CZ announced that Trust Wallet will compensate for the $7 million lost in the Christmas day hacking.
Malicious Trust Wallet extensions have been exporting users' personal information, and cybersecurity firm SlowMist suggests the possibility of internal activity.

Bitcoin is quietly trading below the resistance line, hinting at a bullish breakout as gold and silver hit new all-time highs.

Aave governance vote was rejected due to community backlash.
This failed vote highlights deeper tensions around token value capture, governance authority, and whether the DAO structure can effectively manage the protocol's identity.

Crypto sentiment remains in "Extreme Fear" for 14 consecutive days
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has remained below the levels seen during the FTX collapse at the end of 2022, while Bitcoin's price has approximately increased fivefold.

Ben Cowen states that Ethereum is unlikely to reach a new high in 2026.
If ETH recovers its all-time high in 2026, it might just be a "bull trap," according to crypto analyst Ben Cowen.

Vitalik claims that Grok is a "net improvement" for X despite its flaws.
According to Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder), Grok challenges user assumptions more often and is more truthful, making X better.

The fundamentals of the Bitcoin market are said by the strategic CEO to be "as good as they can get."
Bitcoiners who want to focus on short-term factors are advised by strategic CEO Von Le to be "quite systematic and mathematical."

Pudgy Penguins brought their NFT characters to the Las Vegas Sphere for Christmas.
This non-fungible token project owned by Luca Net appeared on the Sphere's external screens, with animated displays broadcast live on Christmas Eve.

Narrative vs. Reality: What Actually Moves the Price of Bitcoin and Altcoins?
Headlines can quickly move cryptocurrencies, but liquidity determines what sustains those movements. Data from ETFs, stablecoins, and on-chain flows indicate the factors that actually influence prices.

Crypto Business: Exchanges Betting on Prediction Markets
Prediction markets are,

Canton Token surged 27% after DTCC outlined plans for tokenized Treasury securities.
DTCC's move indicates bringing U.S. Treasury securities on-chain, highlighting the growing momentum among institutional investors for tokenized real-world assets.

Challenges in Bitcoin Mining for 2026: AI Transformation, Margin Pressure, and the Fight for Survival
Post-halving stress is reshaping Bitcoin mining. As margins are squeezed, miners are turning to AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and integration to survive.

Fed's Q1 2026 Outlook: Potential Impact on Bitcoin and the Crypto Market
If the Federal Reserve pauses rate cuts in Q1 2026 and inflationary pressures persist, BTC could drop to $70,000 and ETH to $2,400.

Quantum Computing in 2026: Not the End of Cryptocurrency, but the Time to Prepare
Quantum computing will not destroy Bitcoin in 2026, but due to the increase in methods of "harvesting now and decrypting later," the cryptocurrency industry needs to prepare early.

The co-founder of Samurai Wallet sent a letter on Christmas Eve reflecting on their first day in prison.
The prison letter from Keoni Rodriguez has reignited discussions about crypto privacy tools, developer responsibility, and probation.

Ethereum in 2026: Glamsterdam and Hegota forks, L1 scaling, and more
Next year, perfect parallel processing, a significant increase in gas limit and data blob count, and 10% of the Ethereum network transitioning to ZK are expected.

CZ proposes measures after investors lose $50 million
Mr. Zhao called on the blockchain industry to adopt new security measures, especially blacklisting fraudulent addresses, following the loss of $50 million by investors through an address poisoning scheme.

NFT collections are not receiving Santa Rally, and the market has reached its lowest point in 2025.
Market data indicates a decline in participants in NFTs, and the decrease in buyers, sellers, and transactions suggests a waning of speculative interest.

Bitcoin ETFs lost $825 million over 5 days as the US became the "biggest seller" of Bitcoin. On Christmas Eve, an additional $175 million of net outflows occurred during the short final US trading session, and the performance of Bitcoin ETFs continued to be negative.