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Mirae Asset is in talks to acquire Korean crypto exchange Korbit via its consulting arm, as traditional finance targets licensed crypto infrastructure. The post South Korea’s Mirae Asset Group Explores $100M Takeover Of Crypto Exchange Korbit appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Flow Foundation has been slammed for rolling the layer 1 Flow chain back to patch up a $3.9 million exploit, with one partner advising validators to stop processing transactions until further notice. deBridge founder Alex Smirnov has urged validators on the Flow blockchain to stop processing transactions until the Flow Foundation devises a remediation plan for users impacted by its controversial rollback of the chain. The rollback was in response to the theft of $3.9 million on Dec. 27 when an attacker exploited a flaw in Flow’s execution layer and siphoned funds off the chain via multiple cross-chain bridges. deBridge is one of Flow’s main bridge providers and Smirnov called on Flow to clarify plans to address doubled balances for users who bridged out during the rollback window. Read more

Many crypto and Bitcoin treasury companies may go under in 2026 as the model comes under pressure, industry executives tell Cointelegraph. Digital asset treasury (DAT) companies face a grim future heading into 2026, with shares in many of the largest players sharply down, industry executives say. “Going into the next year, I think that the outlook for DATs is looking a bit bleak,” Altan Tutar, co-founder and CEO of crypto yield platform MoreMarkets, told Cointelegraph. Large numbers of crypto treasury companies emerged in 2025 to give Wall Street investors another avenue to access cryptocurrencies. The share prices of many initially shot up as heavyweight investors poured in billions as Bitcoin (BTC) rose to a peak in October, but a broad crypto market decline has since hurt their valuations. Read more

Many analysts previously forecast that Bitcoin would hit a price target between $180,000-$250,000 in 2025, but the price has fallen flat. The yearly Bitcoin (BTC) price candle is set to close in the red, ending 2025 lower than at the start of the year, unless BTC can rise by 6.24% above the yearly open of about $93,374.  “3 days for Bitcoin to recover and close up on the year. If not, this will be the first post-halving year we close in the red. 6.24% required to make this a green candle,” Puckrin said.  Bitcoin hit an all-time high above $125,000 in October, days before a historic market crash put a dent in Bitcoin’s rally and dropped crypto prices across the board. Read more

A widening gap between VC pricing and public market caps signals a reset after narrative-driven optimism cooled.

Bitcoin miners produced block 929,699 on Dec. 27. What if that was the signal for a New Year’s moment, rather than our traditional calendar? The pitch is that block height, the ordered count of blocks every full node can verify, can act as a calendar layer for a market that trades and settles across jurisdictions. […] The post What if Bitcoin blocks signaled the New Year? Creating Universal Bitcoin Time but trapping holders in a tax nightmare appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Indie developers dropped some of the year's best games, including some offbeat insta-classics. Here's what you might have missed.

The rising Bitcoin network mining difficulty ensures the network remains sufficiently decentralized but also makes life harder for miners. The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the ledger, increased slightly to 148.2 trillion in the last adjustment of 2025 and is projected to rise again in January 2026. The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is projected to occur on January 8, 2026, at block height 931,392 and is expected to raise the network mining difficulty to 149 trillion, according to CoinWarz. Average block times are about 9.95 minutes at the time of this writing, slightly below the 10-minute target, meaning that difficulty will likely increase to get block times closer to the target. Read more

Coinbase said a former customer support agent was arrested in India as investigators probe a breach tied to insider bribery and customer data theft. Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong said on Dec. 27 that the arrest involved a former support agent and thanked Hyderabad Police for assistance in the ongoing investigation. The update puts attention […] The post Coinbase claims arrest in the $355 million insider extortion scheme that targeted nearly 70,000 customers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

AMLBot data shows USDT issuer Tether's freezes were roughly 30 times larger than USDC by value and address count.

Bitcoin has outperformed precious metals over the last decade, but critics say the comparison doesn't hold up under shorter time horizons. Bitcoin (BTC) has outperformed gold and silver by several orders of magnitude since 2015, racking up a 27,701% gain, compared to silver’s 405% gain and gold’s 283% appreciation during the same period, according to author and analyst Adam Livingston.  “Even ignoring the first six years of Bitcoin's existence, for the crybabies who whine about the timeframe comparison, gold and silver drastically underperform the apex asset,” Livingston said in an X post. Gold advocate Peter Schiff, one of Bitcoin’s harshest critics, chimed in, telling Livingston that he should compare these assets over the last four years instead of 10. “Times have changed. Bitcoin's time has passed,” Schiff said. Read more

From Anthropic to Z.AI, the 2026 AI toolkit space demands knowing which platforms deliver. These are the best.

Headline highs masked a fractured market where selective capital thrived while most tokens stayed stuck in a deep chill.

Hegota will follow “Glamsterdam,” Ethereum’s next major upgrade, which is currently expected to roll out in the first half of 2026.

Fed is ending QT, Trump is calling for a massive rate reduction, and more.

This year, ETFs opened several new doors to crypto on Wall Street, as the SEC forged a fresh approach to the products.

Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap centers on two tracks: expanding rollup data capacity through blobs while pushing base-layer execution higher through gas limit changes. Those gas limit changes depend on validators moving from re-executing blocks to verifying ZK execution proofs. The first track is already anchored by Fusaka, which shipped Dec. 3, 2025. Fusaka Fusaka sets up […] The post Ethereum’s 2026 roadmap includes this validator risk that’s bigger than you think appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP trades near $1.87 as a key chart pattern tightens. Technical signals suggest a breakout toward $2.10 if resistance gives way. The post XRP Price Prediction: $1.87 Holds — Is a $2.10 Breakout Closer Than It Looks? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Both metals have become the go-to assets for investors lately.

Ethereum trades near $2,940 as BitMine stakes $2.19bn ETH for yield, signaling growing institutional confidence and a potential technical breakout toward $3,300. The post Ethereum Price Prediction: ETH Eyes $3,300 as $2.19bn Staking Bet Signals Institutional Shift appeared first on Cryptonews.