Day: December 25, 2025

What the $310B Stablecoin Market Reveals About Crypto Adoption

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The hockey stick growth of stablecoin adoption The stablecoin market reached a pivotal milestone on Dec. 12, 2025, hitting $310 billion in total value. That represents a 70% increase in just one year. This growth is not just another cryptocurrency bubble metric; it signals a fundamental shift in how digital assets are beginning to be used globally. To understand why the $310-billion stablecoin market matters, it is first necessary to understand what stablecoins are. Unlike Bitcoin (BTC) or Ether (ETH), which fluctuate based on market sentiment, stablecoins are designed to…

Uniswap surges as vote to burn 100 million UNI shows overwhelming support

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Key Takeaways Uniswap’s governance vote on the UNIfication proposal is nearing its conclusion. UNI is moving higher as the deadline approaches. Share this article Uniswap’s UNI token is edging higher as the community votes on the “UNIfication” proposal, a governance package designed to introduce protocol fees and create a direct token-burn mechanism. The vote opened on December 20 and is set to end in less than 20 hours. CoinGecko data shows that UNI jumped from around $5.4 to $6.4 early in the voting window before retreating alongside other crypto assets.…

Fed Q1 2026 Outlook and Its Potential Impact on Crypto Markets

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Key takeaways: Fed pauses could pressure crypto, but “stealth QE” may cushion downside risks. Liquidity matters more than cuts, shaping the direction of BTC and ETH in Q1 2026. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates three times in 2025, largely in the final quarter, as unemployment ticked higher and inflation showed clearer signs of cooling. Yet crypto markets reacted counterintuitively. Rather than rallying on dovish policy, Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and major altcoins sold off, with total market capitalization shedding more than $1.45 trillion from its record high in…

Quantum Computing and Crypto in 2026: Hype vs Reality

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Quantum computing has long been viewed as a threat to cryptocurrencies, a technology that could one day crack the cryptography securing Bitcoin and other blockchains. In 2026, that fear is resurfacing as major tech firms accelerate quantum research and investment. While the technology is not yet ready for widespread use, the pace of investment and experimentation has gained traction. In February, Microsoft unveiled its Majorana 1 chip, which the company dubbed “the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture,” rekindling debate about how quickly quantum hardware…

Will Pi Network Have a Better Christmas in 2026? AI Makes Bold PI Predictions

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PI dumped hard after its Feb ATH, but what lies ahead? It was an interesting year in the cryptocurrency space. The expectations were high, with numerous calls for new peaks for almost all assets. And while that turned out to be true for BTC, XRP, ETH, and BNB, many others couldn’t come anywhere near their previous heights. Moreover, even those who managed to set new record slumped in the following months and are on the verge of closing the year in the red, despite (almost) all other assets painting…

Tron leads on-chain perps as WoW volume jumps 176%

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Key Takeaways While the market downturn has cooled overall on-chain perps activity, Tron has seen a surge in trading. Tron’s perps trading volume hits $5.7 billion in the last seven days. Share this article Tron’s daily perpetual futures trading volume has surpassed $1 billion for two days in a row, while overall trading activity on the network has nearly tripled from the previous week, according to DefiLlama. Over the past seven days, volume has reached $5.7 billion, representing a 176% increase week-over-week. The surge in perps volume suggests growing trader…

Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Writes From Prison as Pardon Calls Grow

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Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, spent Christmas Eve documenting his first day inside a US federal prison, offering a personal account as a crypto developer now serving a five-year sentence. In a letter shared by The Rage, he described the experience of surrendering himself to the prison camp. The account detailed the intake process, which included searches, medical clearances and the transition into prison housing. Rodriguez also described the emotional weight of leaving his family days before Christmas. “While not at all comfortable, it is manageable.…

Glamsterdam and Hegota Forks, L1 Scaling

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The coming year is set to be crucial for Ethereum scaling. In 2026, the Glamsterdam fork will bring perfect parallel processing to the chain and ratchet up the gas limit to 200 million, up from 60 million today. A significant number of validators will switch over from reexecuting transactions to verifying zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs instead. This sets the Ethereum layer 1 on a path to scale up to 10,000 transactions per second (TPS) and potentially beyond, though that target won’t be hit in 2026. Meanwhile, data blobs will increase (potentially…

Is Bitcoin Headed for $40,000? Technicals and On-Chain Data Turn Cautious

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Bitcoin’s loss of a key long-term support could lead to deeper losses if bulls fail to reclaim control soon. Bitcoin’s (BTC) attempt to push above $90,000 remained unsuccessful this week. The crypto asset is once again under technical pressure after slipping below an important long-term trend indicator, prompting fresh downside warnings from market analysts. 50% Drop Could Be Next? Crypto analyst Ali Martinez said that every time Bitcoin has lost its 50-week simple moving average (SMA) in past cycles, the asset has gone on to record an average decline…

Bitcoin correction enters watch zone as RSI breaks below average: CryptoQuant

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Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s monthly RSI has slipped to 56.5, falling below its 12-month average (67.3) for the first time since 2022 and approaching the four-year average (58.7). Historically, breaks below that long-term RSI trend have coincided with transitions from corrections into deeper bearish phases, as seen in 2018 and 2022. Share this article Bitcoin has declined by 20% over the past three months and by 10% year-over-year, and with the RSI falling below its long-term averages, the risk is growing that the pullback may develop into a more prolonged bearish…