Category: crypto

Binance has reached 300 million users globally, adding 100 million in 18 months, with institutional accounts and trading volumes increasing. Bitcoin balances on exchanges are at five-year lows as public companies and ETFs continue to add BTC. Survey data shows a shift towards long-term crypto holding and regulated integration with traditional finance.

The Supreme Court ruling on Learning Resources v. Trump may overturn emergency tariffs, impacting a 4,500-page tariff code with $100 billion in revenue at stake. Financial markets are cautious, with cryptocurrencies stabilizing and trade policy experts expecting significant effects on both tariffs and markets. Businesses are preparing defensively for the ruling.

Truebit’s TRU token crashed over 99% following a $26 million Ether exploit, adding to a series of DeFi security breaches. December saw Flow’s $3.9 million counterfeit token incident and Trust Wallet’s Chrome extension hack costing $7 million. Despite falling aggregate losses, high-profile breaches increased, with total crypto hack losses decreasing in December.

In the third quarter of 2025, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, and Poland were the top countries for crypto media traffic in Europe, accounting for 72% of visits. Total traffic increased by 4% from the previous quarter, with Eastern Europe contributing most of the growth. Larger publishers captured most of the traffic.

Stablecoins reached a milestone in 2025, becoming essential in global digital finance with transaction volumes rivaling major payment networks. Regulatory clarity and increased adoption by banks, retailers, and tech giants fueled a 72% increase in total stablecoin transaction volumes to $33 trillion last year. USDC led the boom in decentralized finance, while Tether dominated as…

Former Zcash development team resigned from Electric Coin Company to form a new for-profit startup called CashZ. They plan to launch a new Zcash wallet using the existing Zashi codebase to focus on faster development and scaling Zcash adoption. The move was due to disputes with the nonprofit Bootstrap overseeing ECC governance.

Bitnomial has received regulatory approval from the CFTC to launch prediction markets in the U.S. The approval allows Bitnomial to offer event-based contracts without complying with certain swap reporting and record-keeping rules. This regulatory step opens the door for regulated U.S.-based prediction markets, providing traders and institutions with federal supervision.

Optimism is proposing a new model that would tie its token, OP, directly to network activity and Superchain revenue. The proposal involves using 50% of Superchain revenue for OP token buybacks, starting in February pending a governance vote on Jan. 22. This change aims to shift OP from solely a governance token to one with…

JPMorgan predicts that the recent cryptocurrency sell-off is mostly done as ETF outflows slow down and MSCI’s index decision helps stabilize Bitcoin around $94k. The bank believes that forced selling should end by late 2025, with liquidity in the crypto market remaining strong despite the recent downturn.

In 2025, illicit cryptocurrency activity reached $154 billion, driven by sanctioned nation-states using stablecoins and the ruble token A7A5. Chainalysis reported a 162% increase from 2024, with Russia’s A7A5 token processing $93.3 billion. Despite rising scams and hacks, illicit transactions remain under 1% of total crypto use.