Author: Kryptonews

Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Technologies has expanded its crypto corporate treasury with a new purchase of Zcash tokens for about $29 million.According to Tuesday’s announcement, the company bought 56,418 Zcash (ZEC) paying an average price of $514 per token. The purchase brings Cypherpunk’s total holdings to 290,062.67 ZEC, or about 1.76% of the token’s circulating supply.Zcash, launched in 2016 as a Bitcoin fork, is a privacy-focused blockchain that uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify transactions without revealing the sender, recipient or transaction amount. Like Bitcoin, its native token has a 21 million cap.According to Cypherpunk’s chief investment officer, Will McEvoy, the company aims…

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Prenetics (PRE), a health-sciences company that raised $48 million earlier this year, partially to build a bitcoin treasury, said it decided to stop purchasing BTC amid prolonged weakness in the cryptocurrency market.The company rolled out its bitcoin accumulation strategy in June, following a model championed by Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc, in which firms raise capital to buy and hold crypto on their balance sheets. The business model gained traction earlier this year as crypto prices rose, but enthusiasm faded after the steep market downturn in October.On Oct. 27, Prenetics CEO and co/founder Danny Yeung announced the funding round, which included…

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Key Highlights: Unleash Protocol suffered a $3.9M hack via multisig exploit. The stolen funds were moved to Ethereum and 1,337.1 ETH have been deposited to Tornado Cash. The platform has paused all of its operations as of now. Unleash Protocol, a DeFi platform that is built on Story Protocol’s system, posted on social media platform X today, December 30, 2025, and confirmed that there has been a security breach, and unauthorized activity in the smart contract has managed to drain user funds. The official notice also explains that an outside address exploited the project’s multi-signature (multisig) governance setup so that…

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XRP (XRP) held above a key demand zone that has provided support for its price throughout 2025. Will holding this level and a reducing balance on exchanges trigger the start of a sustained recovery in 2026?Key takeaways:XRP supply on exchanges has dropped to an 8-year low, signalling reduced selling pressure.XRP price bulls look to establish strong support at $1.78 for the next leg up.XRP supply on exchanges fall to seven-year lowsAs Cointelegraph reported, there has been a sharp decrease in the XRP supply on exchanges over the last 60 days, according to data from Glassnode.Related: XRP price below $2: Negative…

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Digital asset management company Grayscale Investments has filed to list and trade shares of an exchange-traded product (ETP) tied to Bittensor’s native token, TAO.In a Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Grayscale filed an S-1 registration statement for shares of its Bittensor Trust (TAO). The filing came more than a year after the asset manager introduced the TAO trust and signals Grayscale’s move to transition its over-the-counter TAO product to NYSE Arca. Source: SECThe filing is subject to SEC review before listing under the ticker GTAO. The SEC has green-lit several exchange-traded fund offerings from Grayscale tied…

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Caroline Bishop Dec 30, 2025 16:29 AAVE technical analysis suggests potential recovery to $180-$200 range within 6-8 weeks, but immediate downside risk remains to $133 Bollinger Band support level. AAVE Price Prediction: Technical Recovery Expected Despite Near-Term Headwinds With AAVE trading at $151.27 as we close out 2025, the decentralized finance protocol’s token finds itself at a critical technical juncture. After declining over 57% from its 52-week high of $357.78, our comprehensive AAVE price prediction analysis reveals both immediate challenges and medium-term opportunities for the lending protocol’s native token. AAVE Price Prediction Summary…

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Despite sluggish Ether price action, developers are increasingly choosing Ethereum as a settlement layer, with the fourth quarter shaping up to be a record period for the network.Data from Token Terminal shows that the number of new smart contracts created and published on the Ethereum blockchain reached an all-time high of 8.7 million in the fourth quarter.The milestone marked a sharp rebound from the previous two quarters, when contract deployment activity was significantly lower. Ethereum contract deployments hit a new record in Q4 2025, surpassing prior highs by a wide margin. Source: Token TerminalAccording to Token Terminal, the increase reflects…

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The crypto market is slightly higher today, with total market capitalisation rising by about 0.7% over the past 24 hours to roughly $3.06 trillion. Trading activity remains more subdued, with 24-hour volume standing near $95.5 billion. Price action across major assets is mixed, showing modest gains at the top alongside selective pullbacks among large-cap altcoins. TLDR: The crypto market cap is slightly higher today, up ~0.7% to around $3.06 trillion; Bitcoin (BTC) is up ~1.3% to $87,900, while Ethereum (ETH) has gained ~1.8% to $2,980. Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi expects BTC above $150,000 by end-2026; For BTC, a break above $89K…

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2025 was a disorienting and destabilizing year, both in the art market and farther afield. But amid all the doom and gloom of gallery closures, tariff announcements, and Trump proclamations, there were hints of brighter days ahead. For every gallery that shut its doors, another opened, and this fall saw the art market seemingly spring to life after a dismaying first six months. 2026, then, offers much to look forward to. Art Basel and Frieze will launch new fairs in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, respectively, and two of the most anticipated biennials—the Whitney Biennial and the Venice Biennale—will return. If…

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In brief Stablecoin market capitalization surged 49% in 2025, reaching $306 billion by December, driven by regulatory clarity and institutional adoption. The GENIUS Act signed in July established the first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins in the U.S., providing market clarity. Major issuers including Circle, Ripple, and Paxos received provisional banking charters from the OCC, signaling further mainstream integration. Stablecoins just had their biggest year on record.The total stablecoin market capitalization has grown by 49% in 2025, going from $205 billion in January to $306 billion at the end of November, according to data on crypto analytics platform DeFi Llama.The…

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