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Cointelegraph.com - 05:37 Dec 22, 2025
Northern Data, which is majority-owned by Tether, sold its Bitcoin mining arm to businesses owned by Tether executives, the Financial Times reports. The Tether-backed data centre operator Northern Data reportedly sold its Bitcoin mining business, Peak Mining, to three companies run by Tether executives. Northern Data was sold for up to $200 million to Highland Group Mining, Appalachian Energy, and an Alberta-based company, run by Giancarlo Devasini, Tether co-founder and chair, and its CEO, Paolo Ardoino, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Filings reportedly show that Highland Group’s directors are Devasini and Ardoino, and the sole director of the Alberta company is Devasini, while it remains unclear who runs Delaware-based Appalachian Energy. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 04:28 Dec 22, 2025
Lawmakers led by Republican Mike Carey argue that current IRS rules penalize stakers with an administrative burden and potentially over-tax unrealized gains. A group of 18 bipartisan US House lawmakers is pushing the country’s tax agency to review its rules on crypto staking taxes before the start of 2026. In a letter sent to Internal Revenue Service acting commissioner Scott Bessent on Friday, the lawmakers, led by Republican Mike Carey, asked for a review and update guidance on “burdensome” crypto staking tax laws. “This letter is simply requesting fair tax treatment for digital assets and ending the double taxation of staking rewards is a big step in the right direction,” Carey said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 03:50 Dec 22, 2025
Kaspersky found a new malware, dubbed Stealka, that disguises itself as game mods and pirated software to steal crypto wallets, passwords, and browser data. New malware has been discovered that targets crypto wallets and browser extensions while disguising itself as game cheats and mods, said cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Kaspersky reported on Thursday that it had uncovered a new infostealer dubbed “Stealka,” which targets Microsoft Windows user data. Attackers have used the malware, which was discovered in November, to hijack accounts, steal cryptocurrency, and install crypto miners on their victims’ computers while masquerading as video game cracks, cheats, and mods. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 00:32 Dec 22, 2025
Uniswap’s fee switch proposal, designed to boost its token’s supply-demand dynamics via token burns, has passed a community vote threshold and is set to take effect this week. The highly anticipated Uniswap protocol fee switch, dubbed “UNIfication,” is set to pass and go live later this week, having reached the 40 million vote threshold needed to trigger one of the biggest upgrades in the decentralized exchange protocol’s seven-year history. As of early Monday, nearly 62 million votes have already been cast in favor of the UNIfication governance proposal since voting opened on Dec. 20, with voting set to close on Thursday, Christmas Day. Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams said on Thursday that a successful vote would follow a two-day timelock period in which Uniswap v2 and v3 fee switches would flip on the Unichain mainnet, triggering the burning of more Uniswap (UNI) tokens. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 22:17 Dec 21, 2025
Putting real-world assets onchain opens up new markets, increases capital velocity and democratizes access to finance, advocates say. Tokenization will transform the financial industry faster than digital technology disrupted legacy media, such as print newspapers, physical copies of music and other analog formats, according to Keith Grossman, president of crypto payments company MoonPay. “While many feared digitization would destroy media, what it actually did was force its evolution,” Grossman said, adding that real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, the process of representing traditional assets onchain, will force traditional institutions to adapt. He added: Financial incumbents like Citi, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and others will continue to exist in a different form, Grossman said, much like media companies continued to exist after the shift to digital distribution in the late 1990s and early 2000s, which disrupted business models that worked for decades. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:00 Dec 21, 2025
Bitcoin is a decentralized software protocol that has a collective action problem, unlike centralized companies, according to Jameson Lopp. Migrating Bitcoin (BTC) to post-quantum standards will take at least 5-10 years, according to Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of crypto custody company Casa, Jameson Lopp, who weighed in on the ongoing quantum computer debate. Lopp agreed with Adam Back, the CEO of crypto infrastructure company Blockstream, that there is no near-term threat to Bitcoin from quantum computers. Lopp said in an X post. We should hope for the best, but prepare for the worst,” he added. In a separate post, he said the Bitcoin protocol is more challenging to upgrade to post-quantum standards than centralized software because of its distributed consensus model. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 16:11 Dec 21, 2025
Bitcoin price expectations diverged into the weekly close as $150,000 targets met calls for a drop to levels not seen in over a year. Bitcoin (BTC) circled $88,000 on Sunday as traders braced for fresh volatility into the weekly close. Key points: Bitcoin market participants have mixed views over short-term BTC price action with the market stuck below $90,000. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 12:29 Dec 21, 2025
The BNPL giant will tap USDC-denominated funding via Coinbase as it explores stablecoins for treasury and capital markets use. Klarna, a Swedish fintech company known for its “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) service, has partnered with crypto exchange Coinbase to add stablecoins to its institutional funding toolkit. Under the arrangement, the global payments and digital banking firm plans to raise short-term funding from institutional investors denominated in USDC (USDC), using Coinbase’s crypto-native infrastructure, according to a Friday announcement. “This is an exciting first step into a new way to raise funding,” Klarna chief financial officer Niclas Neglén said. “Stablecoin connects us to an entirely new class of institutional investors, and gives us the potential to diversify our funding sources in ways that simply weren't possible a few years ago,” he added. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 08:17 Dec 21, 2025
Brazil’s crypto market showed signs of maturity in 2025, with higher transaction volumes, larger per-user investments and growing demand for low-risk products. Crypto activity in Brazil expanded sharply in 2025, with total transaction volume climbing 43% year over year as average investment per user crossed the $1,000 mark, according to a new report from crypto platform Mercado Bitcoin. The report, titled “Raio-X do Investidor em Ativos Digitais 2025,” claimed that the Brazilian crypto market is no longer driven purely by speculation but increasingly shaped by structured investing and portfolio planning. The data was based on activity across Mercado Bitcoin’s platform, the largest digital asset exchange in Latin America. Per the report, the average amount invested per person reached roughly 5,700 Brazilian reais, equivalent to more than $1,000. At the same time, 18% of investors allocated funds across more than one crypto asset, indicating a gradual shift toward diversification rather than single-asset bets. ... -
Cointelegraph.com - 07:05 Dec 21, 2025
US lawmakers are proposing a tax exemption for stablecoin payments of up to $200 and a multi-year deferral option for crypto staking and mining rewards. US lawmakers have introduced a discussion draft that would ease the tax burden on everyday crypto users by exempting small stablecoin transactions from capital gains taxes and offering a new deferral option for staking and mining rewards. The proposal, introduced by Representatives Max Miller of Ohio and Steven Horsford of Nevada, seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code to reflect the growing use of digital assets in payments. The draft is set “to eliminate low-value gain recognition arising from routine consumer payment use of regulated payment stablecoins,” per the draft. Under the draft, users would not be required to recognize gains or losses on stablecoin transactions of up to $200, provided the asset is issued by a permitted issuer under the GENIUS Act, pegged to the US dollar and maintains a tight trading range around $1. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 05:16 Dec 21, 2025
Industry supporters said crypto "would not be where it is today" without US Senator Cynthia Lummis, who announced she would not seek reelection next year. The crypto industry has rallied in support of pro-crypto US Senator Cynthia Lummis after she announced she will not seek reelection in 2026. Lummis, who is a vocal advocate for digital assets, played a significant role in US crypto policy discussions over the past few years and earned widespread respect across the crypto industry. Venture capital firm a16z head of government affairs, Collin McCune, said in an X post on Friday that “crypto would not be where it is today without her fight in the Congress.” Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:11 Dec 21, 2025
Social media sentiment indicates Bitcoin is in a range where a drop below $75,000 is possible, according to Santiment founder Maksim Balashevich. Crypto traders have not yet shown enough fear on social media to confirm a market bottom, according to a crypto analyst who suggested Bitcoin could still slide to around $75,000. “It looks very tempting to come even closer to it,” crypto market sentiment platform Santiment founder, Maksim Balashevich, said on a video published to YouTube on Friday. A move to that level would represent an approximate 14.77% drop from Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price of $88,350, according to CoinMarketCap. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 01:11 Dec 21, 2025
Social media sentiment indicates Bitcoin is in a range where a drop below $75,000 is possible, according to Santiment founder Maksim Balashevich. Crypto traders have not yet shown enough fear on social media to confirm a market bottom, according to a crypto analyst who suggested Bitcoin could still slide to around $75,000. “It looks very tempting to come even closer to it,” crypto market sentiment platform Santiment founder, Maksim Balashevich, said on a video published to YouTube on Friday. A move to that level would represent an approximate 14.77% drop from Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price of $88,350, according to CoinMarketCap. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 23:26 Dec 20, 2025
Fidelity researcher mulls over Bitcoin dropping to $65,000 in 2026, US Clarity Act may not boost Bitcoin’s price: Hodler’s Digest Veteran trader Peter Brandt said the potential passage of the US Clarity Act is unlikely to have a significant impact on Bitcoins price after indications that it could pass Congress as soon as January. Is it a world-shaking macro development? Nope. Needed for sure, but not something that should redefine value, Brandt told Cointelegraph on Friday. Having an asset regulated, particularly an asset for which die-hard investors never wanted to be regulated, is not an earth-shattering event, he added. His comments came after White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks said on Thursday, We are closer than ever to passing the landmark crypto market structure legislation. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:39 Dec 20, 2025
Multiple factors, including ETF outflows, contracting demand, and price falling below key support levels, indicate the start of a BTC bear market. Bitcoin (BTC) demand growth has slowed significantly since October 2025, signaling that Bitcoin has entered into another bear market cycle, according to analysts at crypto market analysis platform CryptoQuant. Investor demand for BTC came in three waves during the current market cycle, with the first wave landing in January 2024, CryptoQuant analysts said. The first wave followed the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US, the second wave followed the results of the 2024 US presidential election, and the third was a BTC treasury company bubble. According to CryptoQuant: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 21:39 Dec 20, 2025
Multiple factors, including ETF outflows, contracting demand, and price falling below key support levels, indicate the start of a BTC bear market. Bitcoin (BTC) demand growth has slowed significantly since October 2025, signaling that Bitcoin has entered into another bear market cycle, according to analysts at crypto market analysis platform CryptoQuant. Investor demand for BTC came in three waves during the current market cycle, with the first wave landing in January 2024, CryptoQuant analysts said. The first wave followed the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US, the second wave followed the results of the 2024 US presidential election, and the third was a BTC treasury company bubble. According to CryptoQuant: Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:14 Dec 20, 2025
Bitcoin's fundamental properties make it a better long-term bet than gold, according to Bitcoin maximalist and analyst Matthew Kratter. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) will outperform gold in the long run, and BTC holders should not sell their coins to pour into gold during its meteoric run to prices above $4,000 per ounce, according to Bitcoin advocate, educator and market analyst Matthew Kratter. BTC is a better store of value based on scarcity, portability, verifiability, divisibility, and other characteristics of money, Kratter said. He added: The steadily increasing supply of gold can be exacerbated by sudden discoveries of large, untapped gold deposits, which exist within the earth’s crust and in space, he said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 20:14 Dec 20, 2025
Bitcoin's fundamental properties make it a better long-term bet than gold, according to Bitcoin maximalist and analyst Matthew Kratter. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) will outperform gold in the long run, and BTC holders should not sell their coins to pour into gold during its meteoric run to prices above $4,000 per ounce, according to Bitcoin advocate, educator and market analyst Matthew Kratter. BTC is a better store of value based on scarcity, portability, verifiability, divisibility, and other characteristics of money, Kratter said. He added: The steadily increasing supply of gold can be exacerbated by sudden discoveries of large, untapped gold deposits, which exist within the earth’s crust and in space, he said. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:42 Dec 20, 2025
Crypto and Web3 projects market themselves as decentralized but still rely on centralized cloud infrastructure to power applications. The rise of AI-powered no-code tools that allow users to create applications through linguistic prompts rather than computer code, decentralized through blockchain technology, will challenge Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) dominance of the cloud computing market. No-code tools will democratize access to app creation and custom-tailored user experiences that will require constant updates and maintenance from AI, Lomesh Dutta, vice president of growth at the Dfinity Foundation, a non-profit organization that guides development of the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) ecosystem, told Cointelegraph. This rise of user-created applications eliminates the need for centrally managed software solutions stored on centralized servers. Read more -
Cointelegraph.com - 17:42 Dec 20, 2025
Crypto and Web3 projects market themselves as decentralized but still rely on centralized cloud infrastructure to power applications. The rise of AI-powered no-code tools that allow users to create applications through linguistic prompts rather than computer code, decentralized through blockchain technology, will challenge Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) dominance of the cloud computing market. No-code tools will democratize access to app creation and custom-tailored user experiences that will require constant updates and maintenance from AI, Lomesh Dutta, vice president of growth at the Dfinity Foundation, a non-profit organization that guides development of the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) ecosystem, told Cointelegraph. This rise of user-created applications eliminates the need for centrally managed software solutions stored on centralized servers. Read more
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