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Coinbase expands in Poland with PPro to support Blik, making crypto transactions faster and easier amid stalled local regulations. Major US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is expanding payment options in Poland by integrating with one of the country’s most widely used mobile payment systems. Coinbase has partnered with European payment processor PPro to enable payments via Blik, a popular Polish mobile payment network with nearly 20 million users. The announcement was made by Coinbase executive and NFT Paris co-founder Côme Prost, who joined the exchange in February 2024 to lead its French operations. Read more

Bitcoin surged $3,000 in an hour on Dec. 17, reclaiming $90,000 as $120 million in short positions vaporized, then collapsed to $86,000 as $200 million in longs liquidated, completing a $140 billion market-cap swing in two hours. The movement was driven by leverage, making it seem that leveraged positions are out of control. However, Glassnode's […] The post Bitcoin is facing a hidden “supply wall” at $93,000 that creates a ceiling no rally can break right now appeared first on CryptoSlate.

LEO is today's biggest loser.

Ethereum’s active addresses fall as retail retreats while price stabilization and returning demand remain critical for recovery.

A Bitcoin mining crackdown in China and a sharp decline in hashrate are behind the Bitcoin slump, according to analysts.

As KYC policies tighten across the board and surveillance conerns increase, privacy coins have undoubtedly enjoyed a fresh wave of attention. We spoke to Dash core member Joël Valenzuela about what fueled the rally and much more.

A key technical indicator is at levels that historically preceded a major Bitcoin rally, but will it happen again? 

India has cleared Coinbase’s minority stake in CoinDCX, paving the way for the U.S. exchange to expand in the local crypto market.

Dubai, UAE, 17th December 2025, Chainwire

Bitcoin's brief surge on Wednesday was quickly erased by spot selling, with on-chain data indicating dense supply caps and a lack of demand.

The change distances the Fed from policies denounced as Operation Chokepoint 2.0, which state-chartered crypto banks said boxed them out.

Bitcoin's Structure Shift indicator has dropped to -0.5, and hence a firm transition begins.

Ethereum could see another rise in transaction speed in January, with developers considering raising the gas limit to 80 million after the next blob parameter-only hard fork. Transaction throughput on the Ethereum network is set to be boosted again next month, with developers aiming to increase Ethereum’s gas limit from 60 million to 80 million in January. Christine Kim, vice president of the research team at Galaxy Digital, shared a summary of the All Core Developers meeting on Monday, in which Nethermind representatives said developers should be ready to move forward with a gas limit increase after the next BPO hard fork on Jan. 7. Ethereum Foundation developer operations engineer Barnabas Busa, however, noted that two client-level optimizations are needed before another increase in the block gas limit — namely, partial blob responses on the execution layer and the max blobs flag on the consensus layer. Read more

Kalshi’s head of crypto, John Wang, has explicitly framed prediction markets as “the memecoins of 2023,” capturing the idea that they now attract the same speculative attention and community energy that meme tokens did. The post Prediction Markets vs Meme Coins: Is This Where Crypto’s Next Alpha Lives? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin faces declining participation as active wallets reach 2023 lows and the Fear & Greed Index plunges to 11, while analysts identify the $81,500 True Market Mean Price as the critical support level that must hold to preserve the bull trend, with a reclaim of $100,000 needed to invalidate bearish momentum. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: Active Wallets Drop to 2023 Lows as Liquidity Thins — Can BTC Reclaim $100K and Invalidate the Bears? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Coinbase signaled its platform is expanding beyond digital assets, with U.S. customers gaining access to traditional stock trading.

The leader of the derivatives regulator is planning to join the crypto industry as the CFTC and other federal regulators work on policies to benefit the sector.

Coinbase is racing toward its goal of creating an “everything app” with its platform adding a slew of new offerings, including stock trading and prediction markets. Coinbase is launching stock trading and prediction markets as the crypto exchange looks beyond digital assets to chase its ambition of creating an “everything app.” Coinbase head of consumer and business products, Max Branzburg, announced at the company’s year-end conference that “stock trading is now available on Coinbase.” “This is a major milestone in our plan to enable 24/7 trading of stocks and ETFs from anywhere in the world, powered by crypto,” he said. Read more

With the possibility of a 2026 bull run once US regulators pull their fingers out and deliver legislation, the pre-Christmas period might just be the best time to buy crypto. Bitcoin has been moving below $90,000 since Sunday. Over the past 24 hours, BTC slipped about 0.6% and is currently changing hands near $86,860.One important […] The post Best Crypto To Buy Now 17 December – XRP, Sky, MemeCore appeared first on Cryptonews.

Coinbase is dramatically expanding the assets available to trade on its platform, including novel cryptocurrencies, perpetual futures, stocks and prediction markets, starting with Kalshi.