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The crypto industry is closing out the year with a record $8.6 billion in mergers and acquisitions, according to the FT, up sharply from $2.17 billion the year prior.The deal surge comes amid a major policy shift in Washington, where the Trump administration has backed the sector with a string of regulatory developments that include the GENIUS Act, which created a federal framework for stablecoins and paved the way for institutions to settle tokenized assets.The White House support helped drive 267 deals, an 18% jump from 2024, the story continued.The largest deal of the year was Coinbase’s $2.9 billion acquisition…

The defining strategy of 2025 was not choosing a single “best large language model.” It was assembling a stack. Claude for premium coding and editing. DeepSeek or Qwen for cheap volume. Muse for fiction. Dolphin when constraints mattered more than polish.Models stopped being personalities this year. They became tools. The advantage went to users who treated them that way.The technology matured into something genuinely useful in 2025—models became smarter, cheaper, and specialized for specific tasks. The era of chasing a single “best” model was over.Here’s which models earned their spot in our stack.CodingVibe coding, the ability to make AI code…

The Bitcoin community is hopeful for the cryptocurrency to again rally after billionaire Elon Musk predicted that the US economy could experience significant growth by December 2026 at the earliest. “Double-digit growth is coming within 12 to 18 months,” Musk said in an X post on Tuesday, “If applied intelligence is proxy for economic growth, which it should be, triple-digit is possible in ~5 years.”Bitcoiners often look to macroeconomic signals, from growth forecasts to central bank policy, as clues for how broader economic trends could impact Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. US Federal Reserve rate cuts this year have been one catalyst investors…

Bitcoin briefly displayed $24,111 on Binance in a sharp wick on the BTC/USD1 trading pair late Tuesday before snapping back above $87,000 within seconds, according to exchange data.(Binance) The move did not show up on any other major BTC pairs and appeared isolated to USD1, a stablecoin launched by Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial. The pair later normalized, with bitcoin trading back near prevailing market prices.These sudden “wicks” are typically caused by thin liquidity – or a possible display issue – rather than a broader crash. New or less-traded stablecoin pairs often have fewer market makers quoting tight prices, meaning…

The crypto sector reportedly saw a record $8.6 billion worth of deals in 2025, as the crypto-friendly Trump administration gave confidence to crypto-focused mergers and acquisitions.The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that 267 deals were inked in the crypto industry up to Dec. 23, up 18% from 2024. The $8.6 billion in deal value is a nearly 300% jump from last year, which saw $2.17 billion in deals, and the growth is expected to continue into 2026.Coinbase made the biggest acquisition of the year with its $2.9 billion purchase of the crypto options trading Deribit, the biggest-ever acquisition in crypto.Other…

Chile has made a hard pivot. In a decisive Dec. 14 runoff, José Antonio Kast, a conservative former congressman and leader of the Republican Party, won the presidency with roughly 58% of the vote over leftist Jeannette Jara.It marks Chile’s starkest rightward shift since the return to democracy. Markets took it as a deregulatory signal: the peso and equities firmed on expectations of looser labor rules, lower corporate taxes, and a law-and-order push aimed at crime and migration pressures that dominated the campaign.Kast’s road to La Moneda ran straight through public anxiety about security and stagnant growth. His platform blended…

Bitcoin (BTC) frustrated traders on Christmas Eve as rangebound BTC price action contrasted with record highs in gold and silver.Key points:Bitcoin plays a “waiting game” as bidders stay focused on precious metals.A giant options expiry event should set the scene for BTC price upside, analysis says.Gold coils after hitting $4,500 for the first time in history.Bitcoin gets $100,000 post-expiry targetData from TradingView showed BTC/USD clinging to $87,000 with the Christmas holidays around the corner. BTC/USD one-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewThese were tipped to provide volatility of their own — especially with a record options expiry event due Friday.“Historically, BTC has tended to…

APT slipped 1% to $1.56 over the last 24 hours, as wider crypto markets also retreated. The CoinDesk 20 index was 0.6% lower at publication time.The token traded between $1.62-$1.56 during the 24-hour period, establishing a $0.06 range representing 3.6% intraday volatility, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model.The model showed a battle between bulls and bears at $1.63 resistance during evening hours. Support held firm near $1.56 as momentum faded into thin holiday trading, according to the model.Volume spiked 71% above the 24-hour average to 4.69 million tokens, coinciding with selling pressure from the session peak of $1.62, the…

Payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP$1,8592 is little changed in 24 hours, in line with the broader crypto market, even after the introduction of a new product that allows holders to earn extra money without selling their tokens.On Tuesday, Upshift, Clearstar and Flare unveiled earnXRP, a vault designed to make it easier for XRP holders to generate returns on top of their spot market holdings. The new offering helps XRP holders bypass the complexities of managing DeFi strategies and pays out yield denominated in XRP.Upshift is a platform dedicated to providing toolkitx to protocols and wallets to develop DeFi earn vaults. Clearstar is…

The World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) stablecoin linked to the family of US President Donald Trump gained $150 million in market capitalization on Wednesday after Binance announced a yield program centered around the token.The stablecoin’s market capitalization climbed from $2.74 billion to $2.89 billion on Wednesday after Binance announced its “booster program,” offering up to 20% annual percentage rate (APR) on USD1 flexible products for deposits exceeding $50,000.The “first promotion” was designed to “help USD1 holders to maximize their rewards” and runs until Jan. 23, 2026, with passive yield for the bonus tiered APR distributed directly in Binance users’ earn…