With Democrats favored at 75% to win the U.S. House of Representatives majority in 2026 on prediction market Kalshi, Representative Maxine Waters’ new criticism of Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins’ crypto policies could gain more energy. Though Congress remains on its winter break, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee called … Read more
New rules requiring search engines like Google to verify the age of logged-in users — and filter the content for everyone else — went live in Australia this week. The Australian eSafety Commissioner’s new rules came into force on Dec. 27, with a six-month timeframe for full implementation. They require search engines to verify users’ … Read more
Strategy, the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, has resumed accumulating bitcoin, purchasing 1,229 coins for approximately $108.8 million during the week ended December 28. The acquisition was made at an average price of $88,568 per bitcoin and lifts the company’s total holdings to 672,497 BTC, according to a regulatory filing released today. Strategy has … Read more
An alleged scammer posing as a Coinbase help desk worker has reportedly stolen around $2 million in crypto from users of the exchange, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. In a Monday X post, ZachXBT claimed that he had managed to pinpoint the identity of the alleged scammer after cross referencing Telegram group chat screen shots, … Read more
A Big Tech company will integrate a crypto wallet in 2026, and more Fortune 100 companies will start their own blockchains, crypto VC firm Dragonfly’s managing partner Haseeb Qureshi has predicted. He also tipped that fintechs launching L1s to compete with public chains like Ethereum and Solana will fail to attract enough users. In a … Read more
Sberbank has issued Russia’s first loan backed by crypto, extending financing to Intelion Data, one of the country’s largest bitcoin mining companies, in a pilot transaction that signals growing institutional interest in crypto-collateralized lending. The bank, Russia’s largest lender, said the loan was secured using digital assets mined directly by Intelion Data. Sberbank did not … Read more
A South Korean crypto exchange employee was sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to recruit a military officer to sell classified secrets to North Korea in exchange for Bitcoin, the Supreme Court ruled on December 28. The ruling also imposes a four-year ban on the employee from financial sector activities. Court documents revealed … Read more
The bitcoin price continued to swing around the $90,000 level during thin holiday trading, rising and falling in sharp moves that lacked any volume needed for a sustained breakout. The world’s largest cryptocurrency rose about 2.6% during low-liquidity sessions and held above $86,000 over the week, but was unable to sustain its $90,000 level in … Read more
Demand for tokenized equities has accelerated since their mainstream debut earlier this year, pointing to this emerging asset class as a potential early signal of broader blockchain adoption beyond Bitcoin and stablecoins. The combined market capitalization of tokenized stocks has climbed to a record $1.2 billion, according to data from Token Terminal, driven by strong … Read more
Crypto derivatives activity picked up sharply in 2025 as traders increasingly turned to onchain perpetual futures, according to Coinbase researcher David Duong. By late in the year, decentralized exchanges were processing more than $1 trillion in monthly perpetual futures volume, underscoring the growing role of onchain derivatives markets. In a post published Monday on X, … Read more