Bitcoin held close to $88,000 on Friday as markets eased into the primary buying and selling session of 2026, with holiday-thinned volumes holding strikes measured and buyers lining up for a yr full of coverage and tech-driven catalysts. Early risk-taking confirmed up most clearly in Asia, the place Hong Kong and South Korea led features…
Trust Wallet customers affected by a current browser extension hack are going through recent delays after the pockets supplier confirmed that its Chrome extension has been quickly faraway from the Chrome Web Store. This resulted in slowing the rollout of a key claims verification software tied to the incident. Trust Wallet chief govt Eowyn Chen…
The speedy rise and collapse of a creator token tied to YouTuber Nick Shirley is fueling renewed debate over whether or not “creator cash” can ship lasting on-chain exercise, even when backed by viral consideration and main platforms. The token, launched on Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 community Base by way of the Zora creator platform, misplaced…
Chainlink stated it has strengthened its place as the industry-standard infrastructure for onchain finance in 2025, as governments, banks and asset managers more and more adopted its know-how to maneuver real-world monetary exercise onto blockchains, in keeping with blog post printed by the corporate. Major Chainlink milestones in 2025 ↓https://t.co/qAk3YmoKv6 — Chainlink (@chainlink) December 31,…
Venture capital agency Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has recognized stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization and privateness infrastructure as a few of the most necessary forces set to form the crypto trade in 2026, in keeping with research published by its crypto staff. Learn extra: https://t.co/X0Dp85eC1Q — a16z crypto (@a16zcrypto) December 31, 2025 Stablecoins Move Into the Mainstream…
A US federal choose threw out a crypto investor lawsuit in opposition to Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, ending a case that attempted to pin Voyager Digital’s collapse on celebrity-style promotion and group advertising. Judge Roy Ok. Altman of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida stated in an order dated…
Trump Media and Technology Group has confirmed plans to distribute a brand new digital token to its shareholders, marking the clearest step but within the firm’s gradual enlargement into blockchain-based merchandise tied to its media and monetary companies ecosystem. In a press launch, the corporate said it intends to concern the token to shareholders of…
Coinbase has warned {that a} renewed push in Washington to limit how stablecoins can reward customers might weaken the United States’ place in digital funds at a time when China is actively upgrading its personal state-backed digital forex to make it extra engaging. Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase’s chief coverage officer, raised the concern in a publish…
South Korean prosecutors have dismantled a Cambodia-based prison group that defrauded victims of roughly $1.3 million by means of romance scams falsely promising SpaceX funding alternatives. According to a local report, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office introduced on December 30 that 13 members of the syndicate face costs, together with prison group operation and…
Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded merchandise (ETPs) listed globally recorded internet outflows of $2.95 billion in November marking the primary month of internet withdrawals in 2025, in keeping with new analysis from ETFGI. Despite the month-to-month setback the sector stays considerably bigger than a 12 months in the past. Total property invested in world…