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Solana exchange-traded funds extended their inflow streak to seven days, bucking both the price drop of SOL and the broader crypto sell-off. According to Farside Investors, the ETFs attracted $674 million, reaching a peak of roughly $16.6 million on Tuesday. Since the first SOL ETF went live in July and Bitwise followed on that page in October, the ETFs have continued to draw the attention of both institutional and traditional finance investors. James Seyffart, an ETF analyst at Bloomberg, singled out the launch of REX-Osprey’s staked SOL ETF and BSOL Solana ETF by Bitwise in July and October as the…

After stepping down as CEO of Binance in 2023 and serving a brief prison sentence for violating the federal Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in the U.S., Changpeng “CZ” Zhao remains one of the most closely watched figures in crypto.This feature is a part of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2025 list.His formal exit from the exchange he built did little to dim his prominence. If anything, CZ’s influence only became stronger in 2025 after he was awarded a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump.CZ wrote that he was “deeply grateful” for the pardon and “to President Trump for upholding America’s commitment to fairness,…

Trader sentiment toward XRP has been shifting into bullish territory on social media this week, according to market intelligence platform Santiment, and at the same time, the streak of inflows into the token’s exchange-traded funds has continued.Retail traders are staying optimistic toward XRP (XRP) as it hovers around the $2 mark, with the week recording the seventh highest number of bullish comments for the year, Santiment said on Friday, citing data from its analytics platform Sanbase, which monitors social interest across cryptocurrency social channels, including Telegram, Discord, subreddits, and X.“XRP’s bulls and bears continue to battle, and the asset is…

Vanguard Group now allows clients to trade spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, but the $12 trillion asset manager’s skepticism toward crypto remains firmly intact. According to Bloomberg, John Ameriks, Vanguard’s global head of quantitative equity, compared Bitcoin to a viral plush toy collectible rather than a productive asset at Bloomberg’s ETFs in Depth conference on Thursday, saying it lacks the income, compounding, and cash flow that the firm seeks in long-term investments.“It’s difficult for me to think about Bitcoin as anything more than a digital Labubu,” Ameriks said, referencing the popular stuffed toy craze. The comment comes as Bitcoin trades around…

Thomas “Tom” Lee has been a fixture on Wall Street for some time, and his recent pivot into crypto signals he’s not content to remain on the sidelines.This feature is a part of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2025 list.Lee co-founded Fundstrat Global Advisors, an independent financial research firm, in 2014. He currently serves as head of research at Fundstrat and FSInsight, and as chief investment officer at asset management firm Fundstrat Capital.He has built a reputation over the last two decades as a bullish, media-savvy equity strategist. Now, as Chairman of the Board at Ethereum treasury BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), he’s in…

The Bitcoin price faces a bearish turnaround from the resistance trendline of the falling channel pattern BTC briefly dipped to $89,200 after U.S. jobless claims jumped to 236,000, slightly above expectations. BTC’s fear and greed index at 29% accentuates bearish sentiment among market participants. The pioneer cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, witnessed significant volatility on Thursday, wavering around the $92,000 mark. Earlier today, the coin price plunged to an intraday low of $89,262 amid the disappointing numbers of U.S. jobless claims. However, the Bitcoin price rebounded during the late market hours with a long-tail rejection candle, indicating the intact buying pressure. Whether the…

Jesse Pollak, best known as the creator behind American crypto exchange Coinbase’s layer-2 network Base, has been seen as the person largely responsible for the network’s growth in popularity this year.Pollak, who began at Coinbase in 2017, launched Base in 2023. Designed to make onchain activity cheaper and easier and to support a new wave of decentralized applications, Base represented the first time a major crypto exchange had launched its own layer-2 network.This year, Base saw significant growth: crossing $15 billion in total value locked (TVL) in January and becoming one of the largest L2s by $10 billion (Arbitrum is…

Dogecoin finds itself in a significant position given that its price is trapped within a symmetrical triangle formation which could prove decisive in determining its next major movement. Experts are hoping for breakout up to $0.21 while new events give extra meaning to the picture. Buenos Aires is the first big city to allow DOGE to be used to pay local taxes, which allows the meme coin to have real world use. The combination of price pressure and new use is causing traders to watch things closely. Technical Formation to the Decision Zone Dogecoin is moving into an important stage…

Alvin Lang Dec 13, 2025 17:00 PEPE price prediction targets $0.0000097 medium-term if critical support holds, with short-term consolidation around $0.000005 expected in coming weeks. PEPE Price Prediction: Technical Setup Points to Medium-Term Rally Potential The meme coin sector continues to capture trader attention, and our latest PEPE price prediction analysis reveals a critical juncture for the token. With mixed analyst sentiment and key technical levels in play, PEPE appears positioned for either a significant breakout or further consolidation depending on how it handles current support zones. PEPE Price Prediction Summary • PEPE…

In brief XRP will soon be usable on Solana, Ethereum, and other popular blockchains as wXRP. The wrapper is backed 1:1 by native XRP custodied by digital asset firm Hex Trust. The wXRP token will get started with $100 million in liquidity, providing a base for use across blockchains. The Ripple-linked XRP will soon be usable on Ethereum and Solana, expanding its utility in DeFi and market-making beyond the XRP Ledger. The unlock is thanks to a new wrapper from digital asset firm and custodian Hex Trust, which is issuing wXRP, a 1:1 backed representation of XRP on Ethereum, Solana, Optimism,…