Whipsaw Moves Signal a Volatile Year-End for Crypto

Bitcoin and ethereum delivered sharp weekend reversals as thinning year-end liquidity amplified price moves across the crypto market. With positioning light and institutions quietly accumulating, traders now look to this week’s Fed meeting for direction. BTC, ETH Shake out Traders Ahead of Fed Decision A turbulent weekend in crypto markets has offered a preview of … Read more

8 AI Chatbots Deliver Wildly Different Bitcoin Price Predictions — Which One Nails Dec. 31, 2025?

The first week of December wrapped and BTC closed out the day at $90,349 per coin on Bitstamp, leaving it 28.45% shy of its all-time peak above the $126,000 zone. With three weeks still on the clock this year, we posed a curious question to a lineup of today’s most capable artificial intelligence (AI) models: … Read more

Spectra Launches on Flare With Yield Tokenization for sFLR and stXRP

Yield trading platform, Spectra, has introduced yield tokenization that splits interest‑bearing tokens into principal tokens and yield tokens. Principal tokens guarantee fixed returns at maturity, while yield tokens allow speculation or hedging on future yield rates. Benefits for Users and the Ecosystem Spectra, a yield trading platform, recently launched on the Flare blockchain, introducing a … Read more

Paradigm Leads $13.5M Round Backing Crown’s Real-Pegged BRLV Stablecoin

Crown has raised $13.5 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm as the São Paulo fintech expands its institutional stablecoin infrastructure and the circulation of its Brazilian real–pegged token, BRLV. Crown Expands Institutional Stablecoin Push With Paradigm-Led $13.5M Funding In a note shared with Bitcoin.com News, Crown disclosed it raised $13.5 million in … Read more

Report: Ripple Funding Round Offered Investors Protection Against XRP Volatility

Ripple’s successful $500 million strategic funding round that valued the company at $40 billion reportedly included rare and stringent protections for investors. Guaranteed Returns and Put Options According to a Bloomberg report, Ripple’s successful $500 million strategic funding round, which valued the company at $40 billion, included unusual protections for investors. These concessions reportedly gave … Read more

Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion at Checkout Reaches US Retailers via Oobit

Oobit has expanded its crypto payments platform to the United States, enabling Americans to connect self-custody wallets to pay at Visa-supported checkouts worldwide. Oobit Enters U.S. Market, Tapping Bakkt Infrastructure for Nationwide Coverage According to the note shared with Bitcoin.com News, Oobit’s expansion into the United States marks the company’s largest global rollout to date, … Read more

Blackrock’s New Staked Ethereum Trust Targets ETH Yield Exposure

Blackrock has filed for the Ishares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, pulling institutional finance deeper into Ethereum’s proof-of-stake (PoS) economy just as tens of millions of ETH sit locked in validators generating yield for participants. World’s Largest Asset Manager Steps Into Ethereum Yield Products With Staked ETH ETF Filing Blackrock is taking another swing at ethereum … Read more

Binance Suspends Employee for Insider Trading Linked to Social Media Post

Binance suspended an employee after an internal investigation found he misused insider information to post misleading content about a token launch on the company’s official futures account. Details of the Misconduct Binance announced on Dec. 8 that it had suspended an employee accused of using insider information for personal financial gain. The suspension followed an … Read more

Report: Tokenized Gold Will Trigger the Collapse of Global Paper Gold Market

A recent report by the Blockchain Research Lab examines the advantages of tokenized gold versus current leveraged paper gold platforms, predicting that tokenization will prompt gold investors to exit the legacy system and destabilize global gold institutions. Tokenized Gold to Cause Liquidity Crisis as Investors Shift The Facts A recent report by the Blockchain Research … Read more

Latam Insights: Private Banks Closer to Offer Crypto in Argentina, Kraken Goes Local in Colombia

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the Central Bank of Argentina prepares to allow banks to offer crypto services, Kraken implements local payments in Colombia, and YPF plans to accept crypto payments in Argentina. Central Bank of Argentina … Read more