U.S. crypto regulation advanced sharply in 2025 as Congress set stablecoin rules, embraced regulated digital finance and accelerated market structure efforts, marking a broad legislative push that brought long-sought clarity to digital assets. Crypto Legislation Hits Critical Mass in 2025 With Stablecoins Settled and Market Structure in Motion The year 2025 marked a pivotal shift […]
2025 was a defining year for Web3, marked by widespread enterprise adoption and a major shift toward real‑world asset tokenization. Despite the global rise of artificial intelligence, crypto adoption in the U.S. accelerated sharply after the Trump administration rolled back prior regulatory barriers, helping blockchain maintain strong momentum. 2025 proved to be another watershed moment […]
Giving crypto companies and fintech startups access to accounts at the Federal Reserve is a hedge against debanking by commercial banks.
XRP spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in mid-November and quickly amassed over $1.1 billion in inflows. Consistent weekly demand and rising assets positioned the products as a serious contender heading into 2026. Capital, Liquidity, and Conviction: XRP ETFs in 2025 XRP ETFs entered U.S. markets late in 2025, but they wasted no time making an […]
Developing economies that lack entrenched financial market infrastructure will adopt tokenized real-world assets before developed countries.
The actions would have been taken due to the high risk linked to lending services to these startups. Blindpay, one of the stablecoin startups affected, operates in Latin American countries, while Kontigo is focused on the Venezuelan market. JPMorgan Freezes Accounts From Stablecoin Startups Kontigo and Blindpay Stablecoin neobanks are once again under scrutiny by […]
The evolution of bitcoin mining machines in 2025 came down to an unyielding chase for leaner energy use paired with massive gains in computational muscle, all centered on the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market. What follows is a rundown of the top five bitcoin mining machines as the year wraps up and the industry rolls […]
Bitcoin’s price as of Dec. 27, 2025, is a cool $87,382, holding a market cap of $1.74 trillion and logging $30.6 billion in 24-hour trading volume. The digital heavyweight floated between $86,673 and $88,965 in a tight intraday range, while the market exhibited signs of tightening ahead of a probable breakout. Indicators across multiple timeframes—from […]
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong warned that reopening the GENIUS Act would cross a “red line,” accusing banks of lobbying Congress to block stablecoin rewards and limit competition.
Bitcoin’s resilient basis rate and options data suggest limited downside despite ETF outflows, while BTC waits for a catalyst that can help it reclaim $90,000.
Jurrien Timmer, Director of Global Macro at Fidelity Investments, believes that 2026 might be a gap year for bitcoin, even with the current tailwinds. Trimmer states that bitcoin might take a year off as part of its classic 4-year cycle. Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer: Winter Might Be Upon Us, 2026 Might Be a ‘Year Off’ for […]
JPMorgan has reportedly frozen accounts linked to Y Combinator–backed stablecoin startups BlindPay and Kontigo after flagging exposure to sanctioned jurisdictions.
