+

BNB Smart Chain has scheduled the activation of its Fermi hard fork on mainnet for Jan. 14, following nearly two months of testing on the network's testnet. The upgrade will reduce the block interval from 750 milliseconds to 250 milliseconds, aiming to support time-sensitive applications that require sub-second block confirmations.

+

Ethereum pushed the $3,000 zone again but failed to hold the breakout and continues to trade slightly below that level.

+

On a cold ‘Betwixmas' December morning, the mood around Bitcoin feels familiar and strange at the same time. Familiar, because the story still swings between euphoria and anxiety.

+

On today's episode of CNBC Crypto World, Matt Hougan, CIO of Bitwise Asset Management, and Sebastian Bea, CIO of ReserveOne, discuss bitcoin's recent performance and whether a wave of adoption in 2025 has broken the cryptocurrency's normal four-year cycle.

-

Economist Peter Schiff warned that the US dollar is nearing the end of its role as the world's primary reserve currency and called on investors to sell Bitcoin in favor of silver. In recent public comments, Schiff argued that central banks are preparing for a new monetary order centered on gold rather than the dollar.

-

Solana's tug of war - Leveraged bulls vs. shorting bears.

-

Bitmine is carrying an unrealized loss of roughly $3.5 billion on its Ethereum position, according to on-chain data from CryptoQuant. The loss is a direct result of persistent weakness in ETH's price, which continues to trade below the $3,000 level.

+

Timing a Bitcoin purchase has always been one of the hardest challenges for investors, especially in the current market, which is defined by low sentiment and bearish price action. The safest moment to buy usually arrives after prices have already surged, when confidence is high, and risk is low.

-

Fidelity's Jurrien Timmer has predicted that both Bitcoin and gold could take a year off in 2026.

+

On Dec. 25, the X account @moonbag shared a screenshot of 2026 price targets attributed to a 4chan user: Bitcoin at $250,000 and Ethereum at $20,000. Popular 4chan guy dropping his predictions for 2026 pic.twitter.

-

Ethereum is trading below the $3,000 mark as it attempts to push higher and reclaim key structural levels needed to signal the start of a recovery. So far, those efforts have failed.

+

Michael Saylor that Bitcoin's next all-time highs may be driven by deeper integration into the banking system, rather than speculation, retail enthusiasm, or ETF-led flows.

+

TL;DR Solana trades at $122.01 after a 1.11% decline in the last 24 hours, while market indicators suggest selling pressure is easing. The RSI holds near 41.82 as trading volume jumps to $4 billion, signaling active repositioning.

+

Bitcoin's price and sentiment have decisively slowed in recent months, but Strategy CEO Phong Le says the top cryptocurrency's fundamentals have never looked better.

-

While Ethereum's price is on track to limp into the new year, its record-setting climb is unlikely to continue given the prevailing conditions for Bitcoin.

-

TLDR While the world celebrated Christmas, a technical anomaly on Binance sparked terror across social media. In the middle of Christmas Eve, the Bitcoin price experienced an extreme flash crash, sinking to a low of $24,111 on the BTC/USD1 pair.

-

Bitcoin traded mostly flat around $87,000 heading into the final weekend of 2025 as investors remained cautious amid thin liquidity and tax-driven selling. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $87,351.16 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $2,923.07 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $122.01 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $1.84 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1221 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.057119 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 93,477 traders were liquidated in the past 24 hours for $244.46 million.

+

Hayes points to the post-2009 period, when QE helped propel stocks, gold, and Bitcoin out of what he calls the deflationary river Styx.

-

USX suffered one of 2025's sharpest stablecoin depegs, plunging to $0.10 before market makers restored liquidity.

+

The Bitcoin-silver price ratio highlights the ongoing tug-of-war between digital scarcity and traditional hard assets. While it should not be used in isolation, it provides critical insight into how capital is rotating beneath the surface.

-

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has stepped forward to address swirling rumors that he dumped his ADA holdings, sparking concerns about his potential role in the altcoin's dramatic 80% price crash. Amid speculation and social media chatter, Hoskinson firmly denies the claims, insisting he did not personally contribute to the decline by offloading his assets.

-

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon in 2025 maintained his skeptical stance towards Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), even as JPMorgan launched a $100 million Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) fund. The Verbal Offensive Continues Dimon's public statements in 2025 maintained his reputation as a prominent crypto skeptic.

-

The recent surge in Bitcoin (BTC) volatility has led to significant liquidations, prompting renewed suspicions of market manipulation among experts.

-

The OG altcoin's price gradually unwinds following a leverage crunch on the globe's largest crypto exchange.

+

Polygon (POL) token was trading at $0.1030, down by 85% from its highest point in November last year.