🔍 🟡🙂 Market Analysis: 31-12-21

As 2025 draws its curtain, the crypto market is riding a wave of late volatility, with Bitcoin surging above $90,000 and acting as a safe haven amid a liquidity shock triggered by silver futures’ sudden margin calls. As capital rushes into digital assets, the sector is seeing a pronounced diver... ... Read full 🟡🙂 Market Analysis: 31-12-21

Ethereum Liquidity Rebuilds On Binance: December Inflows Signal Strategic Repositioning

Ethereum Liquidity Rebuilds On Binance: December Inflows Signal Strategic Repositioning

Ethereum remains trapped below the critical $3,000 level as price action compresses into an increasingly narrow range. Despite several recovery attempts, bulls have failed to regain control, leaving ETH vulnerable to renewed downside pressure. Market sentiment reflects this weakness, with a growing …

Digital ID, CBDCs risk turning US into ‘surveillance state’: US rep

Digital ID, CBDCs risk turning US into ‘surveillance state’: US rep

US Representative Warren Davidson warns the US is drifting toward a permissioned and heavily surveilled financial system, arguing that recent crypto legislation undermines the industry’s original promise of permissionless, private money. In a post on X on Wednesday, Davidson criticized the stablecoi…

Gold And Stocks Ran Ahead, But Bitcoin May Close The Gap In 2026

Gold And Stocks Ran Ahead, But Bitcoin May Close The Gap In 2026

According to market intelligence firm Santiment, Bitcoin is trailing both gold and the S&P 500 after a sharp pullback in November. Gold has climbed 9% since early November, the S&P 500 is up 1%, and Bitcoin is down about 20%, trading near $88,000 as of Wednesday. Based on reports, that gap has left …

India’s central bank urges countries to prioritize CBDCs over stablecoins

India’s central bank urges countries to prioritize CBDCs over stablecoins

The Reserve Bank of India has urged countries to focus on central bank digital currencies over privately-issued stablecoins, citing concerns about financial stability.In its December financial stability report, released on Wednesday, the RBI argued that CBDCs preserve the “singleness of money and th…

CFTC director who made Bitcoin futures possible returns as chief of staff

CFTC director who made Bitcoin futures possible returns as chief of staff

The key policy maker who oversaw the launch of regulated Bitcoin futures in the US has returned as the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s chief of staff after a six-year hiatus. In a Wednesday announcement, the CFTC welcomed back Amir Zaidi with chairman Michael Selig emphasizing the wealth of…

Tether Acquired Nearly 10,000 BTC in Q4, Deepening Bitcoin Bet

Tether Acquired Nearly 10,000 BTC in Q4, Deepening Bitcoin Bet

Tether accumulated 8,888.8888888 Bitcoin in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to CEO Paolo Ardoino. On-chain data suggests the stablecoin issuer purchased about 9,850 BTC in total during the quarter, worth roughly $876 million at prevailing prices.Tether Strengthens Its Treasury StrategyThe buyi…

XRP At Risk Of A Drop To $0.80? Analyst Makes The Case

XRP At Risk Of A Drop To $0.80? Analyst Makes The Case

A cryptocurrency analyst has explained how XRP could be at risk of a drop toward $0.80 based on the data of some on-chain indicators.XRP Has Seen Bearish Developments In On-Chain DataIn a new thread on X, analyst Ali Martinez has talked about why XRP may be at risk of seeing a decline to the $0.80 l…

Private messaging faces threats from AI, limited user awareness: Session execs

Private messaging faces threats from AI, limited user awareness: Session execs

Artificial intelligence, a lack of awareness of data privacy, and regulatory pressures are among the biggest threats to the future of private messaging, says Alex Linton and Chris McCabe, executives from the decentralized messaging app Session. The EU’s efforts to mandate the scanning of private mes…

Crypto Promotion Lawsuit Against Billionaire Mark Cuban and Dallas Mavericks Tossed

Crypto Promotion Lawsuit Against Billionaire Mark Cuban and Dallas Mavericks Tossed

A US federal judge threw out a crypto investor lawsuit against Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, ending a case that tried to pin Voyager Digital’s collapse on celebrity-style promotion and team marketing.Judge Roy K. Altman of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said in an …

Standard Chartered Analysts Predict 330% XRP Price Surge After This Happens

Standard Chartered Analysts Predict 330% XRP Price Surge After This Happens

Standard Chartered analysts have predicted that the XRP price could surge by around 330%. They also outlined catalysts that could spark this price surge, which would lead to a new all-time high (ATH) for the Ripple-linked token. Standard Chartered Predicts XRP Price Surge To $8Standard Chartered’s g…

US lawmakers expected to address market structure markup in January

US lawmakers expected to address market structure markup in January

Members of the US Senate Banking Committee are expected to move forward with consideration of a digital asset market structure bill in the second week of January after months of delays.According to reports and people familiar with the matter, the Banking Committee could hold a markup for the Respons…

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index Lost 0.33% to $87549.06 — Data Talk

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index Lost 0.33% to $87549.06 — Data Talk

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $286.70 today or 0.33% to $87549.06Down five of the past six daysDown 4.15% month-to-dateDown 6.28% year-to-dateDown 30.67% from its all-time intraday high of $126272.76 on Oct. 6, 2025Down 7.44% from 52 weeks ago (Jan. 1, 2025), when it traded at $94588.49Down 3…