Author: Kryptonews

Crypto derivatives markets are heating up as Glassnode reports perpetual open interest has risen in anticipation of a big move at the end of this year.Perpetual open interest (OI) has risen from 304,000 to 310,000 Bitcoin (BTC) as its price briefly touched $90,000 on Monday, Glassnode said on Monday.The funding rate has also “heated up” from 0.04% to 0.09%, which suggests derivatives traders are anticipating a potential market move by the end of the year. “This combination signals a renewed buildup in leveraged long positioning, as perpetual traders position for a potential year-end move,” Glassnode said.Bitcoin perpetuals are futures contracts that…

Key Takeaways:Nearly 62 million UNI votes already support Uniswap’s UNIfication proposal ahead of the Christmas Day deadlineThe plan activates protocol fees, launches a 100M UNI retroactive burn, and redirects Unichain sequencer revenueUniswap Labs and the Foundation would unify operations, shifting focus to protocol growth over interface monetizationThe governance of Uniswap is on the verge of making a historic decision as the token holders get nearer to the approval of one of the biggest economic changes in the history of the decentralized exchange. The UNIfication proposal which restructures the capture of value in the protocol is at a point of passing…

BlackRock says its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund was one of its three biggest investment themes in 2025, putting it alongside Treasury bills and the largest US tech stocks.The asset manager named its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) alongside its ETF tracking Treasury bills and another tied to the “Magnificent 7” tech stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia, and Tesla.IBIT has attracted more than $25  billion in net inflows this year, ranking sixth among all ETFs and trailing broad index funds, despite the fund delivering a negative return so far for 2025.Nate Geraci, President of NovaDius Wealth Management, said on…

December started with a jolt for crypto traders. Bitcoin fell quickly in the first days of the month after failing to hold recent highs. Many thought the run of steady gains from the fall season was ready to pause. Even so, trading screens turned upbeat again as fresh liquidity entered markets and rate cut hopes climbed. Investors began to talk about a possible rebound before the year closes. The mood is cautious, yet curiosity is growing as new data hints at more room for digital coins to climb.Liquidity Pushes Markets ForwardMarkets picked up energy this week as new money flowed…

China is ramping up efforts to wean itself off European weather data as it seeks to become a leader in the global field of meteorology and climate science. Officials are promoting a homegrown data set designed for the era of artificial intelligence, part of Beijing’s comprehensive effort to secure data and achieve technological independence. Europe’s ERA5 dataset is the global standard for climate and weather data, providing measurements of variables such as rainfall, temperature, and wind spread over more than 80 years. It has also become the foundation of AI-powered weather forecasting, with many cutting-edge models, including those developed in China…

U.S.-focused digital asset investment funds recorded their first weekly withdrawals in a month, losing $952 million after delays tied to the long-delayed CLARITY Act rattled investors and reignited worries about regulation.According to data from CoinShares, digital asset investment products saw $952 million in net outflows over the past week, marking the first negative flow since late November.Source: coinshares.comThe retreat was largely driven by delays linked to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, widely referred to as the CLARITY Act, which has extended regulatory uncertainty for crypto firms operating across America.Fears of ongoing selling from major holders further dragged on sentiment.Ether…

Ethereum’s transparency has long been one of its greatest strengths—but for many real-world applications, it has also become a structural limitation. From MEV-driven trading inefficiencies to data leakage in DeFi, gaming, and AI-driven workflows, the assumption that everything must be public in order to be verifiable is increasingly being challenged. TEN Protocol is built around a different premise: that computation can remain provably correct without forcing users, developers, and businesses to expose sensitive inputs, strategies, or logic to the entire market.In this CryptoSlate Q&A, the team behind TEN Protocol explains its concept of “compute in confidence” and why they believe…

Midnight (NIGHT) token has extended its weekly gains to over 52% after recording nearly $8 billion in trading volume over the last 24 hours. Analysts suggest the Midnight price prediction indicates additional upside potential, as price could still surge more than 2x from current levels.Cardano’s Privacy Blockchain Gains MomentumNIGHT serves as the native governance and utility token of the Midnight Network, a Cardano-based blockchain emphasizing programmable privacy through zero-knowledge (ZK) smart contracts. JUST IN: $NIGHT has flipped $PEPE by market cap, now ranking as the 43rd largest token globally. pic.twitter.com/nm4FEoLbz7— TapTools (@TapTools) December 22, 2025 The NIGHT token was launched…

Erebor, the digital bank co-founded by tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, has secured a $4.35 billion post-money valuation after raising $350 million in a funding round led by Lux Capital, according to Axios sources.The valuation milestone, which underscores growing institutional appetite for banking models tailored to crypto, AI and stablecoin-friendly customers, comes as Justice Department regulators take swift steps toward chartering the company. Erebor recently received preliminary conditional approval from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a key regulatory hurdle toward becoming a fully licensed bank. Last week, Erebor’s deposit insurance application was…

Bitcoin’s hashrate fell 4% over the month to Dec. 15, which could be a positive sign for the cryptocurrency’s price in the months ahead as miner capitulation is “historically a bullish contrarian signal,” VanEck analysts say. “When hash rate compression persists over longer periods, positive forward returns tend to occur more often and with greater magnitude,” VanEck crypto research lead Matt Sigel and senior investment analyst Patrick Bush noted in a report on Monday.They noted that since 2014, Bitcoin’s 90-day forward returns have been positive 65% of the time when the network’s hashrate had declined over the prior 30 days, compared…