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Bitcoin BTC$88,063.66 has spent virtually all of December locked between $85,000 and $90,000, while U.S. equities rallied and gold hit all-time highs. That’s left bitcoin investors frustrated, and the explanation lies in derivatives mechanics.Now, those same mechanics indicate that the largest cryptocurrency could be making a break toward the high end of the range. The more likely outcome after expiry is an upside resolution toward the mid $90,000s rather than a sustained break below $85,000. The key driver has been a heavy concentration of options around current prices. Options are contracts that give traders the right, but not the obligation,…

Canton Coin has climbed about 27% over the past week, Cointelegraph data shows, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market as traders reacted to fresh signals of institutional adoption.The gains follow a Dec. 17 announcement from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) outlining plans to tokenize a portion of US Treasury securities held at its Depository Trust Company subsidiary on the Canton Network. DTCC operates post-trade infrastructure for US securities markets, with its subsidiaries processing about $3.7 quadrillion in securities transactions last year. Canton Coin price over past 7 days. Source: CoinGeckoFrank La Salla, CEO of DTCC, said the “collaboration creates…

Key NotesCZ proposes wallet-level blocks and UI filters to stop “poison” addresses and copy-paste traps.Case in point: an investor mis-sent ~$50M USDT to a look-alike address; funds were quickly split and obfuscated.Binance security tracks millions of poisoned addresses; phishing-style losses remain elevated across the sector. Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao urged crypto wallets to detect and block address-poisoning scams automatically. He proposed industry-wide blacklists and UI filtering after an investor mistakenly sent $50 million in USDT to a spoofed address last week. In a post titled “Let’s Eradicate the Poison Scams,” Zhao said wallets should query known “poison addresses,” warn…

After topping $1 billion earlier in 2025, XRP futures open interest has dropped sharply. Ripple (XRP) open interest (OI) on cryptocurrency exchange Binance has fallen to its lowest level since the end of 2024, amidst a clear rebalancing in the derivatives market. Data compiled by CryptoQuant shows that open interest has dropped to around $453 million, indicating a substantial decline in the use of leveraged positions and a shift in trader behavior. Reset in XRP’s Derivatives Market Earlier in 2025, XRP futures OI surpassed $1 billion on multiple occasions. This period coincided with strong price rallies and increased speculative…

Ethereum (ETH) is approaching a pivotal derivatives deadline as billions of dollars in options contracts near expiration, placing the $3,000 price level firmly in focus for traders. While traders are betting on a move higher, Ethereum’s near-term price action remains uncertain. The outcome of this options expiry could help shape ETH’s next big move, either to the upside or down to lower levels—particularly as investors reassess their expectations following November’s volatility and choppy conditions.  The price of Ethereum is currently sitting above $2,900 as a massive options expiration worth roughly $6 billion approaches. This event is expected to play a…

The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce long-term scarcity. While the halving strengthens Bitcoin’s economic hardness, it also places immediate pressure on miners by slashing revenue overnight.In 2025, this resulted in the “harshest margin environment of all time,” according to TheMinerMag, which cited collapsing revenue and surging debt as major obstacles. Even publicly listed Bitcoin (BTC) miners with sizable cash reserves and access to capital have struggled to remain profitable solely through mining. To make do, many…

Key Takeaways Russia’s two largest exchanges plan to begin offering crypto trading after new rules are approved, reaffirming intentions that had been signaled for years. Exchanges say they have the systems needed for trading, clearing, and custody, and brokers are already testing crypto-related products. Share this article Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and the St. Petersburg Exchange, Russia’s two dominant stock exchanges, plan to start offering crypto trading once the legal framework is in place, according to a recent report from RBC.While exchanges have long indicated they were prepared, those intentions have been reaffirmed in light of the Bank of Russia’s new…

Avian Labs, the company behind crypto payments service Sling Money, received approval to operate as a crypto services provider from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority, expanding its reach in Europe after securing a license from the Dutch regulator in April.The approval places the person-to-person payments app among a growing cohort of crypto payments firms gaining regulatory backing in major jurisdictions as stablecoin-based transfers become more popular as an alternative to traditional cross-border payments. The expansion comes amid heightened scrutiny of crypto services that increasingly resemble mainstream financial infrastructure.The app, which allows users to transact with Paxos’ dollar stablecoin, USDP, and…

Key Takeaways:Kyrgyzstan’s KGST stablecoin, backed 1:1 by the national currency (som), is now listed on Binance.The token becomes the first CIS nation-backed stablecoin to appear on a major global exchange.Officials say KGST will help expand digital som usage, support cross-border payments, and deepen crypto integration.Kyrgyzstan has taken a significant step into the digital asset economy. President Sadyr Japarov confirmed that the country’s som-pegged stablecoin, KGST, has officially gone live on Binance and the announcement is being framed as a milestone for both the nation and the broader CIS region.Read More: Kyrgyzstan Launches National Stablecoin and CBDC on BNB Chain, Adds…

Midnight (NIGHT) has attracted massive trading volume in December. Many investors expect the price uptrend to continue.Although the price has corrected about 30% from its recent peak, several factors lead traders to believe NIGHT could still surge.Sponsored SponsoredWhy do investors believe Coinbase and Binance will list NIGHT soon?Binance Alpha supports Midnight (NIGHT) through its airdrop distribution. CoinMarketCap data shows that more than 61% of NIGHT’s trading volume comes from Binance Alpha.As a result, investors believe Binance’s official spot listing of NIGHT is only a matter of time.Beyond that, some investors also expect Coinbase to list NIGHT. The main reason is…