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Perplexity AI has predicted notable gains for XRP, Solana, and Dogecoin by the end of 2025. XRP may see a 2-4x increase, while Solana could push toward $400. Dogecoin, despite recent setbacks, is expected to rebound with a 200% surge, offering investors a promising outlook for the new year. The post Perplexity AI Predicts the Price of XRP, Dogecoin, Solana by the End of 2025 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has argued that Bitcoin’s historic four-year halving cycle has weakened as institutional investors, ETFs, and corporate treasuries have accumulated BTC, softening volatility and changing expectations for future crashes, rallies, and long-term price behavior. The post Cathie Wood Says Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle is Breaking as Institutions Steady the Market appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto's market shows bullish signs with Bitcoin reclaiming $92K, signaling a favorable environment for altcoins. Analysts highlight XRP's technical setup for 2026 highs, while PEPE and Shiba Inu show signs of recovery, potentially driving the next wave in memecoins. The post Best Crypto to Buy Now 10 December – XRP, PEPE, Shiba Inu appeared first on Cryptonews.

The fund will run on Solana at launch and use PYUSD.

The chief executives of firms such as Gemini and Kraken will pitch in on U.S. policy efforts through the council's future, public discussions.

Elon Musk's private aerospace company SpaceX moved more of its Bitcoin holdings on Wednesday ahead of reported blockbuster IPO plans.

Major U.S. banks denied services to crypto and other lawful businesses based on industry rather than risk, an OCC preliminary report finds.

A lack of clarity on future interest rate cuts under Jerome Powell's leadership has placed a damper on a Bitcoin price rally, analysts say. The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday to a target range of 3.5% to 3.75%. However, mixed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will likely quell a Bitcoin price rally until the rate-cutting cycle resumes in 2026, analysts say. “In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside and risks to employment to the downside, a challenging situation. There is no risk-free path for policy,” Powell said at Wednesday’s Federal Reserve Open Committee (FOMC) meeting. These comments were not as “hawkish” as some analysts expected, but the Federal Reserve is now expected to issue only one rate cut in 2026 under Powell’s leadership, according to market analyst and Coinbureau founder Nic Puckrin. He added:  Read more

Federal Reserve monetary policy could benefit stocks, but BTC options show the short-term odds of Bitcoin rallying to $100,000 remain slim. Key takeaways: BTC derivatives pricing indicates weak conviction in a move above $100,000, reflecting macroeconomic uncertainty and Bitcoin’s underperformance compared to gold. Despite improved liquidity from Federal Reserve actions, whales remain cautious, signaling skepticism toward a durable Bitcoin breakout. Read more

The team behind the Celo-based app is joining Stripe, while the intellectual property is returned to cLabs.

The stablecoin giant is using its cash surplus to fund a disparate string of side ventures, from humanoid robots to calorie-counting AI.

The funding will support Surf’s next AI model aimed at delivering deeper onchain analysis and automating research for crypto companies and traders. Surf, an AI platform built for digital-asset analysis, raised $15 million in a round led by Pantera Capital with participation from Coinbase Ventures and DCG, to expand its AI models and enterprise tools. The company offers a domain-specific model used by exchanges and research companies to analyze onchain activity, market behavior and sentiment. The funding will go toward Surf 2.0, which will introduce more advanced models, broader proprietary data sets and additional agents designed to handle multi-step analytical tasks. Surf said its platform has seen rapid uptake since its launch in July, generating more than one million research reports and claiming millions in annual recurring revenue, with usage from a large share of major exchanges and research firms. Read more

Operation Bluebird, led by Twitter's former trademark lawyer, filed to cancel X Corp's Twitter trademarks after Musk abandoned the brand. Will Musk spend millions defending a name he deliberately killed?

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency probed debanking of certain industries, including digital assets, and said it'll pursue any repeat of such activity.

Falling sales and diminished Bitcoin gains pressured earnings, with the stock continuing to retrace its brief rally in March. GameStop missed analyst estimates in the third quarter of 2025, dragging shares down over 4% on Wednesday, as declining core sales and reduced Bitcoin gains weighed on the quarter. The company’s Q3 revenue of $821 million fell short of analyst expectations of $987.29 million, according to Seeking Alpha. GameStop’s Q3 report also shows that it holds 4,710 Bitcoin (BTC), with unrealized losses during the quarter totaling $9 million, though its BTC position remains up $19.4 million for the year. Read more

Prediction markets on crypto rails have turned event contracts into shadow polls where prices update within minutes, with liquidity and fee design affecting informational value, while U.S. regulation and newsroom adoption test how far these markets can scale as tools for tracking sentiment. The post Why Traders Now Treat Crypto Prediction Markets Like Real-Time Shadow Polls appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin treasury leader Strategy argued to MSCI that excluding a crypto-buying firms from its indices would hurt America’s national security.

Binance co-CEO Yi He said her WeChat account was hijacked on Dec. 10 after a cell number tied to the profile was reclaimed and could not be recovered at first. The account was later restored after Binance worked with WeChat’s security team, according to a spokesperson cited the same day. Posts that appeared after the […] The post Binance CEO had WeChat hacked by cellphone exploit that likely leaves your own crypto exposed appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Tether says the system is designed to give users control over biometric data by keeping analysis and storage off the cloud. Tether has launched a new platform that aggregates data from multiple wearables and wellness apps into a single, locally processed dashboard, aiming to give users control over their biometric information. The platform, called QVAC Health, aggregates data from fitness trackers, nutrition apps and other wearables into an encrypted dashboard that works offline, using on-device AI and peer-to-peer model downloads to analyze activity, meals, symptoms and medication logs without relying on external servers. The app includes experimental computer-vision tools that can estimate calories and macronutrients from meal photos and can correlate those logs with data from multiple wearables to identify patterns in activity, recovery or sleep, all processed locally on the user’s device, according to a Wednesday announcement. Read more

"Powell is threading the needle between their two mandates," said one analyst.