Bitcoin giant Strategy kept its spot in the Nasdaq 100 on Friday, holding its year-long run inside the index while debate keeps piling up over how the company operates.

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Itaú Unibanco Holding SA, Latin America's largest private bank, has advised clients to allocate up to 3% of their portfolios to Bitcoin for 2026.

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A total of $122 billion of liquidity in XRP, a Ripple-linked cryptocurrency and the fifth largest digital asset, might soon be able to seamlessly migrate to Solana (SOL). As announced by Solana Foundation's representative, a bridge between Solana (SOL) and XRP Ledger is on the way.

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Dogecoin (DOGE) is testing the lower boundary of a long-term triangle pattern, a move that could determine its next major price direction. A new technical analysis highlights a roadmap with key recovery levels and outlines a potential timeframe when selling and profit-taking may become favorable.

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The XRP ecosystem is taking a major step forward with the launch of Wrapped XRP (wXRP) on the Solana and Ethereum blockchains.

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Strategy (MSTR), the Nasdaq-listed software firm and largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, announced another massive acquisition, pushing its total treasury holdings past a critical threshold.

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The price of Litecoin (LTC) has moved above the 21-day SMA support, maintaining its sideways trend. The price of Litecoin (LTC) has moved above the 21-day SMA support, maintaining its sideways trend.

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There are companies that enter an index like entering a club. And others that enter like triggering an awkward conversation at the table.

 

Bitcoin's bearish momentum has since reached a cool-off state, as price maintains above the last swing low established late November. However, although there has been a steady uptrend, signs of a bullish reversal remain weak.

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Onchain data shows multiple cost basis metrics confirm heavy demand and investor conviction around the $80,000 price level.

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On December 12, 2025, the Solana blockchain took a significant step forward with the launch of the Firedancer protocol by Jump Crypto. This new technology aims to dramatically enhance the network's transaction processing capabilities, targeting an ambitious throughput of one million transactions per second (TPS).

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has outlined what he considers one of the clearest signs that institutional capital is finally entering the crypto market, despite recent volatility.

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Bitcoin's ownership profile is changing. Corporate treasuries and governments are now holding sizable portions of the circulating supply.

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John Ameriks does not believe in Bitcoin. The Vanguard executive even compares it to those Labubu plush toys that went viral.

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The first SOL ETF was launched in July, followed by Bitwise's SOL ETF in October, which recorded $57 million in first-day trading volume.

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XRP exchange-traded funds (ETF) are posting one of the fastest adoption rates seen in the cryptocurrency ETF market, with cumulative inflows nearing $1 billion within just three to four weeks of launch.

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Executive John Ameriks emphasized Vanguard's core view of the crypto sector hasn't changed, seeing the asset class as highly speculative.

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YoungHoon Kim, the world's highest IQ holder at 276, predicts XRP will set new all-time highs heading into 2026 as he actively purchases the token, while XRP ETFs approach $1.2 billion in cumulative inflows just weeks after launch.

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Cardano shows weakened momentum. Its price remains under pressure after several weeks of decline, and some retail investors are gradually reducing their exposure.

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Bitcoin's options market is large, liquid, and (at the moment) unusually concentrated. Total open interest stands near $55.76 billion, with Deribit carrying $46.24 billion of that stack, far ahead of CME at $4.50 billion, OKX at $3.17 billion, Bybit at $1.29 billion, and Binance at $558.42 million, while spot trades in the $92,479.90 area.

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At current pace, BTC risks going into consolidation.

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Vanguard, the world's second-largest asset manager, enabled the trading of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other crypto-related products on its platform at the start of December. However, it appears that the firm's overall view of crypto and the digital asset industry has not changed very much over time.

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Since early October, when the Ethereum price began its dive into bearish territory, it has struggled to regain any of its significant price levels. The Ether token failed to hold at multiple support zones throughout November, as it plunged downwards.

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ALGO price prediction suggests potential 33-58% upside to $0.16-0.19 range despite current bearish momentum, with critical support at $0.12 determining direction.

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Sellers are more powerful than buyers on the first day of the weekend, according to CoinStats.