Day: December 26, 2025

USX Stablecoin Stabilizes After Brief Depeg Triggered by DEX Sell Pressure

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USX, a Solana-native US dollar-pegged stablecoin, briefly traded below its peg on decentralized exchanges early Friday after heavy sell pressure overwhelmed available liquidity on Orca and Raydium, prompting issuer Solstice Finance to step in with liquidity support. In an X post on Friday, PeckShieldAlert showed USX briefly trading as low as $0.10 in secondary markets before rebounding, a move attributed to isolated trades executed during a period of extremely thin liquidity. Source: PekShieldAlert Aggregated DEX data shows a less extreme move. A 15-minute USX/USD chart from GeckoTerminal’s Orca pool shows USX dipping to…

2026 Will be a Year of Growth for Crypto ETFs: Analysts

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Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to explode in 2026, with over 100 new ETF filings expected and billions of dollars in net inflows pouring into the investment vehicles, according to analysts. Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas forecast a base case of $15 billion in capital flows in 2026 and as much as $40 billion if market conditions improve. The US Federal Reserve is “probably” going to lower the interest rate in 2026, pushing net inflows toward the mid or upper limits of the estimate, Balchunas told Cointelegraph.  Weekly…

BNB Chain Fermi Upgrade Slated for January 2026 Rollout

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The BNB Smart Chain’s Fermi hard fork has been scheduled for mainnet activation on Jan. 14, following about two months in the testnet phase. Fermi will lower the block interval to 250 milliseconds from 750 milliseconds to support “time-sensitive” applications that require sub-second block times, according to the BNB community’s GitHub page. The upgrade also introduces extended voting parameters to make up for the communication lag between nodes due to the shortened block times. A new indexing mechanism is included for users who only need a portion of the ledger’s…

Bitcoin’s current setup looks like 2019, says Benjamin Cowen

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As Bitcoin (BTC) continues to underperform gold and major equity indices, investors are increasingly questioning whether this cycle is unfolding differently than expected. In a new interview with analyst Benjamin Cowen, we dig into why Bitcoin is lagging traditional markets, and why the current setup may feel strikingly similar to 2019. Cowen points out that while stocks and gold are responding positively to expectations around future monetary easing, Bitcoin appears far more sensitive to actual liquidity conditions rather than optimism alone. That distinction, he explains, helps clarify why BTC has…

Banks Could Start Holding XRP Due To This Simple Change

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Banks have mostly stayed on the sidelines when it comes to holding XRP directly, even as interest in digital assets continues to increase. That hesitation has not been due to a lack of utility or demand but to strict regulatory capital rules that made holding XRP economically impractical for regulated institutions. However, a small adjustment in how XRP is treated under global banking rules could remove that barrier and change how banks interact with the cryptocurrency. Why Banks Can’t Hold XRP The main obstacle preventing banks from holding XRP has…

Bitcoin drops nearly $3,000 as over $70M in longs liquidated in past 4 hours

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Key Takeaways Bitcoin fell during the first US trading session after Christmas. The drop triggered over $70 million in liquidations of leveraged long positions on various derivatives platforms. Share this article Bitcoin slid as the US market kicked off its first post-Christmas session, plunging by nearly $3,000 in just a few hours. The sudden pullback swept through the derivatives market, triggering more than $70 million in leveraged long liquidations over four hours, according to data from Coinglass. The sharp decline highlights the volatility inherent in crypto markets, where high leverage…

BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, BCH, LINK, HYPE

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Key points: Bitcoin attempted to rise above $90,000, but sustained recovery may require institutional demand to pick up. While most major altcoins are struggling near their recent lows, Bitcoin Cash looks strong on the charts. Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $89,500, but the bulls could not sustain the higher levels. A sustainable recovery would require institutional demand to pick up. Since Dec. 15, BTC exchange-traded funds have recorded outflows of more than $1 billion, per Farside Investors data. Despite BTC’s weak performance toward the end of the year, Strategy CEO Phong…

XRP, Cardano need more than loyal communities to keep pace with rivals

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Key Takeaways Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz emphasizes the need for XRP and Cardano to demonstrate real utility to sustain their valuations. He believes crypto is moving from narrative-driven tokens to business-driven tokens. Share this article Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said that tokens like XRP and Cardano (ADA), which rely heavily on community loyalty, must prove real-world utility or risk lagging stronger-performing rivals in future market cycles. He made the comments in a recent discussion with Alex Thorn, Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital, about 2026 outlooks for…

Bitcoin Targets $90K for Christmas but 2025 Still Looks Red: Weekly Crypto Recap

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Volatility calmed over the Holidays but BTC managed to regain some of the recently lost value. With 2025 coming to its inevitable closure, bitcoin’s price is showing minor signs of recovery, but the year is still heading for a loss despite the new all-time high reached just a few months ago. But first, let’s rewind the clocks by a week and quickly recap what happened last week. The US CPI data came out and was much stronger than anticipated. This led to an immediate but very brief BTC surge…

XRP Stochastic RSI Just Touched 0.0 For The Second Time In History

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Crypto analyst Skipper has drawn attention to a significant development for XRP, even as it continues to trade below the psychological $2 level. Based on this development, the selling pressure could be easing for the altcoin, while ETFs continue to contribute to buying pressure as they maintain their inflow streak.  Analyst Reveals XRP’s Stochastic RSI Has Hit 0.0 In an X post, Skipper revealed that XRP’s stochastic RSI has hit 0.0 for only the second time ever. This came as he noted that the altcoin has had a rough run,…