that BTC has violated its parabolic trendline, a technical feature that preceded deep drawdowns in previous bull markets. While the signal is bearish, the current market structure reflects a key difference from previous market cycles.  Key takeaways: Peter Brandt said that Bitcoin has broken its current parabolic advance, a bearish signal that has previously led to drawdowns of more than 80%. Read more

The narrowing spread between yields on STRD and the 10-year U.S. Treasury could signal boosted demand for the preferred stock.

The $10 trillion asset manager is staffing up to scale digital asset ETFs, pursue tokenization and identify "first-mover big bets" in Asia.

Bitcoin and Ether accounted for the largest allocations, while short-Bitcoin products posted net outflows, according to CoinShares data. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded about $864 million in inflows last week, according to a report on Monday by European digital asset manager CoinShares. The United States led regional inflows with about $796 million, followed by Germany with roughly $68.6 million and Canada with about $26.8 million. Together, the three countries account for approximately 98.6% of year-to-date (YTD) inflows into digital asset investment products. Switzerland-listed crypto ETPs recorded about $41.4 million in weekly outflows, while YTD net flows were about $622.4 million, according to the data. Read more

This year, the president vaulted the crypto industry to unprecedented heights. But have those perks come at the cost of Bitcoin’s founding principles?

Bitcoin plunged to a price of nearly $85,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest price since early December as hopes of a Santa rally fade.

A recently divorced father lost his only Bitcoin after being convinced a stranger loved him and could double his money.

Volume surged 86% above average during resistance rejection, though late-session breakout signals potential reversal from bearish structure.

Corporate Bitcoin buying continues as American Bitcoin surpasses ProCap, even as proxy stocks decline and volatility grips the crypto market. Bitcoin’s months-long slide hasn’t stopped corporate treasury companies from accumulating the digital asset, with the Eric Trump-backed American Bitcoin overtaking ProCap Financial, founded by entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano, in total Bitcoin holdings. American Bitcoin has added more than 1,000 Bitcoin (BTC) to its reserves since the start of December, lifting its total holdings to 5,044 BTC, valued at roughly $443 million, according to data from industry tracker BitcoinTreasuries.NET. ProCap Financial, established to build a Bitcoin-focused financial platform and investment vehicle, has slipped to 22nd place among corporate holders, holding approximately 5,000 BTC. The company has also increased its Bitcoin balance in recent weeks, according to the data. Read more

The decline appeared technical, rather than tied to BNB-specific negative news, and was accompanied by a wider crypto market downturn.