🔍 🟡😐 Market Analysis: 12-12-15

The crypto market finds itself at a crossroads this hour as Bitcoin surrenders earlier gains, dipping back toward the $90,000 mark ahead of Wednesday's pivotal Federal Reserve rate decision. The mood among traders is measured, with eyes fixed on the central bank’s guidance for 2026—a looming ... ... Read full 🟡😐 Market Analysis: 12-12-15

BTCC Exchange Wins Best Centralized Exchange (Community Choice) at BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025

BTCC Exchange Wins Best Centralized Exchange (Community Choice) at BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025

Vilnius, Lithuania, December 12th, 2025, ChainwireBTCC, the world's longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, has been named Best Centralized Exchange in the Community Choice category at The BeInCrypto 100 Awards 2025. The award was announced during a live virtual ceremony on December 10, 2025.The Be…

Tether mulls tokenizing its stock after seeking up to $20 billion in share sales at $500 billion val

Tether mulls tokenizing its stock after seeking up to $20 billion in share sales at $500 billion val

Stablecoin giant Tether is exploring whether to tokenize its equity once it completes a planned share sale that aims to raise as much as $20 billion and value the company at roughly $500 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday.The company is not currently planning to allow existing shareholders to sell i…

Pakistan grants Binance and HTX preliminary approval for crypto operations

Pakistan grants Binance and HTX preliminary approval for crypto operations

Pakistan's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has issued No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to Binance and HTX, establishing a phased path toward full licensing that aligns with Financial Action Task Force standards.Justin Sun, founder of Tron, and Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, attended…

Ripple Wins Big Partnership With European Bank

Ripple Wins Big Partnership With European Bank

San Francisco-based blockchain company Ripple has announced another major partnership with a European banking giant, AMINA bank on Friday, Dec. 12.The partnership, which marks another of Ripple’s major expansion deals across the traditional finance sector, has seen AMINA Bank officially become the f…

Lucky solo bitcoin miner beats 1-in-82-year odds to win $285,000 block reward

Lucky solo bitcoin miner beats 1-in-82-year odds to win $285,000 block reward

A solo bitcoin miner beat staggering odds to solve a block and take home the full subsidy and transaction fee rewards late Thursday.The miner collected a total of 3.133 BTC ($284,633) for mining block 927,474, using solo bitcoin-mining software from CKpool, according to the Bitcoin explorer Mempool.…

Scaramucci predicts ‘exponential opportunity’ for crypto at LONGITUDE

Scaramucci predicts ‘exponential opportunity’ for crypto at LONGITUDE

Institutional investment and clear-cut regulations are laying the foundation for a strong start to 2026 for the wider cryptocurrency industry. Industry players including Anthony Scaramucci, Kristin Smith, Eli Ben-Sasson, Ian Rodgers, Reeve Collins and Joseph Chalom delivered optimistic outlooks for …

Is XRP Not Giving up Top 4? 3 Reasons Why XRP Will Not Be Beaten by Binance Coin

Is XRP Not Giving up Top 4? 3 Reasons Why XRP Will Not Be Beaten by Binance Coin

Although XRP’s recent price movement appears unsightly on the surface, the larger data refutes the notion that Binance Coin will soon overtake it in the top four. Indeed, a protracted corrective channel and frequent failures at important moving averages are visible on the chart. That momentum is not…

Ether price rallied 260% last time this happened: Can ETH reach $5K?

Ether price rallied 260% last time this happened: Can ETH reach $5K?

Ether traded close to a level that has previously marked market bottoms, as classic chart patterns suggested a possible rally to $5,000. Key takeaways:Ether price traded closer to its realized price, historically a buying opportunity that has led to major rallies.V-shaped recovery and falling wedge…

Pakistan clears Binance and HTX to seek local crypto licenses

Pakistan clears Binance and HTX to seek local crypto licenses

Pakistan’s authorities are moving to regulate major global cryptocurrency exchanges, issuing preliminary clearances to platforms including Binance to set up shop in the country.The Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has granted no objection certificates (NOCs) to Binance and HTX, p…

XRP Gets UNL Update, What Changed?

XRP Gets UNL Update, What Changed?

The official XRP Ledger Foundation has announced an update to the UNL, with one validator removed.In a tweet, the XRP Ledger Foundation revealed that an updated XRPL UNL has been released. One XRPL validator, "data443Risk," was removed for nonresponsiveness. The XRPL Foundation says a replacement va…

Biggest Bitcoin Critic Says QE Will Not Save Bitcoin as Gold and Silver Take Lead

Biggest Bitcoin Critic Says QE Will Not Save Bitcoin as Gold and Silver Take Lead

Peter Schiff is back in his favorite role, and he is more vocal than ever. As the Federal Reserve resumed buying Treasuries, framing it as a liquidity operation, Schiff argued that the market response exposed Bitcoin’s core weakness. Gold jumped by more than $50 in a single session, reclaiming level…

Crypto speculation at 2024 lows as TradFi leveraged ETFs hit record $239B

Crypto speculation at 2024 lows as TradFi leveraged ETFs hit record $239B

Traditional finance leveraged investment products are at a record high, but the appetite for speculative assets remains muted in the cryptocurrency market.Speculative appetite is cooling among crypto investors, with memecoin dominance versus altcoins hitting a near two-year low last seen in February…