🔍 🟡🙂 Market Analysis: 21-12-18

Bitcoin bulls are feeling the heat as the world's leading cryptocurrency struggles to break through the $89,000 ceiling, giving up CPI-fueled gains and settling back to the $86,000 range. The softer-than-expected U.S. inflation print had ignited hopes for risk assets, but the rally proved fleetin... ... Read full 🟡🙂 Market Analysis: 21-12-18

Reports Spark Questions About Bitmain Leadership and Internal Disputes

Reports Spark Questions About Bitmain Leadership and Internal Disputes

Conflicting reports leave the crypto community scrambling to verify the details of one of the sector’s most high-profile crises.Bitmain Co-Founders at Center of Growing Speculation and UncertaintyBitmain, a pioneer in Bitcoin mining hardware, controls equipment powering over 74% of the global Bitcoi…

Migrating Bitcoin to post-quantum may 'easily' take 5-10 years: Crypto exec

Migrating Bitcoin to post-quantum may 'easily' take 5-10 years: Crypto exec

Migrating Bitcoin to post-quantum standards will take at least 5-10 years, according to Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of crypto custody company Casa, Jameson Lopp, who weighed in on the ongoing quantum computer debate.Lopp agreed with Adam Back, the CEO of crypto infrastructure company Bloc…

Critical Shiba Inu Price Level Revealed to Bulls, Ripple CEO Celebrates XRP ETF Milestone, DOGE Pric

Critical Shiba Inu Price Level Revealed to Bulls, Ripple CEO Celebrates XRP ETF Milestone, DOGE Pric

SBI VC Trade opens new rent coin lending round in JapanSBI Group is now a massive institutional partner of Ripple, the company associated with XRP.Recruitment round. SBI VC Trade, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, announced a new recruitment round for its “Rent Coin” (lending) service.SBI VC Trade, a ma…

MoMA adds CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles NFTs to permanent collection following coordinated donat

MoMA adds CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles NFTs to permanent collection following coordinated donat

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired eight CryptoPunks and eight Chromie Squiggles for its permanent collection, marking one of the most significant institutional endorsements of onchain art to date.The 16 works, all donated rather than purchased, will be housed in MoMA's Media and Perf…

Tokenization will disrupt finance faster than digital disrupted media: Crypto exec

Tokenization will disrupt finance faster than digital disrupted media: Crypto exec

Tokenization will transform the financial industry faster than digital technology disrupted legacy media, such as print newspapers, physical copies of music and other analog formats, according to Keith Grossman, president of crypto payments company MoonPay.“While many feared digitization would destr…

Top Discounted Altcoins To Buy Now For 2026

Top Discounted Altcoins To Buy Now For 2026

The crypto market in 2025 looks very different from previous cycles. While some familiar patterns remain, new factors like institutional adoption, ETFs, and real-world use cases are changing how investors think about the future. Because of this shift, analysts say that choosing the right altcoins to…

MicroStrategy’s Saylor Signals Imminent Bitcoin Buy Amid MSTR Stock YTD Decline

MicroStrategy’s Saylor Signals Imminent Bitcoin Buy Amid MSTR Stock YTD Decline

Michael Saylor is signaling another aggressive Bitcoin accumulation for Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).This signals that the firm is down on its high-stakes treasury strategy even as its MSTR stock falters.Why Saylor is Teasing a New Bitcoin Buy for StrategyOn December 21, Saylor posted a cryptic…

Analysts Look Beyond Bitcoin’s Price As Tom Lee Flags a Structural Shift

Analysts Look Beyond Bitcoin’s Price As Tom Lee Flags a Structural Shift

Bitcoin’s price may still dominate headlines, but among analysts and institutional strategists, attention is quietly shifting elsewhere.Instead of debating whether Bitcoin can reclaim upside momentum in the near term, market observers are increasingly focused on a deeper question: whether the struct…

Galaxy's Top Researcher Reveals When Bitcoin Will Hit $250K

Galaxy's Top Researcher Reveals When Bitcoin Will Hit $250K

Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy Digital, has predicted that Bitcoin will eventually hit $250,000 by the end of 2027. At the same time, the prominent researcher has admitted that it would be too challenging to predict the flagship cryptocurrency's price action in 2026. In fact, as not…

Tether-backed Northern Data sold bitcoin mining arm to companies run by Tether’s own executives: FT

Tether-backed Northern Data sold bitcoin mining arm to companies run by Tether’s own executives: FT

Northern Data, the German AI and data center company majority-owned by Tether, sold its bitcoin mining subsidiary Peak Mining for up to $200 million to a group of companies controlled by the stablecoin giant's top executives, the Financial Times first reported Friday.Corporate filings reviewed by th…

Whale Inflows Dampen XRP ETF Optimism As Selling Pressure Persists

Whale Inflows Dampen XRP ETF Optimism As Selling Pressure Persists

Expectations around XRP exchange-traded funds were seen as a turning point that could unlock new institutional demand and change XRP’s price structure in favor of buyers. However, recent on-chain data suggests the price response has diverged immensely from that narrative. Metrics tracked by the on-c…