Is Bitcoin headed towards the mid-$70,000s for Christmas? Crypto With James says a new ATH for Ethereum is still on the cards. Trade Secrets. Welcome to Trade Secrets Bitcoin and Ether price predictions from top analysts, along with options data, sentiment analysis and prediction markets to determine what they can tell us about the months and years ahead. As Bitcoins price hovers around the $86,000 level, analysts are split on where the worlds largest cryptocurrency will land by year-end. Institutional buying for Bitcoin will need to increase over the next week or so to see any meaningful movement in the price by Dec. 31, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards tells Magazine. Read more
Some of last year’s hottest blockchains saw the steepest declines in onchain activity after viral moments failed to drive sustained growth. Onchain activity declined sharply on several major networks, according to Nansen data, with 11 blockchains posting drops in active addresses in the past year. Ronin fell the most at 70%, while Bitcoin registered a 7.2% decline. Several Ethereum layer-2 networks made the list. Nansen data also showed drops in transaction activity across many of the same networks. ZKsync recorded one of the steepest declines, with transactions falling 90%. Read more
Visa launched USDC settlement for US financial institutions, starting with Cross River and Lead Bank on Solana, with a wider rollout planned for 2026. Payment processing giant Visa has launched USDC settlement services for some United States-based financial institutions. Visa said Tuesday that its USDC (USDC) settlement service is available for US financial institutions, with Cross River Bank and Lead Bank as the first participants; they have already begun settling with Visa in USDC on the Solana blockchain, and a broader rollout is expected in 2026. The report follows USDC issuer Circle’s launch of the public testnet for its layer-1 blockchain Arc, with over 100 major partners, including Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock and Goldman Sachs, in late October. Visa noted that it is a design partner for the network, which “offers the performance and scalability needed to help support Visa’s global commercial activity.” Read more