A lot happened in politics related to crypto this year. Congress passed — and the president signed — the first major piece of crypto legislation in US history this year. Federal regulators have dramatically scaled back their enforcement measures against crypto companies while announcing several rulemaking efforts aimed at strengthening the industry. Companies themselves have […]
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Coinbase (COIN) is one of the best fintech ideas for 2026, according to a new outlook report from Clear Street analyst Owen Lau, who sees the crypto exchange as a key player in the shift towards blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Lau — who already had a buy rating and a 12-month price target of $415 on
As 2025 draws to a close, bitcoin BTC$87,177.39 faced a rough year, down about 7% year-to-date, while gold, the S&P 500 and tech stocks continue to hit all-time highs. As a result, public bitcoin mining stocks have shown sharp contrasts, driven largely by diversification into artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. The standout
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In what has become all too familiar at the start of the US trading day, the crypto sector quickly gave up more than even the slightest hint of an overnight rally. Pushing above $89,000 at one point as the US slept on Friday, bitcoin BTC$88,777.23 quickly fell back below $87,000 as US stocks opened for
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Uniswap Labs and Uniswap Foundation’s “UNIfication” proposal to enable protocol fees for the largest decentralized exchange in crypto and burn millions of UNI received overwhelming voter support, transforming the token from a mere governance mechanism to a value-added asset. The proposal received more than 125 million votes in support during the five days of voting,
Trust Wallet users lost more than $7 million shortly after it released an updated version of its Chrome web browser extension. The stolen funds will be refunded, said Changpeng Zhao, a co-founder of crypto exchange Binance, which owns the tool. The breach, flagged on December 25 by onchain detective ZachXBT, was confirmed by the wallet’s
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By checking the past five years of bitcoin BTC$87,736.43 CME futures trading data, it is possible to assess where the crypto has historically spent time consolidating and, by extension, where support has been more or less established. A useful way to frame this is by examining the number of trading days bitcoin has spent within
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Hong Kong plans to finalize proposals to regulate virtual asset dealers and custodian banks and introduce the rules to the city’s Legislative Council in 2026, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said on Wednesday. The proposals, developed after a two-month public consultation that drew more than
Spot bitcoin and ether ETFs saw another round of outflows on December 24 as traders headed into the Christmas holiday with reduced liquidity and weaker risk appetite. SoSoValue data showed that bitcoin spot ETFs had $175 million in net outflows on Wednesday, while ether spot ETFs showed $57 million in outflows. The biggest single-day exit
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XRP fell to $1.86 as traders continued to sell into rallies, even as spot ETF demand remained steady and total ETF-owned assets rose to $1.25 billion — a gap that suggests the market is still digesting supply at key technical levels. News background Institutional appetite for XRP exposure continued to build through exchange-traded funds, with
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