Iran accepts cryptocurrency as payment for advanced weapons Prospective customers could purchase weapons such as missiles, tanks and drones using crypto, according to a government website. Iran’s official defense export agency is offering to sell ballistic missiles, drones and other advanced weapons systems to foreign governments in exchange for cryptocurrency and barter, the Financial Times…
The Year in Bitcoin and Crypto ATMs 2025: Power Tools, Scams and Calls for Action Bitcoin and crypto ATMs came under sharper scrutiny across the U.S. in 2025 as authorities and lawmakers responded to a growing wave of scams tied to the machines. The push included law-enforcement actions, new local and state rules for operators,…
**Parole Board Wins: No Crypto Link Here** Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court just upheld the Parole Board’s decision to keep inmate Ricardo Monteparte locked up past his claimed release date, rejecting his bid for immediate freedom. This procedural victory for state authorities reinforces strict rules on parole credit and sentencing timelines, but carries zero direct jolt for…
**Inmate’s Prison Grievance Suit Crushed on Appeal Technicality** A Pennsylvania appeals court slammed the door on inmate Derrick Gibson’s lawsuit against a prison superintendent and the Department of Corrections, affirming dismissal over a procedural fumble—no crypto angle here, just a stark reminder that courts demand strict rule-following, even from pro se prisoners alleging emotional distress…
Bitcoin ETFs End 2025 Under Pressure as Outflows Deepen Crypto ETFs closed the final trading day of 2025 under continued pressure, with bitcoin and ether products seeing further outflows, while XRP and solana posted gains. The divergence highlights a split in investor positioning inside the regulated ETF market heading into year-end: core exposure through bitcoin…
Bitcoin ETFs End 2025 Under Pressure as Outflows Deepen Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) closed the final trading day of 2025 with continued pressure on bitcoin and ether products, while XRP and solana registered gains. The year-end tone was set by persistent redemptions in U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs. On Dec. 31, spot bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly…
### Township Fees Slashed: State Preempts Local Utility Overreach Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court just gutted key parts of Menallen Township’s street excavation ordinance, ruling excessive inspection fees on gas utility Columbia Gas preempted by state law. Columbia wins big on fee refunds, but location rules escape scrutiny as unripe. This sharpens the line between local permitting…
Bitcoin ETFs End 2025 Under Pressure as Outflows Deepen Crypto ETFs closed the final trading day of 2025 with continued pressure on bitcoin and ether products, while funds tied to XRP and solana finished the year with gains. The session capped a late-year stretch in which investors continued pulling money from bitcoin and ether exchange-traded…
The Year in XRP 2025: New Highs After 7 Years as Ripple’s SEC Case Finally Ends XRP set a fresh record in 2025, climbing to a new all-time high of about $3.65 in July, according to CoinGecko data. The token’s peak—recorded at $3.65703 on 18.07.2025—came after years of muted price action as Ripple Labs fought…
Bitcoin Cycle Defined by Demand, Not Price: CryptoQuant Head Says Julio Moreno, head of research at on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant, said Bitcoin market cycles are better understood through shifts in demand rather than price performance. In a post on X, Moreno argued that market participants often use price action to label a new cycle, but…
How crypto’s promised year-end fireworks turned into a bloodbath Crypto headed into the end of 2025 with a familiar setup: bullish narratives, new product expectations and the idea that bitcoin’s typical year-end strength would help carry prices higher. Instead, markets suffered their sharpest setback since the 2022 crypto winter, underscoring how quickly sentiment can reverse…
The Year in Crypto ETFs 2025: Bitcoin, Ethereum Thrive as XRP and More Join the Party Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) expanded their reach in 2025, opening additional pathways for investors to access digital assets through traditional brokerage accounts. The shift reflected a broader acceptance of crypto-linked products on Wall Street and a changing stance from…
The Most Anticipated Games of 2026 span blockbuster sequels, long-running franchises, and standout indies Lists of the most anticipated games for 2026 are converging around a mix of major franchise releases and smaller, more experimental projects, underscoring how varied the pipeline looks beyond the year’s most obvious headliner: Grand Theft Auto VI. Across the roundups,…
Emerge’s 2025 Tech Trend of the Year: Quantum Computing Stopped Being Background Noise For years, a common source of comfort in cryptography has been the same refrain: quantum computers are too noisy, too fragile, and too immature to pose a practical threat to modern crypto systems. In other words, the technology was widely viewed as…
Emerge’s 2025 Tech Trend of the Year: Quantum Computing Stopped Being Background Noise For years, one of the quiet assumptions underpinning modern cryptography was that quantum computers were still too noisy and fragile to pose a practical threat. In 2025, that comfort weakened, as advances in hardware, software, and funding made quantum progress harder to…
Bitwise files for 11 ‘strategy’ crypto ETFs tracking tokens including AAVE, ZEC and TAO Bitwise Asset Management has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch 11 new “strategy” exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the firm announced on 30 December 2025. The proposed products would provide ETF exposure tied to a range of crypto…
BlackRock Stays Risk-On Into 2026 as Stablecoins and Tokenization Move From Narrative to Infrastructure Several signals from traditional finance, major exchanges, and media partnerships are converging around a shared theme heading into 2026: crypto is increasingly being treated as market infrastructure rather than a purely speculative asset class. In its latest global outlook, BlackRock (NYSE:…
The Year in Crypto ETFs 2025: Bitcoin, Ethereum Thrive as XRP and More Join the Party Crypto exchange-traded funds expanded their footprint on Wall Street in 2025, with products tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum continuing to set the pace while newer offerings widened investor access to other major digital assets. Alongside the growth in established…
Bitcoin Cycle Defined by Demand, Not Price: CryptoQuant Head Says CryptoQuant’s head of research, Julio Moreno, is urging market watchers to rethink how they define a Bitcoin cycle, arguing that demand—not price performance—should be the primary lens. In a post on X and in comments made on the Milk Road show, Moreno said that “most…
TikTok Users Claim They’ve ‘Unredacted’ the Epstein Files After Latest DOJ Release The U.S. Justice Department’s release of a third batch of documents on Dec. 23 quickly sparked a wave of posts across social media, with some TikTok users and other accounts claiming they had found a way to reveal information hidden by redactions. According…
