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As 2025 comes to a close, Bitcoin.com examines the events that were considered relatively unlikely to happen and how the ecosystem reacted as they developed. In 2025, several events of this kind occurred, and we have compiled and classified them to determine which one became the Surprise of the Year 2025. As 2025 draws to … Read more
Local media reports indicate that Sberbank, Russia’s largest banking institution, issued a loan to a local miner using cryptocurrency as collateral. While the transaction is just a pilot, it represents a first for the company and the country, marking an expansion in the use of these assets. Sberbank Registers First Loan Using Cryptocurrency as Collateral … Read more
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Venezuela’s oil income relies largely on USDT payments, JPMorgan freezes accounts belonging to Latam-based stablecoin companies, and Argentina’s Milei signed an NDA with Libra’s organizers. Amidst Sanctions and Tanker Seizures, 80% of … Read more
2025 was a defining year for Web3, marked by widespread enterprise adoption and a major shift toward real‑world asset tokenization. Despite the global rise of artificial intelligence, crypto adoption in the U.S. accelerated sharply after the Trump administration rolled back prior regulatory barriers, helping blockchain maintain strong momentum. 2025 proved to be another watershed moment … Read more
The actions would have been taken due to the high risk linked to lending services to these startups. Blindpay, one of the stablecoin startups affected, operates in Latin American countries, while Kontigo is focused on the Venezuelan market. JPMorgan Freezes Accounts From Stablecoin Startups Kontigo and Blindpay Stablecoin neobanks are once again under scrutiny by … Read more
Jurrien Timmer, Director of Global Macro at Fidelity Investments, believes that 2026 might be a gap year for bitcoin, even with the current tailwinds. Trimmer states that bitcoin might take a year off as part of its classic 4-year cycle. Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer: Winter Might Be Upon Us, 2026 Might Be a ‘Year Off’ for … Read more
2025 was shaped by quieter structural shifts that rewired how crypto actually works, from stablecoins becoming financial infrastructure to traders abandoning old cycle myths and demanding real revenue instead of hype. If 2024 was the year of anticipation, 2025 was the year of structural transformation. The crypto industry has decisively shifted away from the speculative … Read more
Donald Trump closed 2025 as the first sitting U.S. president to preside over a meme coin experiment that began in spectacle and ended in spreadsheets. President Trump’s Meme Coin Experiment In the days leading up to his Jan. 20, 2025, inauguration, President Trump unveiled official trump (TRUMP) at a flashy “ Crypto Ball” event, marking … Read more
Martin Yeza, deputy of the new Congress, stated that stablecoins might fulfill a new pivotal role in the country’s payment structure. He considers that allowing the central bank to hold cryptocurrency and state companies to mine crypto would be positive. Local analysts also supported a so-called economic “tetherization.” Argentina’s New Congress Might Give Crypto A … Read more
The year 2025 will be chronicled in financial history as the inflection point where digital assets achieved systemic integration into mainstream institutional finance. Government validation arrived via comprehensive stablecoin legislation, the formal declaration of bitcoin as a strategic national reserve asset, and a pivotal political pardon that addressed core ideological tensions between technology and government … Read more
