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As President Donald Trump’s opening year wanes in his second administration, he’s finally landed permanent appointments to helm two of the most important U.S. crypto regulators — Mike Selig as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Travis Hill as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.The CFTC is poised to become a leading regulator of U.S. crypto activity, especially if Congress completes the legislative work to give more specific crypto authority to the derivatives watchdog. The Senate approved Selig and Hill in a package of dozens of other nominees on Thursday with a 53-43 vote. Once sworn in,…

Ethereum is facing renewed selling pressure as the broader market struggles with fear, uncertainty, and growing bearish expectations. After weeks of weakness, many analysts are now openly calling for a prolonged bear market stretching into 2026, arguing that Ethereum remains below key structural levels and lacks strong momentum. Related Reading Bulls are attempting to defend the $2,800 mark, a level that has become critical for maintaining short-term confidence, but price action continues to reflect hesitation rather than conviction. Volatility remains elevated, and market sentiment is dominated by caution rather than optimism. Against this fragile backdrop, on-chain data reveals a notable…

Crypto losses accelerated Thursday afternoon as bitcoin BTC$85,455.18 broke below the key $85,000 support level, dipping to $84,500 — its weakest price in nearly three weeks — before rebounding slightly.The move erased BTC’s morning rally to $89,500 and dragged the broader crypto market lower. Ether ETH$2,825.90 fell under $2,800, down 1.1% in the past 24 hours, while Solana’s SOL dropped 4% to below $120, its lowest since April.Altcoins led the rout, with ADA$0.3504, DOGE$0.1220, and SUI plunging more than 5%, outpacing bitcoin’s 1.6% daily drop.The wild price swings across the board triggered $550 million in liquidations over the past 24…

In 2025, the most influential narratives in crypto shifted away from hype toward utility and systems delivering measurable, real-world impact. The year marked a transition to production-ready systems that enhance the global movement and settlement of value.Experts from SynFutures, Brickken, and Cake Wallet said that stablecoins, privacy, tokenized assets, and applied AI shaped adoption through genuine demand rather than speculation.The Year Crypto Became InfrastructureIn many ways, 2025 was an exceptional year. It marked the first time crypto reached this level of institutional integration, with users often interacting with crypto rails without consciously engaging with “crypto” as a product.Sponsored SponsoredWhile the…

US inflation delivered its biggest downside surprise in months. Yet instead of a sustained rally, both Bitcoin and US equities sold off sharply during US trading hours. The price action puzzled many traders, but the charts point to a familiar explanation rooted in market structure, positioning, and liquidity rather than macro fundamentals.What Happened After the US CPI ReleaseHeadline CPI slowed to 2.7% year over year in November, well below the 3.1% forecast. Core CPI also undershot expectations at 2.6%. Sponsored SponsoredOn paper, this was one of the most risk-positive inflation prints of 2025. Markets initially reacted as expected. Bitcoin jumped toward the…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Danh C. Vo, founder and CEO of bitcoin mining company VBit Technologies Corp., with defrauding investors out of $48.5 million.  According to the SEC, Vo misused the funds for gambling, cryptocurrency purchases, and gifts to family members, while misleading investors about the operations of his business. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleges Vo raised over $95.6 million from approximately 6,400 investors between December 2018 and February 2022.  He sold “hosting agreements,” which promised investors a share of profits from bitcoin mining rigs operated by…

Calling Bitcoin a scam reflects investor psychology, not fundamentals, with prospect theory explaining panic selling after sharp drops. Bitcoin (BTC) critics have returned to a familiar refrain, calling the asset a scam as it struggles to go back to the five-figure level it last enjoyed in mid-November. However, crypto commentator Shanaka Anslem Perera has reframed the argument as a psychological response rather than a financial one, tying panic selling to Nobel Prize–winning prospect theory. The Psychology Behind the “Scam” Label In a November 17 post on X, Perera argued that steep corrections often push retail investors to search for explanations…

Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial has proposed using 5% of the project’s WLFI token treasury to grow the supply of its stablecoin USD1. The proposal was posted to the World Liberty Financial governance forum on Wednesday, with the team highlighting the importance of increasing USD1 supply to keep up with “an increasingly competitive stablecoin landscape.” The proposal outlines that the additional supply would help spread “USD1 use cases across select high-profile CeFi & DeFi partnerships,” with increased adoption helping to create more “value capture” opportunities in the WLFI ecosystem.  “As USD1 grows, more users, platforms, institutions, and chains integrate with World Liberty Financial…

In brief Coinbase will allow customers to trade stocks that aren’t tokenized. The firm will also offer access to Kalshi-powered prediction markets. The exchange’s app now supports novel assets on Solana. Coinbase signaled on Wednesday that its platform is expanding beyond digital assets, with U.S. customers gaining access to traditional stock trading as part of a sweeping update.In a livestreamed event, the exchange detailed changes to over a dozen new and existing products, ranging from prediction markets to decentralized finance on Solana, as well as an end-to-end platform for creating digital representations of real-world assets.As a commission-free brokerage, Coinbase said…

Coinbase is launching stock trading and prediction markets as the crypto exchange looks beyond digital assets to chase its ambition of creating an “everything app.”Coinbase head of consumer and business products, Max Branzburg, announced at the company’s year-end conference that “stock trading is now available on Coinbase.”“This is a major milestone in our plan to enable 24/7 trading of stocks and ETFs from anywhere in the world, powered by crypto,” he said.Stock trading.Rolling out on Coinbase in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/tTcjpvVyXc— Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase) December 17, 2025 Branzburg also said that Coinbase has launched prediction markets in partnership with Kalshi, which…