Day: December 25, 2025

Crypto Derivatives Hit $86T in 2025 as Binance Dominates Volume

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Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume surged to almost $85.7 trillion in 2025, averaging about $264.5 billion a day, according to a report by liquidation data tracker CoinGlass. Binance led the market with roughly $25.09 trillion in cumulative derivatives volume, or about 29.3% of global trading, meaning nearly $30 of every $100 traded ran through the exchange, CoinGlass said. OKX, Bybit and Bitget followed, each posting $8.2 trillion to $10.8 trillion in yearly volume. These four exchanges accounted for about 62.3% of total market share. CoinGlass said institutional pathways expanded through spot…

CZ Proposes Fix To Address Poisoning After Investor Loses $50M

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Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao proposed additional security measures to “eradicate” address poisoning, including wallet warnings and blacklists of suspicious accounts. “All wallets should simply check if a receiving address is a ‘poison address,’ and block the user. This is a blockchain query,” Zhao wrote in a Wednesday blog post. Address poisoning is a form of phishing in which scammers trick victims into sending crypto to illicit wallets by first sending them small transactions. Unsuspecting users often copy and paste the attacker’s address from their wallet history. Phishing scams cost 6,344…

Canton (CC) Rockets by 17% Daily, Bitcoin (BTC) Stopped at $88K: Market Watch

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ZEC is next in line in terms of daily gains. The modest recovery staged by the bitcoin bulls over the past 24 hours drove the asset to $88,000, where it faced an immediate rejection and now sits well below that level. Most larger-cap altcoins are slightly in the green, but they still can’t get out of the recent nosedive. ZEC has emerged as the top gainer here, while the mid-caps have CC as their daily winner. BTC Halted at $88K The graph below will clearly demonstrate BTC’s choppy market…

Why The Current XRP Valuation Doesn’t Make Sense

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Can a digital asset like XRP realistically sit at a few dollars if it is expected to serve as an important liquidity layer for the global financial system? That question is at the center of a growing debate around XRP’s market value and is the basis of comments shared on X by Jesse of Apex Crypto. His argument challenges the idea that XRP can function as a worldwide liquidity instrument through Ripple’s framework while maintaining a relatively low valuation around $3, which he says doesn’t make sense. The Liquidity Argument…

NFT Market Slides to 2025 Lows as Buyers and Sellers Pull Back

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) extended their year-end slide in December, with total market valuations falling to their lowest level in 2025. According to data from CoinGecko, the overall valuation of the NFT sector fell to $2.5 billion in December. This represented a 72% decline from a peak of $9.2 billion in January.  The decline came as NFT sales activity remained subdued following a weak November performance. In December, weekly NFT sales failed to surpass $70 million during the first three weeks of the month, falling below November’s pace.  December is on…

XRP Loses Crucial Support: Is $1.1 Inevitable?

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After decisively losing the $2.00 support earlier this month and even dipping below $1.80 briefly, Ripple’s XRP managed to find some relief above the next key line of defense at $1.90. However, that level also gave in yesterday, and the asset closed below it, currently sitting at $1.87, even after rebounding from the intraday low of $1.83. Popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez outlined the significance of this support once again. He noted that with $1.90 gone, XRP could be on the verge of a massive price slump to $1.10. Support…

After $50M USDT Theft, Binance’s CZ Pushes Wallets to Block Poison Addresses by Default

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CZ says address poisoning can be eradicated after a trader lost $50 million to the scam. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has renewed calls for stronger, industry-wide defenses against address poisoning scams. In a recent post, the former Binance CEO argued that such attacks are solvable through better wallet-level protections. Combating Address Poisoning Attacks CZ said wallets should automatically check whether a receiving address is associated with known poisoning activity and block users from sending funds to it. He noted that this is feasible through on-chain queries and also urged the…

Bitcoin ETFs See $175 Million Outflows on Christmas Eve

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Bitcoin (BTC) institutional outflows continued into Christmas as the US gained the title of biggest BTC seller. Key points: Bitcoin ETF netflows stay negative for Christmas Eve as the institutional investment vehicles lose another $175 million. Tax obligations and the quarterly options expiry are blamed for the poor performance. Hope remains for a broad rebound after the holiday season. Analysis: Bitcoin institutional bid to return “soon” Data from UK-based investment company Farside Investors confirmed that on Christmas Eve, net outflows from the US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) totaled over…

How to Protect Your Crypto From Social Engineering in 2026

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The majority of crypto exploits in the coming year won’t be caused by a zero-day bug in your favorite protocol, say crypto security experts. It’s going to be caused by you.  That’s because 2025 has shown that the majority of hacks don’t start with malicious code; they begin with a conversation, Nick Percoco, chief security officer of crypto exchange Kraken, told Cointelegraph.  “Attackers aren’t breaking in, they’re being invited in.” From January to early December 2025, data from Chainalysis shows that the crypto industry witnessed over $3.4 billion in theft,…

Bitcoiners Bullish Over Musk Economic Growth Prediction

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The Bitcoin community is hopeful for the cryptocurrency to again rally after billionaire Elon Musk predicted that the US economy could experience significant growth by December 2026 at the earliest. “Double-digit growth is coming within 12 to 18 months,” Musk said in an X post on Tuesday, “If applied intelligence is proxy for economic growth, which it should be, triple-digit is possible in ~5 years.” Bitcoiners often look to macroeconomic signals, from growth forecasts to central bank policy, as clues for how broader economic trends could impact Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. …