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Bitcoin treasury adoption slowed during the fourth quarter, but the largest firms continued to accumulate BTC, with public companies now holding over 4.7% of the total Bitcoin supply. Bitcoin treasury adoption slowed sharply in the fourth quarter of 2025, even as the biggest corporate holders continued to quietly add to their stacks while smaller players stepped back. The number of new Bitcoin (BTC) treasury companies declined from its peak of 53 new companies in the third quarter to just nine companies adding Bitcoin to their balance sheet in the fourth quarter of 2025 so far, with a total of 117 new companies adopting Bitcoin this year, according to blockchain data platform CryptoQuant. “Despite the growth in numbers during 2025, most Bitcoin Treasury companies hold relatively small amounts,” CryptoQuant wrote in a Thursday X post. Read more

Trust Wallet’s “zero-fee” crypto purchases through Revolut arrive weeks after the fintech unicorn hit a $75 billion valuation in a private share sale. Update (Dec. 11, 2025, 5:00 pm UTC): This article has been updated to add a statement by Trust Wallet CEO Eowyn Chen. Trust Wallet, the self-custodial crypto wallet owned by Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, has partnered with European fintech unicorn and digital banking giant Revolut to introduce a new way to purchase crypto assets on its platform. Trust Wallet users can now buy Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Solana (SOL) with Revolut through a direct integration, the company announced on Thursday. Read more

Ether's inverse head-and-shoulders pattern and rebound from a key accumulation zone signal a potential 80% rally in 2026. Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) token may rally by over 80% versus Bitcoin (BTC) in 2026, according to a classic bullish reversal scenario developing on its long-term charts. Key points: ETH/BTC charts point to a potential move toward 0.059–0.063 BTC in 2026. Read more

An informal peer-to-peer crypto economy is now central to Venezuela’s economy, and should be considered as President Trump ratchets up tensions with the country, a new TRM report says.

BlackRock filed for a staking-enabled Ethereum (ETH) trust on Dec. 5, which reframes the question of what kind of risk stack institutional investors will accept. The document outlines a structure that requires allocators to price three distinct failure modes simultaneously. First, protocol-level slashing penalties can hit the trust’s vault account with no guarantee of full […] The post BlackRock’s move into Ethereum staking signals a brutal new fee regime that mid-tier operators won’t survive appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Jobless claims jump to 236K vs 220K expected—Bitcoin at $92K as labor weakness emerges after Fed's hawkish pivot. The post [LIVE] Bitcoin Price Watch: Initial Jobless Claims Jump to 236K vs 220K Expected — Does Weak Labor Support Rate Cuts? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The individual was allegedly involved in two groups that used Telegram to claim credit for attacks against infrastructure targets in the U.S.

BitMine extended aggressive Ethereum accumulation with a $112 million purchase from FalconX, defying broader market retreat as chairman Tom Lee compares ETH's current cycle to Bitcoin's historic run from $1,000 to $100,000. The post Tom Lee’s BitMine Adds $112M in Ethereum, Calls Bottom at $2,500 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Coinbase has expanded native Solana support by launching in‑app DEX trading with Vector integration, enabling faster, seamless Solana token trades, addressing community concerns over bridge interoperability. The post Coinbase Expands Native Solana Support With In‑App DEX Trading After Bridge Backlash appeared first on Cryptonews.

No power. No computers. Human race on life support. Could Bitcoin survive a decade-long global blackout? The answer may surprise you. We all love to say that Bitcoin is indestructible: decentralized, censorship-resistant and unstoppable. But we assume one tiny detail: that electricity is still a thing.  What would happen if it suddenly stopped?  Picture a 10-year global blackout. No computers, no exchanges, no ASIC miners. People are trading potatoes for firewood. What happens to Bitcoin? Read more

Bitcoin analysis warned that the next BTC price bottom may appear in 2026 as exchange trading volume enters a long grind lower. Bitcoin (BTC) may see a “shock move” that brings back BTC price upside — but not until 2026. Key points: The next Bitcoin price bottom will take until 2026 to hit, new analysis concludes. Read more

A basket of assets built around millennial finance, the gig economy and digital gambling has been built into this degen index.

The UK’s financial watchdog has put British pound‑pegged stablecoin payments on its 2026 growth agenda, as London scrambles to keep its edge in digital finance. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made pound-denominated stablecoin payments a top priority for 2026, fast-tracking a dedicated regulatory sandbox for prospective issuers ahead of new digital-asset rules. The watchdog said the move is part of a package of “ambitious new growth measures” for next year, aimed at supporting UK‑issued stablecoins as a way to make payments faster and more convenient. In a letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this week, the regulator outlined almost 50 reforms aimed at strengthening the UK’s position as a global financial hub. Among them, the FCA flagged advancing UK-issued pound stablecoins in 2026 as a central milestone in its broader growth strategy. Read more

Twenty One Capital has brought Satoshi Nakamoto's sculpture to the NYSE trading floor.

Bitcoin pushed toward $95,000 in the hours before the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 18 meeting, then retreated to the $92,000 zone amid Jerome Powell’s confirmation of a mixed-to-bearish stance for 2026 and delicate on-chain structure. The Fed delivered an expected quarter-point cut, bringing the target range to 4.25%-4.50%, but Chair Jerome Powell spent the press conference […] The post Bitcoin stalled at $95k after a hidden Fed warning quietly derailed the post-cut celebration appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The partnership will see a Sei “crypto wallet and discovery app” preinstalled on devices sold outside mainland China and the U.S.

Coinbase has plugged directly into Solana’s fast-growing DeFi ecosystem, letting users trade any Solana token via DEX rails without a formal listing. Coinbase is moving deeper into the Solana ecosystem, letting users trade native Solana tokens through a decentralized exchange integration rather than traditional listings. Andrew Allen, Coinbase protocol specialist, said in an X post that Coinbase now allows its users to trade all Solana (SOL) tokens through a decentralized exchange (DEX) integration, “without listings,” he noted, adding that “very soon you will be able to open the Coinbase app and see native Solana assets on Coinbase.” “For issuers and builders, if your token has sufficient liquidity, this means you can be accessible to the millions of users on Coinbase without getting listed,” Allen said. Read more

Analysts say the Fed’s rate cut was priced in, driving Bitcoin lower as risks like sticky inflation and the 2026 election cycle mount.

The upcoming sentencing comes after the South Korean entrepreneur pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in August.

About 30% of the initial PEPE supply was bundled under the same entity, which sold $2 million worth of tokens the day after launch, according to Bubblemaps. Blockchain data is casting doubt on the “for the people” launch narrative of memecoin Pepe, with new analysis suggesting that almost a third of the initial supply was held by a single entity and contributed to heavy early selling pressure. About 30% of the Pepe (PEPE) token supply was bundled at launch in April 2023, blockchain data visualization platform Bubblemaps claimed on Wednesday in a post on X, adding that investors were “lied to.” The same wallet cluster sold $2 million worth of PEPE tokens the day after launch, adding significant sell pressure that stopped the token from surpassing the $12 billion milestone, according to Bubblemaps. Read more