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Bitcoin Depot’s Scott Buchanan argues that crypto ATM operators must continually strengthen their safeguards and make things safer and more transparent for users — protective actions that not only benefit individual crypto users but also bolster the market’s integrity and support its long-term growth.

From petrodollars to ETFs, oil-rich investors are entering Bitcoin via regulated rails, deepening liquidity while reshaping market structure. In 2025, oil-linked capital from the Gulf, including sovereign wealth funds, family offices and private banking networks, has emerged as a significant influence on Bitcoin’s liquidity dynamics. These investors are entering Bitcoin primarily through regulated channels, including spot ETFs. Abu Dhabi has become a focal point for this shift, supported by large pools of sovereign-linked capital and the Abu Dhabi Global Market, which serves as a regulated hub for global asset managers and crypto market intermediaries. Read more

The decline in exchange deposits and downward price pressure also comes as large investors and short-term holders realize their losses.

Spot trading volumes are cooling, and investor enthusiasm is fading amid a lack of structural growth drivers, analysts wrote in a new report.

The protocol automates yield generation by rebalancing capital across DeFi protocols, factoring in risk, and offers access to various assets.

Bitcoin traders braced for a major move “around the corner” after days of BTC price action sticking to a tight range around $90,000. Bitcoin (BTC) eroded $90,000 support into Sunday’s weekly close as predictions saw BTC price volatility next. Key points: Bitcoin is seen breaking its sideways trading range as volatility hits “extreme” lows. Read more

As institutions are laying the groundwork for wider crypto adoption from the top down, it’s being met by rising interest from football fans from the ground up.

Bitcoin dipped below $89,000 on Sunday as low liquidity, altcoin weakness and imminent U.S. and global data releases kept traders cautious.

Why some AIs are bullish while others are not on XRP in the next few weeks?

Solana spot ETFs have recorded $674 million in net inflows across seven consecutive trading days, with Bitwise commanding $608.81 million as analysts anticipate a breakout above the $180 resistance level. The post Solana Price Prediction: Analysts See $180 Breakout as Spot ETF Inflows Reach $674M appeared first on Cryptonews.

The case highlights a growing trend of physical attacks aimed at extracting access to crypto wallets, known as "wrench attacks."

Crypto and stock performance since January 2024 suggests that the new “altcoin trading” is just stock trading. The S&P 500 returned roughly 25% in 2024 and 17.5% in 2025, compounding to approximately 47% over two years. The Nasdaq-100 delivered 25.9% and 18.1% over the same period, for a cumulative gain near 49%. The CoinDesk 80 […] The post Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin risks declining toward $70,000 as the Bank of Japan prepares a 25-basis-point rate hike on December 19, with analysts citing historical patterns of 20%+ BTC drops following previous BOJ rate increases. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Analysts Warn BTC Could Slide Toward $70K if Bank of Japan Hikes Rates on Dec. 19 appeared first on Cryptonews.

SEC warns investors on crypto custody risks while federal regulators approve tokenized Treasuries, grant national bank charters to five digital-asset firms, and shift toward integrating crypto into traditional finance. The post SEC Issues Crypto Custody Warning: Know the Risks Before You Store appeared first on Cryptonews.

HashKey’s IPO bid puts Hong Kong’s virtual asset regime on display, testing whether compliance-first crypto platforms can win investors. HashKey is aiming to become Hong Kong’s first fully crypto-native IPO by listing 240.57 million shares under the city’s virtual asset regulatory regime. The business extends beyond a spot exchange by combining trading, custody, institutional staking, asset management and tokenization into a single regulated platform. Revenue is growing, but the company is still incurring losses as it invests heavily in technology, compliance and market expansion. Read more

Bitcoin prices are stuck around the $90,000 support level, leaving analysts to question where it will head next. 

M and ZEC are in one corner, QNT and KAS are in the other.

10x Research’s Markus Thielen says Bitcoin’s four-year cycle still exists but is now driven by politics, liquidity and elections rather than the halving. Bitcoin’s long-debated four-year cycle is still playing out, but the forces behind it have shifted away from the halving toward politics and liquidity, according to Markus Thielen, head of research at 10x Research. Speaking on The Wolf Of All Streets Podcast, Thielen argued that the idea of the four-year cycle being “broken” misses the point. In his view, the cycle remains intact, but it is no longer dictated by Bitcoin (BTC)’s programmed supply cuts. Instead, it is increasingly shaped by US election timelines, central bank policy and the flow of capital into risk assets. Thielen pointed to historical market peaks in 2013, 2017 and 2021, all of which occurred in the fourth quarter. Those peaks, he said, align more closely with presidential election cycles and broader political uncertainty than with the timing of Bitcoin halvings, which have shifted throughou...

Meanwhile, the PI token continues to struggle at just over $0.20.

Bitcoin’s muted price action near $90,000 is being driven by covered call selling from long-term holders rather than weak spot demand. The post Covered Call Selling by Bitcoin Whales Is Weighing on Spot Prices, Analyst Says appeared first on Cryptonews.