Several analysts remain bullish on Bitcoin, expecting it to surge to a new all-time high as early as in the first quarter of 2026. Key points: Bitcoin has been lagging behind gold and the S&P 500 since November, but analysts expect a rally to a new all-time high in 2026. Several major altcoins are showing signs of starting a short-term recovery. Read more
Fake band exposed by hoax spokesman, turning ChatGPT evil, and a vending machine calls the FBI over $2. The weirdest AI stories of 2025. Every two weeks throughout 2025, the AI Eye column has rounded up all the important and groundbreaking developments in artificial intelligence… and then ignored them completely to focus instead on weird and wonderful stories of LLM’s going rogue, deep fakes upon deep fakes, and the unexpected ramifications of unleashing this alien technology upon a society that’s not even close to being ready for it. Here are nine of the weirdest highlights from the past year of AI Eye: AI safety researchers accidentally turned GPT-4o into a Hitler-loving supervillain who wants to wipe out humanity. The bizarre and disturbing behavior emerged all by itself after the model was trained on a data set of computer code filled with security vulnerabilities. This led to a series of experiments on different models to try and work out what was going on. Read more
The Bitcoin price slump at the end of the year hasn’t discouraged Michael Saylor’s Strategy from buying over 22,000 BTC in December alone. Bitcoin’s price continued to fall as 2025 neared its end, declining 4% in December. Despite a slump in markets, Strategy capped off the year with massive Bitcoin buys. In December alone, the software company turned Bitcoin investment vehicle picked up over 22,000 Bitcoin (BTC). In the US, prediction markets are inking deals with major media outlets and scoring approvals from major federal agencies. However, in 11 states, gambling and gaming regulators are taking legal action against platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. Watchdogs state that such markets constitute a form of gambling, a claim the companies themselves dispute. Read more
From Bitcoin to Dogecoin, major AI models predict price ranges and the catalysts that could shape crypto markets in the year ahead. Artificial intelligence is no longer just a research tool for investors. It’s increasingly being used as a market oracle, used to model scenarios, price ranges and sector-level shifts across global asset classes. In 2025, AI adoption accelerated across crypto markets and asset management companies, with funds and analysts using large language models to interpret macro signals, onchain data and regulatory developments. To test how these systems interpret the upcoming year, Cointelegraph asked leading AI models what crypto prices could look like in 2026. Read more
Ether trades sideways as spot ETF outflows, weak bullish leverage demand, and low Ethereum network fees cap recovery prospects going into 2026. Key takeaways: ETH remains capped below $3,000 as repeated breakout failures weaken trader confidence and suppress short-term momentum. A sustainable ETH rally will require stronger network activity and DApp demand to offset weak leverage and ETF flows. Read more
Arkham data shows wallets associated with the Official Trump meme team pulling about $94 million in USDC from TRUMP liquidity pools in December and routing the funds to Coinbase. Onchain analysts tracking the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin on Solana have flagged large transfers from wallets labeled as parts of the “Official Trump Meme” cluster moving about $94 million in USDC from TRUMP liquidity pools over the past month. The most recent movement, highlighted by blockchain data platform Arkham, involved 33 million USDC (USDC) being withdrawn from liquidity on Tuesday and sent to an entity labeled Fireblocks, which then routed funds to wallets labeled as belonging to Coinbase. Public Solana records on Solscan corroborate the large USDC outflows from TRUMP‑linked wallets. Read more