Year in Prediction Markets: From Regulatory ‘Sinkhole’ to Multi-Billion Dollar Business Prediction markets have grown into a multi-billion-dollar corner of the crypto and fintech landscape, with platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi collectively surpassing $2 billion in weekly volume. The surge comes alongside a notable change in tone from U.S. regulators, after a period when…
Coinbase expands beyond crypto as Bitcoin dips from $90,300 and stocks rebound Coinbase’s December 17 “System Update” is sharpening the competitive line between crypto-first platforms and all-in-one investing apps, as both Coinbase and Robinhood push deeper into products that blur the boundary between traditional finance and crypto. The update outlined three major additions: 24/5 commission-free…
Charles Hoskinson Talks Trump’s Impact on Crypto Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said he was stepping back amid what he described as a worsening public environment around crypto projects, where discourse has become more hostile and increasingly personal. Hoskinson stated he was leaving because of growing hostility and personalization in how the public interacted or judged…
Ethereum and Solana set the stage for 2026’s DeFi reboot Ethereum and Solana are heading into 2026 with different, increasingly complementary roles in decentralized finance, following a year in which both networks focused on preparing for heavier financial use cases. In 2025, Ethereum’s narrative was shaped by institutional adoption and scaling progress, while Solana’s work…
Bitcoin Whales Woke Up in 2025 and Moved Billions in BTC—Here’s Why Large Bitcoin holders, often referred to as “whales,” began moving significant amounts of BTC in 2025 after Bitcoin reached the long-awaited $100,000 level, according to experts cited by Decrypt. The activity stood out because many of the coins being moved had reportedly been…
How crypto’s promised year-end fireworks turned into a bloodbath Digital-asset treasuries, altcoin ETFs and bitcoin’s famed year-end seasonality were meant to supercharge prices heading into the close of 2025. Instead, the market endured its worst drawdown since the 2022 crypto winter, exposing how quickly bullish narratives can reverse when liquidity tightens and risk appetite fades….
Emerge’s Top 10 WTF AI Moments of 2025 2025 delivered a growing list of AI failures that moved beyond simple inaccuracies into behavior that looked deliberately deceptive. In Emerge’s roundup of the year’s most jarring incidents, examples ranged from Grok’s widely shared “MechaHitler” meltdown to North Korea-linked “vibe-hacking” ransomware—episodes that underscored how quickly AI can…
Crypto markets rebound as Kalshi hits $11B valuation and banks broaden access to digital assets Cryptocurrency prices were modestly higher on Friday (Jan. 2), with the total market capitalization rising about 0.7% over the past 24 hours to roughly $3.06 trillion. The uptick follows a volatile period for digital assets after a sharp sell-off late…
XRP bounces, but $2 remains the hurdle as exchange supply hits 8-year low XRP pushed up to $1.87 as exchange-held supply fell to its lowest level since 2018, highlighting a notable shift in where the token is being held even as its price continues to struggle at a key technical ceiling. The move comes as…
Emerge’s 2025 Tech Trend of the Year: Quantum computing stopped being background noise For years, cryptographers and security engineers have leaned on a familiar assumption: quantum computers were too noisy, too fragile, and too immature to pose a practical threat to modern cryptography. In 2025, that stance weakened, not because a single breakthrough “solved” quantum…
The Year in Stablecoins 2025: Record Growth as GENIUS Act Opens the Floodgates The stablecoin market grew sharply in 2025, with total market capitalization rising 49% to $306 billion by December. The expansion was driven by a mix of regulatory clarity, rising institutional adoption, and the availability of provisional banking charters. A major catalyst was…
Crypto Market Sheds $1 Trillion in Late-Year Slide Despite Bitcoin’s Record High The cryptocurrency market has lost roughly $1 trillion in value in the last few months of the year, reversing a stretch of strong gains that pushed bitcoin and other digital assets higher earlier in 2025. The pullback comes even as bitcoin reached an…
Crypto Crystal Ball 2026: Is Wall Street the Industry's Next Villain? A crypto policy leader said tensions between the digital asset industry and traditional finance are likely to intensify in 2026, pointing to anticipated rulemaking at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as the key pressure point….
Bitcoin Key Moving Averages Indicate An Imminent Drop To $38,000 Bitcoin is showing a bearish technical setup as analysts point to a “death cross” forming on its chart, a pattern that occurs when the 50-day moving average trends down toward the 200-day moving average. The signal is widely watched in traditional and crypto markets as…
Bitcoin Data Shows Aggressive Sellers In Control As BTC Consolidates Below $90K Bitcoin is consolidating below $90,000, with market data pointing to aggressive sellers remaining in control. The current price action suggests a market attempting to stabilize, while still carrying signs of lingering downside risk. A key technical takeaway is that Bitcoin remains below its…
Under-$20 Games Dominate 2025 Roundups as Steam Highlights Bestsellers and Winter Sale Deals A series of year-end lists and platform roundups in 2025 converged on the same takeaway: many of the year’s most talked-about games were either priced at $20 or less or regularly fell below that level during major sales. The theme appeared across…
4 predictions for privacy in 2026: Stablecoins move toward configurable privacy by default One emerging theme in crypto privacy discussions is the expectation that stablecoins will increasingly be developed with configurable privacy features built in by default. The focus is not on “all-or-nothing” secrecy, but on giving users and systems more granular control over what…
4 predictions for privacy in 2026 After a breakout year for onchain privacy in 2025—highlighted by Zcash rising more than 600%—industry leaders are now outlining what privacy could look like in 2026. The common thread across these views: privacy tools are moving from niche experimentation toward more operational, compliance-aware deployments across crypto, payments, and enterprise…
Report: Iran Now Accepts Crypto for Advanced Military Equipment Iran’s Ministry of Defence Export Center is accepting cryptocurrency payments for advanced weapons systems, according to the provided report, positioning digital assets as a tool to conduct transactions despite extensive international sanctions. The move reflects how state-linked entities in heavily sanctioned countries may look for alternative…
Cardano’s November Hack Explained by Co-Founder Charles Hoskinson Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson has used a series of recent public comments to address the backdrop of a reported November hack, while also tying his response to a broader push around Midnight Protocol, a privacy-focused network being developed within the Cardano ecosystem. The discussion unfolded alongside a…
