Month: December 2025

NFT Supply Surges as Sales and Prices Slide in 2025

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The non-fungible token (NFT) market expanded in total supply, but saw significantly lower sales in 2025 compared with previous years.  CryptoSlam data shows that the total number of NFTs in circulation climbed to more than 1.34 billion this year, marking a 25% increase from the one billion supply in 2024. The increased supply came in parallel with falling sales.  According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales reached about $5.63 billion in 2025, down by about 37% from the $8.9 billion recorded last year. Average sale prices also declined year-on-year, slipping to…

Pi Network (PI) News Today: December 31

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Here’re the latest events within the Pi ecosystem. Given the Holiday season and the overall calmness in the cryptocurrency markets, Pi Network’s team has also been quiet recently, but there are still some developments worth mentioning as the year is coming to a close. Meanwhile, the project’s underlying asset continues to show strength around the pivotal support level at around $0.20, and there are some hints about a potential resurgence. Holiday Cheers CryptoPotato reported recently Pi Network’s Holiday move, called the Community Commerce Initiative, in which it invited its…

$675M Lighter Airdrop Becomes 10th Largest in Crypto History

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Lighter, a decentralized exchange (DEX) that offers perpetual futures trading, carried out one of the largest token giveaways in crypto history this week, even as critics continued to question how the project split its token supply. Lighter airdropped a total of $675 million worth of Lighter Infrastructure Tokens (LIT) to early participants on Tuesday, according to blockchain data visualization platform Bubblemaps. “$675M airdropped to early participants. $30M withdrawn from Lighter (only),” wrote Bubblemaps in a Tuesday X post. The $675 million total makes the Lighter airdrop the 10th largest airdrop…

Bitcoin ETFs End 7-Day Outflows With $355M Inflows Amid Improving Liquidity

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US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ended a seven-day run of net outflows, pulling in $355 million as traders pointed to early signs of improving global liquidity. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) led the rebound with $143.75 million in inflows on Tuesday, followed by the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) at $109.56 million and Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) with $78.59 million, according to data from SoSoValue. Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF (BITB) added $13.87 million, while smaller inflows were recorded by Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) with $4.28 million,…

Trading Volumes Plunge to Lowest Levels of 2025

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Altcoins like ETH and SOL are seeing more than a 50% drop in weekly volume compared with last year’s holidays. As 2025 draws to a close, cryptocurrency trading activity has fallen to its quietest point this year. Bitcoin (BTC) and major altcoins are experiencing their lowest two-week trading volume since December 2024, with weekly activity for assets like Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) down more than 50% compared to last year’s holiday period. Holiday Lull Drags Volumes to Yearly Lows Data shared by Santiment on X on December 30…

Bitwise Files with the US SEC to Launch 11 Crypto ETFs

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Crypto fund manager Bitwise has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch 11 single‑token “strategy” crypto exchange‑traded funds (ETFs), extending the company’s crypto ETF footprint deeper into the altcoin market. The proposed funds would offer targeted exposure to assets including Aave (AAVE), Uniswap (UNI), Zcash (ZEC), Bittensor (TAO), Sui (SUI) and Near (NEAR), among others, giving investors a regulated route into tokens that so far have mostly traded on crypto exchanges. According to the filing, each product is designed as a “Strategy ETF” rather than…

Why Binance Is Removing These Popular Altcoin Pairs Next Week

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Check out which margin trading pairs will be removed from Binance’s platform on January 6. The world’s biggest crypto exchange will delist certain pairs that will affect numerous altcoin traders. One of the cryptocurrencies involved in the process is Cardano (ADA), whose price has plunged by 3.5% on December 30. Bye-Bye to These Pairs Binance revealed that it will delist the following cross-margin pairs: BCH/FDUSD, TAO/FDUSD, AVAX/FDUSD, LTC/FDUSD, SUI/FDUSD, ADA/FDUSD, and LINK/FDUSD on January 6. It will also remove the isolated margin pairs involving the same cryptocurrencies on that…

Coinbase Warns Stablecoin Rules Could Hand China an Edge

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A senior executive at Coinbase warned that changes to the US stablecoin framework could weaken Washington’s position in the global race for digital payments, just as China moves to make its central bank digital currency (CBDC) more competitive. In a post on X, Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase’s chief policy officer, said the debate over whether US-issued stablecoins can offer “rewards” under the GENIUS Act could hurt US dollar stablecoins’ global competitiveness. He pointed to a recent announcement from China’s central bank as evidence that rival financial systems are moving quickly to…

Ethereum Network Activity Surges as Transaction Fees Fall to 17 Cents

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The Ethereum mainnet clocked 2.2 million transactions in a single day in a new record this week, while fees have fallen to just 17 cents on average. The layer-1 blockchain recorded its new transaction milestone on Tuseday, according to block explorer Etherscan.  Transaction fees have also dropped considerably over time.  The highest transaction fees on Ethereum were recorded in May 2022, when users had to spend over $200 per transaction. However, continued upgrades have dropped fees considerably, despite continued growth of the network’s usage.   Fees have also been on the decline…

Bitcoin May Hit $150,000 Even as Its Grip on Crypto Weakens: Dragonfly Partner

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Despite struggling below $90K, Bitcoin could still surge in 2026, according to a new prediction from Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi. Dragonfly partner Haseeb Qureshi has predicted that 2026 will be a year of sharp contrasts for the crypto market, with major gains in headline prices alongside shifts beneath the surface. In a detailed outlook, Qureshi said Bitcoin could climb above $150,000 by the end of 2026, even as its dominance over the broader crypto market declines. Bitcoin to $150K or $70K First? The forecast comes at a time when Bitcoin…