BOJ Hike Watch: Why Japan’s Next Move Has Traders on Edge Worldwide Global markets are closely watching the Bank of Japan (BOJ) ahead of its December 18–19 policy meeting, where investors increasingly expect the central bank to raise its short-term interbank rate. Markets have largely priced in a 25-basis-point move that would take the policy…
Compliance, Credibility, and Consumer Trust in the New Age of Crypto ATMs Crypto ATM operators are facing renewed pressure to prove they can run consumer-facing financial services safely, transparently, and within tightening regulatory expectations. The central message from industry voices is that credibility now depends on operators continually strengthening safeguards—especially around identity checks, transaction surveillance,…
Crypto’s machine-learning “iPhone moment” edges closer as AI agents learn to trade markets AI-driven trading agents are getting closer to a mainstream breakthrough in crypto markets, but industry observers say the technology has not yet reached an “iPhone moment” where everyday users widely rely on autonomous portfolio managers. The shift is being tested in competitive…
Ethereum Active Address Count Hits Seven-Month Low — What This Means The number of active addresses on the Ethereum network has fallen to its lowest level in seven months, according to on-chain data shared by CryptoOnchain, a contributor to CryptoQuant. Jinse Finance reported that CryptoOnchain posted on X that Ethereum’s 7-day moving average of active…
Bitcoin Headed For $200 Trillion? CEOs and Analysts Float Big Long-Term Scenarios as Policy Signals Shift Bitcoin’s long-term potential is back in focus after a series of high-profile comments from industry executives and market observers that frame the asset not just as a speculative holding, but as financial infrastructure that could underpin new banking and…
From Wall Street to the World Cup: How Football Became Crypto’s Biggest Gateway Drug Crypto adoption is increasingly being pushed from two directions at once: institutions laying groundwork from the top down, and football fans engaging with crypto from the ground up. That second channel—football-linked tokens and broader crypto activity around the sport—has grown into…
Bitcoin slides below key levels as selling pressure hits major coins and crypto-linked stocks Crypto markets moved sharply lower as Bitcoin fell through closely watched price levels, dragging major tokens and crypto-related equities into the red. During the session, Bitcoin traded around $89,500, while Ethereum fell to roughly $3,160. The decline extended beyond the two…
Klarna Teams With Stripe’s Privy to Build Crypto Wallet ‘For the Masses’ Klarna has signed a research partnership with Privy, the wallet infrastructure platform owned by Stripe, to explore and co-design a potential crypto wallet for Klarna users, the companies said in a Thursday announcement. The effort is focused on developing wallet features that could…
Trump’s New AI Order Sets Up Federal Fight With US States Over Industry Regulation President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that directs the federal government to challenge state-level limits on artificial intelligence, escalating a long-running dispute over whether AI should be governed primarily by Washington or by a patchwork of state rules. The…
Vanguard Exec Calls Bitcoin a ‘Digital Labubu’ Even as Firm Allows Crypto ETF Trading Vanguard executive John Ameriks compared bitcoin to a “digital Labubu,” arguing that the cryptocurrency still looks more like a speculative collectible than a long-term investment. Speaking Thursday at Bloomberg’s ETFs in Depth conference in New York, Ameriks—Vanguard’s global head of quantitative…
Elliptic Flags Global Crypto Pivot as Banks, Stablecoins and Asian Hubs Take the Lead A global shift in crypto regulation is underway, with banks, stablecoins, and Asia’s financial hubs positioned to drive the next phase of policy development, according to Elliptic’s Global Crypto Regulation Review 2025, released Thursday. Elliptic describes 2025 as a turning point…
Citadel Securities and DeFi trade sharp words in dueling SEC letters over tokenized stocks Citadel Securities and a coalition of crypto groups have escalated a policy dispute at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, exchanging letters over how decentralized finance (DeFi) should be regulated when it touches tokenized U.S. equities. The clash centers on whether…
Hedera Tumbles 4% as Altcoins Continue to Suffer Hedera’s native token, HBAR, fell on Thursday as broader weakness across altcoins continued to weigh on the market. The token slid from about $0.1291 to $0.1247 during an afternoon selloff, marking a roughly 4% drop and leaving it trading near $0.1211 at the time of the update….
Ethereum Holds Support as Smart Money Steps In — What This Means for Price Ethereum is holding above a closely watched support zone near $3,091, after repeatedly reacting positively around that level. The market’s ability to defend this area has been cited as a sign that short-term buying pressure remains active, even as broader crypto…
New AI Tool Promises to Decode—and Replicate—Social Video Virality A startup is pitching a new AI product called Buzzy, claiming it can analyze what makes short-form social videos go viral and then apply those patterns to a creator’s own footage. According to the company’s website, Buzzy evaluates traits commonly seen in viral clips—such as pacing,…
Bitcoin Investors Brace For BOJ Rate Hike As Market Sell-Off Continues — Details Bitcoin held above $90,000 on Tuesday as investors navigated a risk-off stretch in crypto markets, with attention increasingly focused on Japan’s monetary policy. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has signaled it may raise rates at its December 18–19 meeting, a shift that…
Interactive Brokers Now Accepts Stablecoins in a Bid to Remain Competitive Interactive Brokers Group Inc. has begun allowing retail clients to fund individual brokerage accounts with stablecoins, according to Bloomberg. The move adds a crypto-native funding option alongside traditional methods such as bank transfers, as the boundaries between conventional finance and digital assets continue to…
Solo Bitcoin Miner Beats the Odds, Winning $282K Reward A solo Bitcoin miner successfully mined a full block on Thursday, earning a reward worth roughly $282,000 by using Solo CKPool, a service that lets individuals mine independently while relying on pool infrastructure for coordination. The miner processed block 927,474 and received a payout reported at…
$310 Billion Stablecoin Market Hits New High While Yield Plays Lose Ground Stablecoins have pushed to a new milestone, with the fiat-pegged token market clearing $310 billion in total value. The move extends a multi-year expansion that has taken stablecoins from a niche settlement tool to a central piece of crypto infrastructure. Stablecoins are designed…
Bitcoin Slips 2–4% as Larry Fink Cites Sovereign Fund Buying; CFTC Opens Pilot for Crypto Collateral in U.S. Derivatives Crypto markets saw a modest pullback over the past day, with Bitcoin and major altcoins declining amid choppy price action. Bitcoin was last cited near $89,885, while Ethereum was around $3,104, according to the provided market…
