Day: December 14, 2025

A16z has predicted a major 2026 pivot as stablecoins surge, AI agents multiply, and on-chain finance challenges outdated banking infrastructure. A16z crypto, a venture capital fund of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), said it expects several crypto-related themes to gain prominence in 2026, while citing developments across stablecoins, real-world-asset tokenization, banking infrastructure, AI agent authentication, privacy technologies, and prediction markets. In its latest post, the firm said stablecoins processed an estimated $46 trillion in transaction volume last year, and even surpassing major payment networks. But connecting digital dollars to existing financial…

The Binance executive believes the market could be moving toward less pronounced cycles as crypto becomes a more stable and mature asset class. The year 2026 is less than three weeks away, and market experts have begun to announce their predictions for the crypto sector. One of them is Richard Teng, the co-CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange, whose insights are optimistic about the crypto market. According to a commentary sent to CryptoPotato, Teng believes the budding sector will see growth beyond hype and speculation. He expects the…

XRP’s slump has failed to deter whales, who are actively buying as taker CVD turns positive. Ripple (XRP) traded in a choppy range over the past week. It started near $2.06 before slipping lower and then briefly climbing above $2.15 around December 10. The token underwent a minor drawdown the very next day before stabilizing and is currently trading at $2.04. Despite the pullback, a new analysis revealed that whales appear to be snapping up Ripple tokens. Massive Whale Moves XRP is seeing increased activity from large holders even…

The decline in exchange deposits and downward price pressure also comes as large investors and short-term holders realize their losses. The Bitcoin market is currently seeing easing pressure after a period of intense selling from investors. The declining pressure is evident in reduced deposits into exchanges and a significant recovery in bitcoin’s (BTC) price over the last three weeks. Analysts at the research firm CryptoQuant reported that continued low selling pressure could trigger a relief rally in BTC. This uptrend could be supported by the 25 basis points interest…

Why some AIs are bullish while others are not on XRP in the next few weeks? Ripple’s native token had a historic year as it finally managed to break a record set in early 2018 and painted a fresh all-time high of $3.65 in mid-July. Since then, though, the asset has been in a free-fall state, losing nearly 50% of its value and currently struggling to remain above $2.00. When it comes to determining (or making an educated guess) its performance by the end of the year, we decided…

Meanwhile, the PI token continues to struggle at just over $0.20. Pi Network has faced its fair share of criticism over the years, mostly due to countless delays upon its long-anticipated launch that finally occurred in early 2025, and for its controversial KYC procedures. Now, though, both of these issues seem behind it. The launch was successful in February, while the team has integrated numerous updates to the verification system, which has simplified the process, and millions of users have passed the KYC procedure. As such, one of the…