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The Bitcoin price faces the risk of a potential drop to $80,0000 as a recent breakdown created $90,000 as a strong resistance.  Bitcoin faces a massive $23.8 billion option expiry on December 26, signaling a heightened volatility ahead. Perpetual futures open interest climbed from 304,000 BTC to 310,000 BTC, reflecting a 2% increase. Earlier today, the pioneer cryptocurrency showed a notable intraday gain of around 2% to reach a high of $90,530. However, the sellers returned during the U.S. market hours and pushed the price to $88,351 of current trading value. A deeper analysis shows the prior surge gained its…

New York City Mayoral-Elect Zohran Mamdani has signed an open letter in support of roughly 1,000 workers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York who filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in November to approve a bargaining unit. The vote is scheduled to take place on January 13 and 15, 2026, and if it passes, the Met would become the largest unionized museum in the country. The letter was released on December 18 by the United Auto Workers (UAW), which represents the Met workers. It was signed by an assembly of current and incoming New…

2025 was a blockbuster year for Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider crypto market as crypto-friendly legislators platformed growth-focused regulation and Wall Street finally accepted Bitcoin, Ether (ETH), and numerous altcoins as a valid asset class worthy of inclusion in an investment portfolio. The global bid on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana’s SOL (SOL) token was near immeasurable, with total net flows into the spot Bitcoin ETFs reaching $57 billion and the total net assets across the ETFs reaching $114.8 billion.  Spot Bitcoin ETF netflows in 2025. Source: SoSoValue.comGoing into 2026, the real question is, will the pace of institutional, corporate and government-level…

The team unveiled its Stage 5 Buyback Program, a plan designed to strengthen the $ASTER token economy and create long term value. Starting December 23, 2025, up to 80% of daily platform fees will be used to buy back $ASTER tokens on the open market. How the Daily and Strategic Buybacks Work Every step of the process will happen on chain and be publicly visible. A buyback means a project uses its revenue to purchase its own token. When supply is reduced or supported by steady demand, the remaining tokens can become more valuable if usage holds or grows. The…

Timothy Morano Dec 22, 2025 22:11 xAI partners with the US Department of War to provide Frontier AI systems, enhancing mission-critical operations and AI integration for military and civilian personnel. The US Department of War (DoW) has chosen xAI to supply its Frontier AI systems for integration into the GenAI.Mil suite, according to a recent announcement by xAI. This collaboration is set to revolutionize the use of artificial intelligence within the Department, facilitating access for over 3 million military and civilian employees. Enhancing AI in Military Operations xAI’s Frontier AI systems, which are…

Coinbase (COIN) said it agreed to buy The Clearing Company to help grow its newly launched prediction market as part of the crypto exchange’s plan to become an all-in-one platform for trading everything.San Francisco-based The Clearing Company is a startup led by Toni Gemayel, who has worked extensively in the industry including as the head of growth at prediction market Kalshi. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The transaction, which is expected to close in January, comes as prediction markets pick up steam, with weekly notional volume now topping $4 billion according to Dune analytics data. Last week, Coinbase started…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is currently trading above the $3,000 level, offering a surface-level sense of stability after weeks of volatility. However, beneath this price resilience, market sentiment remains decisively bearish. Many analysts are openly calling for lower levels in the coming months, citing weakening momentum, macro uncertainty, and persistent selling pressure across risk assets. Extreme fear dominates positioning, with investors showing little conviction that the recent recovery can evolve into a sustained uptrend. This pessimistic backdrop makes recent institutional-linked activity stand out. Amid widespread caution, data suggests that Bitmine—an…

In brief Corporate crypto treasuries scaled rapidly in 2025 as firms across sectors copied Strategy’s model, raising billions to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. Strategy, Forward Industries, BitMine, The Ether Machine and Metaplanet emerged as the year’s defining treasury players, using debt, equity, and preferred shares to fund large positions. Analysts told Decrypt that conviction and execution, not headline exposure, has separated durable treasury strategies from speculative balance-sheet risks as they head into 2026. This year marked the first time the playbook of the top Bitcoin corporate holder, Strategy, was replicated at scale, with companies across sectors building major treasuries…

The global cryptocurrency market continues to suffer a major downturn, with Bitcoin now trading below the $89,000 threshold. Consequently, investors—particularly those who bought at peak prices—are in need of an alternative income stream that can withstand market fluctuations, and staking emerges as a prudent choice.Funds Coin is a trustworthy digital asset management platform that enables investors to stake a variety of popular cryptocurrencies for daily passive returns.The Funds Coin staking platform provides:What’s more, the Funds Coin registration process is free and streamlined, allowing everyone—including non-technical investors—to take part with ease.What It Means To Stake Crypto On The Funds Coin PlatformInvestors…

Solana Mobile has ended software update and security patch support for its Saga smartphone.The company warned that compatibility with new software or services “cannot be guaranteed,” and that Saga-specific customer support is now limited to general inquiries, according to Solana Mobile’s help-center notice.Solana Mobile said the change “does not affect Seeker devices,” which will continue to receive updates and patches.What ending Saga support signals for Solana Mobile’s next phaseThe move sets a time limit on the first wave of “crypto-native phone” adoption as Solana Mobile seeks to expand from a single handset into a distribution layer for apps, identity, and…