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  • The Bitcoin “hard asset” narrative is breaking as silver hits parabolic peaks without taking crypto along for the ride
    CryptoSlate - 21:15 Dec 25, 2025
    Silver left the $50 range in late November and went parabolic into year-end, registering consecutive all-time highs and hitting $72 an ounce on Dec. 24. Gold made a similar run throughout 2025, reaching $4,524.30 the same day. Bitcoin, however, traded at $87,498.12 as of press time, down roughly 8% for the year and 30% from […] The post The Bitcoin “hard asset” narrative is breaking as silver hits parabolic peaks without taking crypto along for the ride appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • The memecoin hall of shame: 10 tokens that defined 2025 wildest trades
    CryptoSlate - 19:05 Dec 25, 2025
    The year opened with a sitting president launching his own token three days before inauguration and closed with researchers proving that one of the year's “comeback stories” was controlled by a few dozen wallets. Between those bookends, 2025 turned memecoins from niche absurdity into crypto's most visible, and most embarrassing, corner. A sovereign leader rugpulled […] The post The memecoin hall of shame: 10 tokens that defined 2025 wildest trades appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Crypto sentiment is trapped in extreme fear because the industry’s biggest structural wins are failing to move prices
    CryptoSlate - 15:30 Dec 25, 2025
    Crypto sentiment gauges have spent the past two months deep in the red. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has spent more than 30% of 2025 in fear or extreme fear territory, and alternative trackers put the market in a 10-25 range out of 100 since mid-November. Bitcoin is on track for its worst fourth […] The post Crypto sentiment is trapped in extreme fear because the industry’s biggest structural wins are failing to move prices appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto
  • 10 stories that rewired digital finance in 2025 – the year crypto became infrastructure
    CryptoSlate - 13:00 Dec 25, 2025
    This year opened with Bitcoin (BTC) proponents expecting a clean rally, driven by halving narratives, spot ETF momentum, and a Fed pivot all stacked neatly in their favor. Instead, the year closed with BTC stuck 30% below its October peak, North Korean hackers walking away with $2 billion, and the US government quietly building a […] The post 10 stories that rewired digital finance in 2025 – the year crypto became infrastructure appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoin’s 2025 review: The “violent transformation” hidden behind the year’s deceptively flat price chart
    CryptoSlate - 10:00 Dec 25, 2025
    2025 delivered a brutal lesson in market structure for Bitcoin. The year began with political momentum and drifted into a summer of aggressive policy signals. Yet, it snapped into one of the sharpest boom-to-bust sequences in the asset’s history. By December, the price had round-tripped, leaving the asset flat for the year. But the flat […] The post Bitcoin’s 2025 review: The “violent transformation” hidden behind the year’s deceptively flat price chart appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • The top 12 crypto winners of 2025: who got it right this year?
    CryptoSlate - 19:05 Dec 24, 2025
    If 2024 was the year of the crypto reawakening, 2025 was the year the plumbing finally got permitted. This year, the emerging industry entered January with tentative optimism and exited December with federal statutes. As a result, the narrative shifted definitively from “crypto as a casino” to “crypto as capital markets infrastructure.” During this period, […] The post The top 12 crypto winners of 2025: who got it right this year? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
  • Bitcoiners waiting for a “Bukele moment” in Chile are ignoring a $229 billion signal that matters more
    CryptoSlate - 16:05 Dec 24, 2025
    Chile has made a hard pivot. In a decisive Dec. 14 runoff, José Antonio Kast, a conservative former congressman and leader of the Republican Party, won the presidency with roughly 58% of the vote over leftist Jeannette Jara. It marks Chile’s starkest rightward shift since the return to democracy. Markets took it as a deregulatory […] The post Bitcoiners waiting for a “Bukele moment” in Chile are ignoring a $229 billion signal that matters more appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame
    CryptoSlate - 13:05 Dec 24, 2025
    Over the past quarter, the most notable market signal from Japan-based Metaplanet was not a single Bitcoin purchase, but a pause. The Tokyo-listed firm, which spent much of 2025 aggressively acquiring Bitcoin, has not issued a “Notice of Additional Purchase” since Oct. 1. While retail observers feared a loss of conviction, the silence masked a […] The post Metaplanet stopped buying Bitcoin for months, concealing a ruthless arbitrage strategy that puts retail to shame appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Crypto insiders stopped buying new tokens 2 years ago, creating a liquidity trap that’s crushing retail buyers
    CryptoSlate - 10:50 Dec 24, 2025
    More than 80% of the tokens launched this year are trading underwater, marking a definitive shift in the market's appetite for venture-backed cryptocurrency projects. Data from Memento Research showed that it tracked 118 major token generation events in 2025 and found that 100 of them, or 84.7%, are trading below their opening fully diluted valuations. […] The post Crypto insiders stopped buying new tokens 2 years ago, creating a liquidity trap that’s crushing retail buyers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Crypto
  • Crypto traders say “something broke” after in October, the data says the market really did change
    CryptoSlate - 21:45 Dec 23, 2025
    Two months after Trump’s tariff headline detonated a historic liquidation cascade, Bitcoin is still stuck in a different kind of market, one with less leverage, thinner liquidity, and a weaker bid from ETFs Bitcoin is sitting in the mid $80,000s again, and the vibe feels nothing like early October, when everyone was still talking like […] The post Crypto traders say “something broke” after in October, the data says the market really did change appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Fact check: Bitcoin never really hit $100,000 in 2025 when you apply real world data
    CryptoSlate - 19:25 Dec 23, 2025
    On the day Bitcoin finally punched through $100,000, a lot of people did the same thing. They screenshotted it. They sent it to group chats, posted it with rocket emojis, and pulled up old tweets from 2021 to dust off the victory laps they had been saving for years. It felt like closure, like the […] The post Fact check: Bitcoin never really hit $100,000 in 2025 when you apply real world data appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Aave prices are crashing as insiders warn a “hostile” holiday vote could destroy the protocol’s dominance
    CryptoSlate - 17:05 Dec 23, 2025
    The battle for control of Aave, the $52 billion decentralized lending giant, has escalated from a debate over interface economics into an open civil war regarding governance legitimacy. What began as a dispute over $10 million in annualized swap fees and brand ownership has, in the last 24 hours, mutated into a bitter procedural fight […] The post Aave prices are crashing as insiders warn a “hostile” holiday vote could destroy the protocol’s dominance appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Ethereum is vanishing from exchanges, and the massive wallets absorbing it prove you aren’t the target audience anymore
    CryptoSlate - 15:05 Dec 23, 2025
    Ethereum (ETH) broke its 2021 all-time high in August, brushing $4,945 and a $600 billion market cap, while exchange balances hit record lows. Corporate treasuries and spot ETFs now control nearly 11% of the circulating supply. By every structural metric, ETH should feel like it's having a moment. It doesn't. No Bored Apes are selling […] The post Ethereum is vanishing from exchanges, and the massive wallets absorbing it prove you aren’t the target audience anymore appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum
  • Bitcoin’s market “plumbing” is now owned by these major banks that are controlling the price action
    CryptoSlate - 13:00 Dec 23, 2025
    The crypto market in 2025 looked nothing like it did in 2021. No parabolic rallies, no Reddit threads going vertical, no NFT floor prices exploding, Google Trends stayed quiet. Instead, the dominant crypto narrative of 2025 was written in 13F filings, custody agreements, and tokenized Treasury flows. BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) held 776,100 BTC […] The post Bitcoin’s market “plumbing” is now owned by these major banks that are controlling the price action appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Bitcoin stalled at $90,000 because that “perfect” inflation report hides a massive data error
    CryptoSlate - 09:59 Dec 23, 2025
    US inflation came in softer than expected, and the Fed delivered its third consecutive rate cut. The Bank of Japan raised rates for the first time in three decades without triggering a meltdown. On paper, the macro tape into year-end looks friendlier than it has in months. As of press time, Bitcoin (BTC) is up […] The post Bitcoin stalled at $90,000 because that “perfect” inflation report hides a massive data error appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • TEN Protocol redefines Ethereum’s privacy with ‘compute in confidence’ approach
    CryptoSlate - 02:00 Dec 23, 2025
    Ethereum’s transparency has long been one of its greatest strengths—but for many real-world applications, it has also become a structural limitation. From MEV-driven trading inefficiencies to data leakage in DeFi, gaming, and AI-driven workflows, the assumption that everything must be public in order to be verifiable is increasingly being challenged. TEN Protocol is built around […] The post TEN Protocol redefines Ethereum’s privacy with ‘compute in confidence’ approach appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum TEN Protocol
  • Solana Mobile ended Saga security patches, exposing owners to a critical wallet risk you can’t ignore
    CryptoSlate - 22:30 Dec 22, 2025
    Solana Mobile has ended software update and security patch support for its Saga smartphone. The company warned that compatibility with new software or services “cannot be guaranteed,” and that Saga-specific customer support is now limited to general inquiries, according to Solana Mobile’s help-center notice. Solana Mobile said the change “does not affect Seeker devices,” which […] The post Solana Mobile ended Saga security patches, exposing owners to a critical wallet risk you can’t ignore appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Solana Mobile SAGA
  • Bitcoin on-chain data just confirmed a “demand vacuum” that threatens to drag prices down to this uncomfortable range
    CryptoSlate - 19:35 Dec 22, 2025
    Bitcoin’s 2025 was billed as the year of the “supercycle,” powered by record institutional access and a friendlier policy backdrop out of Washington. However, it is ending very differently. Into December, the world’s largest digital asset is not pricing in a new paradigm so much as grinding through a performance problem. The rally has faded, […] The post Bitcoin on-chain data just confirmed a “demand vacuum” that threatens to drag prices down to this uncomfortable range appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Oil price collapse signals a dangerous liquidity trap and Bitcoin isn’t safe just because inflation is down
    CryptoSlate - 16:00 Dec 22, 2025
    Over the last few months, oil prices have collapsed below $60 a barrel alongside Bitcoin's slide from $126,000 in October to around $89,000 today. So, does energy’s slide reflect weaker demand or an inflation break that could impact risk assets like Bitcoin going forward? Brent closed at $58.92 and WTI at $55.27, the lowest settlements […] The post Oil price collapse signals a dangerous liquidity trap and Bitcoin isn’t safe just because inflation is down appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • These two financial giants just set Ethereum’s on-chain schedule, but Wall Street relies on a controversial “undo” button
    CryptoSlate - 12:35 Dec 22, 2025
    If you’ve ever bought a stock and assumed you “owned it” the moment you hit confirm, you’ve already met the least glamorous part of markets: settlement. Settlement is the back-end handoff where the system ensures that the buyer’s cash and the seller’s security actually swap places for good, with no take-backs and no missing pieces. […] The post These two financial giants just set Ethereum’s on-chain schedule, but Wall Street relies on a controversial “undo” button appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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