Author: Kryptonews

What to Know Japan lifted its interest rate to 0.75%, the highest in 30 years, signaling more hikes ahead as inflation and wage growth stay strong. Higher Japanese rates may reduce global liquidity and pressure Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other risk assets. Rising rates could unwind yen-based carry trades, adding volatility across crypto and global markets.   The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has raised its interest rate to the highest level seen in 30 years. Today, the central bank increased its policy rate from 0.5% to 0.75%. This rate hike is part of Japan’s slow but steady effort to normalize its…

The US Senate has confirmed crypto-friendly lawyer Mike Selig as the new chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and has elevated Travis Hill to chair the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.The two confirmations were included in a package of nearly 100 other nominees that the Trump administration had selected for various roles across the government, which passed the Senate in a 53-43 vote on Thursday.Selig, who has previous experience at the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission, pledged to make crypto a priority when he was nominated in October after he was picked to take over from the previous…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum is increasingly struggling to maintain a convincing bullish narrative as market sentiment continues to deteriorate. Price action remains fragile, and a growing number of analysts are openly discussing the possibility that Ethereum is transitioning into a broader bear market phase. Repeated failures to sustain upside momentum have weakened confidence, while risk appetite across the crypto market continues to fade. As volatility persists and capital rotates defensively, ETH finds itself at the center of a debate between structural weakness in price and resilience beneath the surface. According…

Peter Zhang Dec 19, 2025 02:52 Glassnode unveils a new Gamma Exposure metric for crypto options, aiming to provide insights into market volatility and dealer hedging behaviors, tailored specifically for cryptocurrency markets. In a significant advancement for crypto market analytics, Glassnode has introduced a novel Gamma Exposure (GEX) metric tailored specifically for cryptocurrency options markets. This new metric aims to illuminate how dealer hedging activities can influence volatility regimes and price behaviors, according to Glassnode. Understanding Gamma Exposure Gamma Exposure is a measure used to gauge how options market-makers’ hedging flows react to…

A sharp sell-off in the ETH/BTC pair has traders on edge, with popular analyst Michaël van de Poppe noting that the move looks like a clear sign of risk aversion ahead of a busy 48-hour window for the market. Van de Poppe wrote on X that the pair had seen “a sharp sell-off taking place of nearly 15% on the BTC pair,” adding that while the decline is “rough” for altcoin holders, ETH/BTC remains perched on strong support and a momentum pickup in the next two days would be a constructive signal. The numbers back up the concern. ETH/BTC traded…

In brief A senior IcomTech promoter was sentenced to 71 months for running a crypto Ponzi scheme that promised guaranteed returns from mining and trading. The scheme collapsed after victims were unable to withdraw funds, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. The sentence also covered Mendoza’s illegal reentry after deportation, following decades of unlawful residence and repeated removals from the U.S. A senior promoter who helped orchestrate a multimillion-dollar crypto Ponzi scheme targeting working-class Spanish-speaking investors was sentenced Thursday to 71 months in federal prison.Magdaleno Mendoza received a sentence for his role in IcomTech, a purported crypto-mining and trading…

Key takeawaysLibya’s cheap, subsidized electricity made it profitable to run even older, inefficient Bitcoin miners.At its peak, Libya is estimated to have generated around 0.6% of the global Bitcoin hash rate.Mining operates in a legal grey zone, with hardware imports banned but no clear law governing mining itself.Authorities now link illegal mining farms to power shortages and are ramping up raids and criminal cases.In November 2025, Libyan prosecutors quietly handed down three-year prison sentences to nine people caught running Bitcoin miners inside a steel factory in the coastal city of Zliten.The court ordered their machines seized and the illegally generated…

Construction projects in cities that have been inhabited for thousands of years often run into special challenges as work crews come upon ancient artifacts, and suddenly, what was a construction site becomes an archaeological dig. Officials in Rome have been at work for two long decades on a new subway line for just that reason, as workers excavating stations on the new Line C, which will link the city center with distant southern suburbs, have turned up more than 500,000 artifacts.  The city’s solution? Turn the subway stations themselves into little museums, so that ancient artifacts exist side-by-side with modern…

Search engine giant Google has emerged as a silent architect behind Bitcoin miners’ rapid pivot towards artificial intelligence (AI).Instead of acquiring mining firms, the Alphabet-owned company has provided at least $5 billion of disclosed credit support behind a handful of BTC miners’ AI projects.While markets often frame these announcements as technology partnerships, the underlying structure is closer to credit engineering.Google’s backing helps recast these previously unrated mining companies as counterparties that lenders can treat like infrastructure sponsors rather than pure commodity producers.The mechanism for these deals is pretty straightforward.BTC Miners contribute energized land, high-voltage interconnects, and shell buildings. Fluidstack, a…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has flagged in a lawsuit that third-party Bitcoin mining hosting services can be a securities offering, a position strongly opposed by one industry executive.The SEC sued the Bitcoin (BTC) mining company VBit and its founder, Danh Vo, in a Delaware federal court on Wednesday, accusing them of fraud and misappropriating around $48 million in investor funds between 2018 and 2022 by selling a greater number of hosting agreements than there were mining rigs.“VBit’s Hosting Agreements are investment contracts and therefore securities,” the SEC claimed, arguing that VBit’s investment contracts meet the criteria of the…