Day: December 29, 2025

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits 148.2T in Final 2025 Adjustment

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The difficulty increase reflects sustained miner investment in newer, more efficient hardware throughout 2025. The Bitcoin network will close 2025 with a mining difficulty of 148.2 trillion, a level established in its final adjustment of the year. This figure represents a 35% increase from the 109.8 trillion difficulty recorded on January 1, 2025, highlighting a year of massive expansion in network security and mining competition. Network Security Reaches New Peak Mining difficulty measures how hard it is for miners to find a new block. The protocol adjusts this figure…

Bitcoin Rejected at $90K Again, Ethereum Returns Below $3K: Market Watch

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The crypto market went through another minor roller-coaster. It almost feels like a deja vu in the past few weeks, and it happened again on Monday morning as BTC pumped to just over $90,000, only to be rejected violently there and drive immediately south to its starting position. Most larger-cap altcoins followed suit, with ETH going above and below $3,000 in the span of hours. BTC Stopped (Yet Again) The chart below will clearly demonstrate BTC’s inability to break through the $90,000 resistance despite several attempts in the past…

Onchain Perps Drove Crypto Derivatives Growth in 2025

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Crypto derivatives activity picked up sharply in 2025 as traders increasingly turned to onchain perpetual futures, according to Coinbase researcher David Duong. By late in the year, decentralized exchanges were processing more than $1 trillion in monthly perpetual futures volume, underscoring the growing role of onchain derivatives markets. In a post published Monday on X, Duong said the trend was driven in part by the absence of a traditional altcoin season, which led traders to seek higher returns through leverage rather than spot markets. He added that the “unprecedented degree…

Bitcoin (BTC) at Risk? Break Below 100-Week MA Signals Trouble

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Bitcoin trades near the 100-week MA, a level tied to past crashes, as analysts watch for a possible breakdown or trend shift before year-end. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading near a key long-term level as it heads into the final days of the year. The asset has shown a small recovery early in the week, but it remains close to a major technical support that has triggered large corrections in past cycles. At press time, Bitcoin is priced at around $86,700 with a 24-hour trading volume of $35 billion. The…

Flow Scraps Rollback Plan after Pushback over Decentralization, Security

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The Flow Foundation, behind addressing a remediation plan following a $3.9 million exploit of the blockchain, has scrapped a proposal that would involve rolling back the layer-1 Flow chain after community criticism. In a Monday X post, Alex Smirnov, founder of bridge provider deBridge, said there would be “no rollback” and no reorganization of the blockchain as part of an updated recovery. Flow released a technical implementation plan, saying it had already temporarily restricted accounts affected by the exploit and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) operations were read-only as part of…

Here’s Why The ZCash (ZEC) Price Rallied Above $500 Again

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The Zcash (ZEC) price has rallied above the psychological $500 level, providing a bullish outlook for the privacy-focused token. This comes amid a notable surge in whale accumulation and derivatives activity among crypto traders.  Why Zcash (ZEC) Price Rallied Above $500 Despite Crypto Market Decline CoinMarketCap data show that the Zcash (ZEC) price has rallied above $500 again, up over 20% in the last week. This comes despite the crypto market downtrend, with Bitcoin trading in a tight range just below the psychological $90,000 level. The ZEC surge above $500…

Tokenized Stocks Surge to $1.2B as Onchain Equities Gain Momentum

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Demand for tokenized equities has accelerated since their mainstream debut earlier this year, pointing to this emerging asset class as a potential early signal of broader blockchain adoption beyond Bitcoin and stablecoins.  The combined market capitalization of tokenized stocks has climbed to a record $1.2 billion, according to data from Token Terminal, driven by strong growth in September and December. “Tokenized stocks today are like stablecoins in 2020,” Token Terminal said, underscoring how early the market remains. Stablecoins were still in their infancy in 2020, but they have since grown…

Analyst: Bitcoin Dip Resembles 2020 Metals Surge

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Gold and silver reaching new highs again is being framed as a liquidity signal rather than a risk-off warning. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading near $87,000 in late December 2025 after sliding by over 30% from its October peak above $126,000, while gold and silver continue to post record-breaking gains. However, some analysts are arguing that this divergence is not a warning sign but a familiar setup that previously led to one of Bitcoin’s strongest rallies. According to this view, the current pause in BTC mirrors mid-2020, when precious metals…

BlackRock BUIDL Pays $100M in Dividends, Showing Tokenized Finance at Scale

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BlackRock’s first tokenized money market fund has paid out $100 million in cumulative dividends since its launch, highlighting the growing real-world use of tokenized securities amid rising institutional adoption. The milestone for the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) was announced Monday by Securitize, which serves as the fund’s issuer and tokenization partner, overseeing onchain issuance and investor onboarding. Source: Securitize Launched in March 2024, BUIDL was initially issued on the Ethereum blockchain. The fund invests in short-term, US dollar–denominated assets, including US Treasury bills, repurchase agreements and cash…

SK Politician Accused of Going After Exchange Amid Conflict of Interest

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Kim Byung-kee, floor leader of South Korea’s Democratic Party, is facing scrutiny following a report alleging that he sought to pressure Dunamu, the operator of cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, after his son secured a position at a competitor. According to a Sunday report by news outlet Kyunghyang Shinmun, Kim, a member of the South Korean National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee, allegedly tried to secure a job for one of his sons at crypto exchange Bithumb while simultaneously raising concerns in the National Assembly about Upbit, a competitor crypto exchange operated by…