XRP holds near $1.86 as spot ETF assets pass $1 billion after SEC settlement XRP was trading near $1.86 after a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) removed a major source of regulatory uncertainty around the asset. In the wake of that clarity, demand through regulated investment products has been building. Approved…
Emerge’s Top 10 WTF AI Moments of 2025 In a year marked by rapid deployment of generative AI across consumer apps, developer tools, and security workflows, a series of high-profile failures highlighted how quickly automated systems can go off-script. Emerge’s roundup of the “Top 10 WTF AI Moments of 2025” points to a broader pattern:…
Some of Bitcoin’s Oldest Wallets Drove Dormant Spending Patterns in 2025 Dormant and inactive bitcoin addresses collectively moved 123,852.58 BTC in 2025, an amount now worth more than $11 billion at today’s valuation. Data cited from Btcparser also shows that more than 1,000 long-idle wallets became active again over the course of the year. The…
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 the market continues to struggle with a well-established price ceiling. The move comes as…
Trump named Crypto Person of the Year as bitcoin retreats to $87K after a year of sharp gains President Donald Trump was named Crypto Person of the Year amid a year in which crypto markets posted strong gains before giving back some momentum, with bitcoin falling to $87,000. For much of the year, digital assets…
Polymarket begins U.S. rollout after years-long block, as BlackRock frames stablecoins as infrastructure Polymarket has started reopening access to U.S. users after blocking them from 2022 to Dec. 2, 2025, a restriction that followed a settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC had accused the company of operating an unregistered derivatives-trading…
The Best AI Large Language Models of 2025 A new 2025 review is mapping out the fast-moving landscape of large language models (LLMs), focusing on how leading systems are performing and how teams are choosing between them. The overview spans model architectures, benchmark results, and deployment considerations, with specific attention to DeepSeek R1 and related…
$18 Million Ethereum Loss Sends Whale Running To Gold An unknown crypto whale has exited most of an Ethereum position after taking an estimated $18.8 million loss in roughly two weeks, then reallocated part of the capital into gold-backed tokens, according to on-chain data shared by Lookonchain. The wallet bought 31,005 ETH for about $110…
Why Pudgy Penguins Turned to This Toy Veteran to Reach a Wider Audience Pudgy Penguins has brought in toy industry veteran Steve Starobinsky to help sharpen its strategy for consumer packaged goods, as the NFT-born brand continues expanding beyond crypto-native audiences. Starobinsky, who has decades of experience in toy-making, said he was tasked in March…
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms exiting Latin America with $30M sale of Paraguay site Bitfarms is selling its final Latin American mining operation, agreeing to divest a 70-megawatt Bitcoin mining site in Paso Pe, Paraguay for up to $30 million. The Toronto-based miner said it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement to sell the facility…
A Look at Robert Kiyosaki’s Historic Crash Predictions and Bitcoin Advice Throughout 2025, Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki repeatedly warned that a historic market crash was unfolding, while pointing to bitcoin as an increasingly relevant alternative asset in a changing financial environment. Kiyosaki’s comments centered on a familiar set of concerns: rising debt…
$110 billion in crypto left South Korea in 2025 owing to strict trading rules South Korean investors moved more than ₩160 trillion (about $110 billion) from domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to overseas platforms in 2025, according to a joint report by CoinGecko and Tiger Research. The outflows highlight how trading activity continued even as South Korea…
Coinbase Targeting Stablecoin Growth, Onchain Adoption in 2026: Brian Armstrong Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong outlined a 2026 roadmap that positions the company to broaden its role beyond a crypto exchange, with a renewed focus on scaling stablecoins and payments while pushing further into onchain adoption. According to the post, Coinbase’s near-term execution is centered on…
Big donors, big infrastructure: OpenAI and Crypto.com help power MAGA Inc. fundraising as AI policy stakes rise Large political donations from tech and crypto executives are drawing renewed attention as the Trump-aligned fundraising machine takes in major checks from industry figures with significant exposure to federal policy. Since the start of July 2025, three donors…
The Year in Dogecoin 2025: DOGE Goes Political and Commercial Dogecoin’s 2025 has been defined as much by politics and public narratives as by market performance. Dogecoin (DOGE 0.11%) has underperformed in 2025, with its price down 62% since the start of the year, even as broader regulatory conditions for crypto improved following Donald Trump’s…
Bitcoin Price To Reclaim $100K In Imminent 15% Move — Here’s How Bitcoin is trading near $88,000 after a late-2025 pullback that brought the price down from a peak near $125,000 to the $90,000 area. The current phase has been characterized by consolidation, with multiple analysts focusing on whether the market is building a base…
Turkmenistan legalizes crypto mining and exchanges to boost the economy Turkmenistan has officially legalized cryptocurrency mining and the exchange of digital assets, a significant policy shift for a country known for maintaining tight controls over its economy. The move establishes a legal basis for two core parts of the crypto sector: producing cryptocurrency through mining…
Emerge’s 2025 Tech Trend of the Year: Quantum Computing Stopped Being Background Noise For years, a common comfort in cryptography was that quantum computers were too noisy, too fragile, and too immature to pose a practical risk to modern crypto systems. In 2025, that stance weakened—not because quantum machines suddenly became universally capable, but because…
Coinbase expands beyond crypto as bitcoin rebounds and related stocks recover Coinbase’s December 17 “System Update” is drawing renewed attention as the company lays out a broader product strategy that moves beyond a crypto-only focus. The update included three notable additions: commission-free stock and ETF trading with 24/5 availability, native prediction market integration via Kalshi,…
Iran accepts cryptocurrency as payment for advanced weapons Iran’s state defense export agency is offering foreign governments the option to pay for advanced weapons systems using cryptocurrency, according to a government website cited by the Financial Times. The Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, presents itself as the export arm of Iran’s defense…
