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Chainlink said it has strengthened its position as the industry-standard infrastructure for onchain finance in 2025, as governments, banks and asset managers increasingly adopted its technology to move real-world financial activity onto blockchains, according to blog post published by the company. Major Chainlink milestones in 2025 ↓https://t.co/qAk3YmoKv6— Chainlink (@chainlink) December 31, 2025 The report highlights 2025 as an important year in which Chainlink’s oracle and interoperability standards became embedded across public- and private-sector financial systems used from everything from government data publication to institutional tokenized funds.Government Adoption AcceleratesGovernment use of blockchain infrastructure marked progess during the year. Chainlink said the…

Crypto privacy entered the spotlight in 2025 as new technology clashed with regulators, a trend that is set to intensify in 2026 with developers pushing the envelope and legal battles approaching a conclusion.In its early days, Bitcoin (BTC) was often viewed as an anonymous payment tool despite its transparency. Since then, the introduction of onchain analytics and surveillance has made it increasingly apparent that transparent blockchains are far from private.This led to an arms race between pro-privacy developers, onchain surveillance organizations and regulators, culminating in high-profile legal cases. The developers of the decentralized Ether (ETH) mixer Tornado Cash are fighting…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin used a New Year’s message on Thursday to reflect on a year of major technical progress — and to argue that the network’s real test lies in fulfilling its original mission, not in chasing the latest crypto narratives.In his New Year’s post on X, Buterin said Ethereum made meaningful progress in 2025 by becoming faster, more reliable and better able to handle growth without sacrificing its decentralized design. He pointed to improvements that allow the network to process more activity, reduce bottlenecks and make it easier for people to run the software that keeps Ethereum operating.…

Key Highlights On December 29, the HYPE token witnessed a surge of over 3% on a daily chart, soaring its value to $25.89 This surge comes after the cryptocurrency exchange announced a major token distribution with 1.2 million unstaked HYPE tokens In 2025, Hyperliquid generated $844 million in revenue On December 29, Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, witnessed a small rally with a 3.5% surge on a daily chart, climbing its value to $26.24 with an impressive market capitalization of $8.89 billion. According to CoinMarketCap, the cryptocurrency is trading at around $26. This spike in cryptocurrency follows a $90,000 rally in…

Trump’s wallet tied to meme, stablecoin and DeFi tokens saw a $9m drawdown in 2025, after a February exchange transfer and a volatile Ethereum round trip. Summary Blockchain data shows a Trump-linked wallet fell by about $9m in 2025, from mid-2024 highs to much lower year-end levels.​ The address holds a MAGA frog meme coin, a stablecoin and a DeFi banking token, with a large February 2025 transfer to an exchange but no on-chain proof of sale.​ The drawdown coincided with an Ethereum slide, mid-year rally and renewed decline, while Trump’s public crypto stance turned more supportive in his second term.​…

Coinbase and its Ethereum layer-2 Base are drawing pushback from traders and builders who argue that its creator token experiment failed to turn a viral social media moment into sustained onchain activity.The backlash came after YouTuber Nick Shirley launched a token on creator platform Zora. Shirley’s token briefly rode his online fame to about a $9 million fully diluted value before sliding to $3 million. Most of the volume came from existing traders rather than new users.In a widely shared critique, trader and content creator notthreadguy argued that if Shirley couldn’t make the model work, nobody could. “If there was ever…

South Korean retail traders have kept piling into Ether hoarder BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. even after the U.S.-listed stock collapsed more than 80% from its July peak, turning it into one of the year’s most extreme examples of speculative demand surviving a wipeout.BitMine is set to close 2025 as one of the most popular overseas equities among South Koreans, ranking second only to Alphabet Inc. in net buying, according to Korea Securities Depository data cited by Bloomberg. Local investors have poured a net $1.4 billion into the company this year, staying active buyers even as the shares slid about 82%…

Ted Hisokawa Jan 01, 2026 14:48 GeForce NOW kicks off 2026 with 14 new games, including five ready for streaming this week, leveraging the power of NVIDIA’s RTX 5080 technology. GeForce NOW is ushering in 2026 with an exciting lineup of 14 new games set to be available in January, according to the GeForce NOW Community. This marks a continuation of NVIDIA’s efforts to enhance the gaming experience by leveraging the advanced capabilities of the RTX 5080 technology. RTX 5080 Powers the Future of Cloud Gaming The previous year witnessed the introduction of…

In 2025, the XRP community celebrated the long-awaited resolution of the SEC lawsuit, the launch of multiple US-based spot ETFs, and a surge in Ripple partnerships. Yet, the coveted $5 price target remained elusive, with XRP (XRP) price peaking at $3.66 before falling as much as 50% to a low of $1.58 in October. Key takeaways:Some of the most bullish events for XRP occurred in 2025, yet it fell by over 50%, underperforming the market.No sustained buying and low XRP network activity signal weak demand.Technicals suggest further downside risk in 2026, with analysts warning of a potential drop below $1.XRP price…

In brief In 2025, President Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, as well as BitMEX’s and Binance’s founders, respectively. The clemency fulfilled part of his 2024 campaign promise to end what he called the “war on crypto.” Critics allege political favoritism and ties between the pardons and Trump family ventures. Donald Trump used his pardon power to reshape the federal approach to crypto enforcement in 2025, clearing several of the most high-profile defendants the industry has had to date. The moves signaled a political shift in Washington and raised questions about how the United States would police digital assets during Trump’s second…