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George Town, Cayman Islands, December 23rd, 2025, Chainwire First-of-its-kind DEX eliminates wrapped tokens and centralized exchanges, enabling direct native asset swaps across multiple blockchains THORChain announced today the public beta launch of swap.thorchain.org, a dedicated DeFi swap interface designed to serve as the protocol’s primary front-end for seamless cross-chain cryptocurrency trading. The platform enables users to swap native digital assets directly across blockchain networks without relying on wrapped tokens, bridges, or centralized exchanges. Built as infrastructure for the decentralized finance community, the new interface represents THORChain’s commitment to making trustless cross-chain swaps accessible to both newcomers and experienced traders alike.…

In brief A 2025 Nature Communications study found that people engaged in demanding creative activities—especially complex video games—had brains that appeared 4–7 years younger. In controlled tests, non-gamers who trained on StarCraft II showed measurable improvements in brain efficiency; slower, turn-based games did not. The benefits seem tied to real-time complexity and cognitive load, not gaming per se, and don’t replace mental-health gains from exercise. The relentless march of time takes an inevitable toll on cognitive function. Yet, emerging research suggests a surprising countermeasure against neural decline may lie not in a pharmaceutical solution, but in complex, demanding recreational activities—including…

Gold shattered yet another all-time high, and if 10x Research is right, today’s price could be the cheapest investors will see for a while. Meanwhile, Bitcoin continues to drift sideways, conspicuously absent from the year-end rally that has swept through traditional safe-haven assets.Sponsored Gold’s Record-Breaking RunSpot gold climbed as high as $4,459.60 an ounce in early Asian trading on Tuesday, extending a 2.4% surge from the previous session—the biggest single-day gain in over a month. The yellow metal is now up 67% year-to-date, on track for its strongest annual performance since 1979.The rally is being fueled by a confluence of…

Crypto bulls are again watching from the sidelines as the debasement trade continues and risk assets generally move broadly higher during the U.S. trading session.The standout performer on Monday is gold, which has surged 2% to a new record high of $4,475 per ounce. Silver is higher by 1.6% and earlier hit its own fresh record at just below $70 per ounce.Just after the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each ahead by 0.6% and the U.S. dollar index is lower by 0.3%.After racing above $90,000 during the Asian/European trading sessions, bitcoin BTC$88,675.22 has…

Bitcoin financial services company Fold Holdings will be added to the Russell 2000, a primary US small-cap benchmark index. The announcement comes as MSCI considers excluding crypto-holding companies from its indexes, drawing significant industry attention.Fold Holdings Announces Russell 2000 InclusionFold Holdings (NASDAQ: FLD) officially announced its inclusion in the Russell 2000 on December 22. The company describes itself as the first publicly traded Bitcoin financial services firm, with over 1,500 BTC in its treasury. Its product lineup includes the Fold App, Fold Bitcoin Gift Card, Fold Debit Card, and the upcoming Fold Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card.Sponsored Sponsored“Fold’s inclusion in the…

Bitcoin BTC$88,472.94 and other crypto assets again fell steadily through the U.S. session on Monday, with BTC sliding below $88,000 after earlier having climbed above $90,000 and ETH ducking back below $3,000.Some crypto-related stocks are still holding gains, led by Hut 8 (HUT), which continues to rise following its deal last week for a 15-year AI data center lease with Fluidstack. Shares are higher by 16% Monday, helped by a price target increase Benchmark’s Mark Palmer.Other names in the green include Coinbase (COIN) and Robinhood (HOOD), though both are well off session highs as crypto prices have pulled back. Strategy…

In brief Corporate crypto treasuries scaled rapidly in 2025 as firms across sectors copied Strategy’s model, raising billions to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Strategy, Forward Industries, BitMine, The Ether Machine and Metaplanet emerged as the year’s defining treasury players, using debt, equity, and preferred shares to fund large positions. Analysts told Decrypt that conviction and execution, not headline exposure, has separated durable treasury strategies from speculative balance-sheet risks as they head into 2026. This year marked the first time the playbook of the top Bitcoin corporate holder, Strategy, was replicated at scale, with companies across sectors building major treasuries…

Bitcoin is holding above $88,000–$90,000 as of December 22, but the market structure beneath the price looks increasingly fragile. Recent volatility, thinning liquidity, and fading demand have raised concerns that crypto may be transitioning from a late bull phase into an early bear market heading into January 2026. Several on-chain and market-structure indicators now point in the same direction. None of these signals confirms a full bear market on their own. Together, however, they suggest rising downside risk and weakening support.Bitcoin’s Apparent Demand Growth Is Rolling OverBitcoin’s apparent demand growth tracks how much new buying pressure exists relative to available supply.The…

Bitmine now owns 3.37% of the ETH token supply, two-thirds of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ Bitmine Crypto + Total Cash Holdings + “Moonshots” total $13.2 billion, including 4.066 million ETH tokens, total cash of $1.0 billion, and other crypto holdings Bitmine will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Wynn Las Vegas on January 15, 2026 Bitmine leads crypto treasury peers by both the velocity of raising crypto NAV per share and by the high trading liquidity of BMNR stock Bitmine is the 66th most traded stock in the US, trading $1.7 billion per day (5-day avg)…

Hyundai Group evacuated employees from two major offices in Seoul today after receiving a bomb threat email demanding payment in bitcoin, police said.  Authorities later confirmed the threat was a hoax, but the incident added to growing concern over a recent wave of extortion, crypto and non-crypto related, threats targeting South Korea’s largest companies. According to local reports, a 112 emergency call was received at about 11:42 a.m. The caller relayed the contents of an email sent to Hyundai. The message said an explosive device would be detonated at Hyundai Group’s building in Yeonji-dong, Jongno-gu, at 11:30 a.m. It added…