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🇸🇻 El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office stated that the government will continue actively investing in Bitcoin and artificial intelligence as part of its 2026 economic strategy.
The program aims to strengthen the country’s technological leadership and expand the role of digital assets in the economy.
For context, El Salvador already holds more than 7500 BTC on its balance sheet.
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🪙 2025 became a turning point for Bitcoin, as the traditional four-year cycle failed to play out.
The long-standing model of “three green years followed by one red year” has lost its relevance, and the impact of halvings appears to be significantly weaker than before.
The market is entering a phase where old patterns no longer provide reliable guidance.
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⛽️ In 2025, Meteora, Jupiter, and Uniswap led all DeFi protocols by total fees generated, with each earning over $1 billion during the year.
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📊 In 2025, the cryptocurrency market lost $325 billion in market capitalization (-6%). Over the same period, the U.S. stock market added approximately $9 trillion in value.
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🇯🇵 Metaplanet purchased an additional 4 279 BTC for $375 million, bringing its total holdings to 35 102 BTC worth approximately $3 billion.
The average purchase price was $102 243 per BTC.
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🍿 Analyst ZachXBT identified a Telegram scammer who stole around $2 million over the past year by impersonating a Coinbase support representative.
The stolen funds were spent on rare usernames and gambling.
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🔮 Only about 30% of the 1.73 million Polymarket trading addresses ended up in profit. At the same time, nearly all gains are concentrated among a very small group — just 0.04% of addresses generated over 70% of total profits, roughly $3.7 billion.
Most profitable participants earn very little: around a quarter of winning addresses made no more than $1 000.
In the end, the market makes money for a few, while the majority of traders lose.
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🪙 The Ethereum staking entry queue has nearly doubled the exit queue for the first time in six months — around 746 000 ETH is currently waiting to be staked versus 361 000 ETH waiting to exit.
The last time the entry queue surpassed the exit queue, ETH doubled in price shortly afterward.
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💎 Today, silver reached a new all-time high of $82.
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🇮🇳 Coinbase said that a former customer support employee was arrested in India after hackers allegedly bribed support staff to gain access to client data.
The case highlights that even major crypto platforms remain vulnerable to the human factor, which often becomes the weakest link in security systems.
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☠️ Trust Wallet has been exploited, with hundreds of users affected and over $6.77M stolen so far
CZ has stated that Trust Wallet will fully cover the losses.
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📉 In 2025, nearly all major Layer-1 assets posted negative performance, with only BNB and TRX recording price gains.
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🪒 Yesterday on Binance, Bitcoin briefly dropped to $24 111 in the BTC/USD1 trading pair before quickly recovering.
USD1 is a stablecoin launched by the Trump family.
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🇪🇸 In 2026, Spain will fully implement the MiCA and DAC8 laws, tightening regulation of the crypto market.
MiCA, effective from July 1, will require all crypto service providers to obtain licenses, while DAC8, starting January 1, will mandate the reporting of user transactions and balances to EU tax authorities.
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🖥 In Hood County, Texas, a years-long conflict between residents and the mining company MARA over constant industrial noise has moved into the courts — residents complain of health problems and declining property values, while the company insists its operations are legal and economically beneficial to the region.
An attempt by locals to gain city status and impose strict noise regulations failed in a vote.
The situation highlights the hidden social costs of the rapid growth of crypto mining in the U.S.
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🌎 Key changes in global crypto regulation effective from January 1, 2026:
🇪🇺 European Union — a new tax reporting directive has come into force, requiring crypto exchanges and other intermediaries to provide detailed user and transaction data to national tax authorities.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — crypto exchanges are now required to submit full reports on users and their transactions to tax authorities.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — a special legal regime has been introduced, allowing the use of stablecoins for payments.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan — the Law on Virtual Assets has entered into force, legalizing crypto mining, exchanges, and crypto exchange services.
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🎖️ Solana became the absolute leader in 2025 by transaction count, processing over 121 billion transactions during the year.
The TON network entered the top 10 most active blockchains, handling approximately 839 million transactions.
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🪙 Today, Tether withdrew 8889 BTC from the Bitfinex exchange. As a result, the company now holds 96 370 BTC, worth approximately $8.5 billion, across its wallets.
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☠️ The crypto project Unleash Protocol was hacked for $3.9 million.
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📈 The total market capitalization of tokenized stocks hit a new record, reaching $1.2 billion.
Analysts compare the current state of this market to stablecoins in 2020 — back then they were just getting started, while today they have grown into a $300 billion industry.
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💎 For the first time since July 2025, long-term holders stopped selling Bitcoin.
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🪙 Strategy buys 1229 BTC worth $108 million.
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📊 Bitcoin has returned to levels above $90 000, Ethereum is trading around $3 000, and most altcoins are in the green, though no strong rally is being observed yet.
The Fear & Greed Index remains in the extreme fear zone, currently at 24.
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🖥 Bitmain sharply cut prices on some of its ASIC miners as mining economics continue to worsen.
With network hashrate near record highs and Bitcoin’s price falling, miner profitability has declined, weakening demand for new hardware.
As a result, manufacturers are being forced to adjust pricing to sustain sales.
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🎲 2025 marked a turning point for the crypto derivatives market, shifting from retail-driven speculation to an institutional model built around ETFs, regulated infrastructure, and on-chain solutions.
Institutional capital became the primary growth driver, while Bitcoin increasingly behaved as a high-risk asset, culminating in the largest liquidation event in October with over $19 billion wiped out in a single day.
With total derivatives trading volume reaching $85.7 trillion, the market has matured, but high leverage and liquidity concentration continue to pose systemic risks heading into 2026.
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🪒 Solana's USX stablecoin temporarily lost its peg to the dollar, falling to $0.1 due to liquidity outflows.
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☠️ The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three purported crypto trading platforms and four “investment clubs” with an online fraud scheme that allegedly cost investors more than $14 million.
The scheme relied on social media ads and WhatsApp groups with supposed “experts,” directing victims to fake platforms where withdrawals were blocked under the pretext of additional fees.
According to the SEC, no real trading took place, and the funds were siphoned abroad through bank accounts and crypto wallets.
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🐳 During bull markets, venture investors often overvalue crypto projects, driven by hype and excitement.
When sentiment cools, these projects face a “reality check,” with market caps falling far below prior private valuations.
The recent crypto downturn has clearly exposed the gap between VC valuations and actual market prices.
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🤖 In a trading tournament organized by Aster, the human team lost to neural networks.
By the end of the competition, human traders posted a result of −32.21% (a combined loss of around $225 000), while the AI team limited its drawdown to just −4.48% (approximately $13 000).
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💎 This is how a vending machine sold Casascius coins for $7 each in 2012.
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