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Developed in partnership with digital asset leader Fortris, the fund is the first of its kind. It is designed to change how financial support is held, managed, and delivered during crises.

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This Friday, we examine Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, Binance Coin, and Hyperliquid in greater detail. Ethereum (ETH) This week, Ethereum held well above $3,000 and is up by 3.5%.

 

Leading Solana DEX Raydium has stunned the crypto community with a recent cryptic tweet that mentioned XRP.

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A well-known analyst called the Angry Crypto Show has revealed that his long break from content creation pushed him to rethink his future in the crypto space.

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BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has just printed its first ever death cross, marking a notable technical milestone for the world's largest spot Bitcoin ETF.

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Bitcoin has a historical tendency to punish consensus, but the price action following the Federal Reserve's December meeting offered a particularly sharp lesson in market structure over macro headlines.

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The largest XRP ETF on the market just delivered one of the most unusual daily results of the month: zero dollars in net inflows, despite the rest of the sector continuing to absorb new capital. Canary's XRP ETF, which is listed on Nasdaq and has the largest asset base in its category, finished the session unchanged while its peers added millions.

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XRP hovered above $2 with signs of whale accumulation and renewed interest from South Korean traders.

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Pi Network's first Open Network hackathon crowned Blind_Lounge and other utility-focused Mainnet apps, highlighting growth but with clear risk disclaimers for users.

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Solana is making a straight-for-the-liquidity play: bring XRP on-chain in a way that looks familiar to DeFi users, but legible to institutions.

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Bitcoin's price remains caught in a narrow range, even after the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented a significant interest rate cut, leaving investors questioning its stability. On Tuesday, the Fed announced a 0.5% reduction in interest rates, prompting expectations of increased risk appetite in financial markets.

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Bitcoin's price recently experienced two significant downturns, yet experts suggest that a prolonged market freeze, akin to a “crypto winter,” is not imminent. On December 11, Bitcoin saw a sudden slump in value, descending from $42,000 to $37,000 within hours, marking its second notable dip in a span of just two weeks.

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Ripple, the company behind the digital asset XRP, has announced a strategic expansion of its ecosystem. As of December 2025, XRP is now wrapped and tradable on several prominent blockchains, including Solana and Ethereum.

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American Bitcoin (ABTC) has experienced a steep 60% decline over the past month, mirroring a year of volatility for the cryptocurrency. This drop has left many investors questioning the future of ABTC and whether this is a temporary setback or a sign of deeper issues within the project.

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As of mid-December 2025, Bitcoin has remained in an uninspiring state, with its price hovering without clear direction for several weeks. Despite this stagnation, several market indicators suggest that the leading cryptocurrency could be poised for a significant upward movement.

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Solana price surged 5% to $138 in the last 24 hours, sparking speculation that SOL could be poised for a +50% bullish rally. The wider crypto market gained 2.08%, which was pushed by institutional buying and positive technical outlooks.

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As of December 2025, Bitcoin faces a tumultuous period with its price hovering around a precarious point. Recent market analysis suggests that while there are signs of potential recovery, several factors contribute to its current volatility.

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Peter Schiff is back in his favorite role, and he is more vocal than ever. As the Federal Reserve resumed buying Treasuries, framing it as a liquidity operation, Schiff argued that the market response exposed Bitcoin's core weakness.

 

The official XRP Ledger Foundation has announced an update to the UNL, with one validator removed.

 

Despite fresh institutional adoption, newly launched XRP exchange traded funds (ETFs), and growing cross chain experimentation, XRP has quietly lost momentum, sliding more than 17% over the past month and struggling to reclaim key technical levels.

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A buying opportunity from Ethereum's realized price projected a major rally, as analysts say a return to $5,000 in 2026 is plausible.

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The activation marks the first time a regulated bank in Europe has connected directly to Ripple's enterprise payment system.

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Although XRP's recent price movement appears unsightly on the surface, the larger data refutes the notion that Binance Coin will soon overtake it in the top four. Indeed, a protracted corrective channel and frequent failures at important moving averages are visible on the chart.

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Ripple said on Dec. 12 that AMINA Bank AG will use Ripple Payments to support near real-time cross-border transfers for its clients, making the Swiss FINMA-regulated crypto bank the first European bank to adopt Ripple's licensed end-to-end payments solution, according to its press release.

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The bitcoin miner earned $284,633 for mining block 927,474 on Thursday using CKpool in a solo mining configuration.