Author: Kryptonews

Introduction: AI-Based Cloud Mining OverviewIn 2025, AI-powered cloud mining apps are increasingly used by everyday users to participate in Bitcoin mining. Rather than managing hardware, electricity costs, and mining software, cloud mining apps offer users a way to participate in mining through managed services. Many beginners and intermediate users look for apps that advertise AI optimization, transparent plans, and payout consistency. Magicrypto differentiates itself by highlighting AI-driven hashpower allocation, Swiss company registration, and a free trial offer. Magicrypto allows users to begin mining shortly after signup, with estimated daily returns displayed in its dashboard. This guide reviews several AI-based Bitcoin…

Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, which closed following the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, has reopened as a “cultural platform that carries the narrative of Palestine.” The British street artist opened the guesthouse across from the West Bank barrier in 2017; nearly every window looks out onto the 30-foot-high concrete wall capped with barbed wire, advertised on its website as “the worst view in the world.” The nine-room hotel functions as a museum, art gallery, bookstore, and spray-paint shop, and was conceived as both a tourist draw for residents and a pointed lesson for…

Ethereum remains the most consequential blockchain ever built. It introduced programmable money, anchored the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, and serves as the primary venue for the world’s most secure smart contracts.By legacy measures, its dominance is undisputed because it holds the deepest developer ecosystem, the largest pool of locked capital, and plays a central role in the settlement of regulated stablecoins.However, technological irrelevance rarely arrives as a sudden collapse. It creeps in quietly, masked by metrics that describe where the market has been rather than where it is going.The phrase “we still have TVL” (Total Value Locked) has become shorthand…

Reports have emerged that Ronald Spektor, a New York-based man, has finally been picked up by the police, for allegedly defrauding users of $6.5 million by impersonating a Coinbase customer service representative. At the time, Zach published a detailed thread that linked Spektor to a $6.5 million theft, which targeted a single victim in October 2024. The scam involved spoofing, which allowed the scammer to appear as Coinbase support and coerce the victim into using a phishing site, which drained their account.  What role did ZachXBT play in the arrest?  The famous crypto sleuth played a big role in the…

Strategy’s (MSTR) junior preferred stock Stride (STRD) saw its credit spread tighten further at the end of last week, possibly highlighting strong demand for the company’s highest-yielding preferred offering.The spread between the yield of STRD and that of the U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note fell to a new low of 8.12% as of Dec. 12, according to data from Bitcoin for Corporations (the spread has widened back closer to 9% on Monday as bitcoin tumbled below $86,000). Fixed-Rate Credit Spreads: STRF, STRK, STRD vs U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note (Bitcoin for Corporations) A credit spread represents the additional return investors require…

Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded about $864 million in inflows last week, according to a report on Monday by European digital asset manager CoinShares.The United States led regional inflows with about $796 million, followed by Germany with roughly $68.6 million and Canada with about $26.8 million. Together, the three countries account for approximately 98.6% of year-to-date (YTD) inflows into digital asset investment products.Switzerland-listed crypto ETPs recorded about $41.4 million in weekly outflows, while YTD net flows were about $622.4 million, according to the data. Flows by Exchange Country (US$m). Source: CoinShares’ ReportBitcoin and Ether dominate inflows, followed by Solana and…

Japan’s central bank is scheduled to hold its Monetary Policy Meeting (MPM) on December 18–19, 2025, with markets anticipating a possible rate hike to 0.75% from 0.5%, a move that could flip the global risk trade and significantly impact the Bitcoin price prediction outlook.Japan’s Rate Hike Is Risky For BitcoinAnalysts view the potential rate hike as ending the “Carry Trade” era. Higher rates make yen assets more appealing, prompting investors to pull capital from overseas holdings like crypto. This strengthens the yen, raises borrowing costs worldwide, and dampens Bitcoin speculation, historically causing 20-30% price drops. HOW WILL BITCOIN REACT TO…

Standard Chartered and Coinbase just announced an expanded partnership to develop digital asset services for institutional clients worldwide. The collaboration focuses on trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending solutions. The move combines Standard Chartered’s global banking expertise and risk management with Coinbase’s leading institutional platform to offer secure, compliant digital asset management. It builds on their existing tie-up in Singapore, where Standard Chartered enables real-time Singapore Dollar transfers for Coinbase customers. Says Margaret Harwood-Jones, Global Head of Financing & Securities Services at Standard Chartered, “Our role as a trusted international bank is to support clients as digital-asset markets mature…

For more than a decade, Bitcoin’s largest holders have acted as the unseen forces behind many of the market’s biggest surges and deepest crashes. These so-called whales have always held outsized influence, but their behavior throughout 2025 suggests that a major shift is underway that could fundamentally reshape how Bitcoin (BTC) behaves heading into 2026.The turning point came on Oct. 10, a day many traders now view as the unofficial end of the most recent crypto bull market. While billions in retail positions were wiped out in minutes, one early Bitcoin whale walked away with roughly $200 million in profit.…

Key Highlights: Strategy Inc., sells $989M in ATM securities. The company bought 10,645 Bitcoin for $980M. Cumulative BTC cost basis at $75K trails spot prices, signalling unrealized treasury gains. Strategy Inc., (formerly known as MicroStrategy) (MSTR), filed Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today, December 15, 2025 as announced by Michael Saylor on X. This filing provides a brief of the company’s recent financial moves, particularly during the week of December 8-14, 2025. Strategy has acquired 10,645 BTC for ~$980.3 million at ~$92,098 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 24.9% YTD 2025. As of 12/14/2025,…