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…
Pantera: 2025 De-Risked Crypto Through Policy Shifts, Institutional Access, and Onchain Growth Pantera Capital says the most important crypto developments in 2025 were largely invisible on price charts, driven instead by changes in regulation, expanding institutional access, and continued onchain activity that together reduced structural risk for the sector. In the firm’s view, these quieter…
All of Trump’s Pardons of Prominent Crypto Figures—So Far President Donald Trump issued a series of high-profile pardons tied to the cryptocurrency industry in 2025, granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht, the founders and an executive of the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, and Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao. The moves aligned with Trump’s 2024…
BlackRock stays risk-on into 2026 as corporate blockchains multiply, with mixed early results Heading into 2026, ETF follow-through, real-world asset (RWA) adoption, and revenue-driven DeFi are expected to be the key themes shaping crypto markets. Against that backdrop, corporate-backed blockchains are emerging as a major storyline, though early signals suggest outcomes may vary widely. Several…
The Best Co-Op Games of 2025 to Play With Your Pals A wave of end-of-year roundups is highlighting how strong 2025 was for cooperative and multiplayer games, spanning everything from major releases to smaller indie standouts. Across these lists, one theme is consistent: co-op remains one of the most reliable ways for games to build…
**Florida Court Slams Door on Crypto Tower Tech’s BigLaw Lawsuit** Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal just affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a high-stakes malpractice suit by Highpoint Tower Technology against powerhouse firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius—deal sealed in a curt, one-word ruling on January 2, 2026. Highpoint, a Delaware corp tangled in crypto…
**Florida Court Slams Door on Crypto Tax Challenge** In a one-word bombshell, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court ruling against Irvin B. Gordon, upholding the state’s position in a case with potential ripples for crypto taxation. This per curiam decision, issued January 2, 2026, from Hillsborough County Court, reinforces state-level enforcement…
Internet Computer climbs back to $3 as short-term momentum improves Internet Computer (ICP) moved back above $3 in January 2026, extending a short-term rebound as trading activity picked up and the token consolidated near a key psychological level. The return to $3 marked a notable shift from recent weakness, with price action suggesting steadier near-term…
Internet Computer climbs back to $3 as short-term momentum improves Internet Computer’s ICP token moved back above the $3.00 mark in January 2026, extending a short-term rebound as trading activity picked up and the price consolidated near a key psychological level. Over the past 24 hours, ICP gained roughly 3% to trade around $3.013 after…
**Florida Appeals Court Slams Door on Crypto Prisoner’s Hopes** Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals just crushed Kyle B. Evans’ bid for freedom in a one-word thunderbolt: “Affirmed.” On January 2, 2026, the panel upheld a Manatee County conviction without a single explanatory note, signaling zero mercy for whatever crime landed him behind bars. For…
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. Instead, the market closed out 2025 under heavy pressure, with a drawdown described as the worst since the 2022 “crypto winter.” Bitcoin and ether finished December with little sign of the…
Coinbase Targeting Stablecoin Growth, Onchain Adoption in 2026: Brian Armstrong Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the exchange plans to scale up its offerings in stablecoins and payments in 2026, positioning the initiative as a core part of the company’s next roadmap. In a post on X, Armstrong wrote that Coinbase’s 2026 roadmap will focus on…
Massachusetts Appeals Court Upholds Termination of Father’s Rights. In a swift ruling, Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the termination of a father’s parental rights to his six-year-old son, Fitch, citing chronic absence, criminal history, and failure to engage with child welfare efforts. The decision underscores judicial deference to trial judges in family law, prioritizing child stability…
**NJ Court Shields LLC Owner in $70K Loan Fight** New Jersey’s Appellate Division just slammed the door on personal liability for a political consultant’s $70,000 promissory note, ruling that King Penna isn’t on the hook despite lending his name to the deal with the Rikers. The court upheld summary judgment against his LLC, Kingmaker Strategies,…
KBW upgrades TeraWulf to outperform, cites AI pivot as earnings catalyst Investment bank KBW upgraded bitcoin miner TeraWulf (WULF) to “outperform” from “market perform” and raised its price target to $24 from $9.50, pointing to what it views as underappreciated earnings upside tied to the company’s shift toward AI and high-performance computing (HPC). KBW said…
From Paper to Code: The Future of Tokenization with Carlos Domingo Tokenization moved closer to the center of crypto’s narrative in 2025, as industry discussions increasingly focused on bringing real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain and using stablecoins as the settlement layer. In a year-end look ahead, the theme for 2026 was clear: the sector is shifting…
