🔍 🔴😞 Market Analysis: 28-12-15

In the waning hours of the trading day, Bitcoin took center stage after briefly plunging to $24,000 on Binance during a flash crash—an electrifying moment that rattled traders and cast a shadow over an already cautious holiday market. Liquidity proved as thin as December daylight, amplifying vo... ... Read full 🔴😞 Market Analysis: 28-12-15

China unveils new action plan for digital yuan management

China unveils new action plan for digital yuan management

China’s central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), has released an action plan for the digital yuan, setting January 1, 2026, as the start date for a revamped governance structure, operational model, and supporting ecosystem, according to local media.The digital yuan is China’s central bank di…

Robinhood CEO Tenev Drops Unexpected Bitcoin (BTC) Teaser

Robinhood CEO Tenev Drops Unexpected Bitcoin (BTC) Teaser

On New Year's Eve, the major U.S. brokerage firm Robinhood pulled an attention-grabbing stunt by dropping $500,000 worth of Dogecoin. The market immediately tried to turn it into a Bitcoin story.The announcement's effectiveness lies in its simplicity: Robinhood handed out $500,000 worth of DOGE. The…

XRP Supply Dwindles While ETFs Go On A Buying Spree Before 2026

XRP Supply Dwindles While ETFs Go On A Buying Spree Before 2026

XRP is slowly entering one of the most important structural phases in its history. Price action has been mostly bearish and sentiment across the broader crypto market has been cautious, but on-chain data tells a very different story. Data from Glassnode shows XRP balances on centralized exchanges fa…

Spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed $782M during Christmas week amid ‘holiday positioning’

Spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed $782M during Christmas week amid ‘holiday positioning’

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded heavy outflows over Christmas week, with investors pulling a combined $782 million from the products, according to data from SoSoValue. The most significant single-day withdrawal during the period occurred on Friday, when spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs pos…

Robinhood offers $750K in Bitcoin on day 2 of its holiday countdown event

Robinhood offers $750K in Bitcoin on day 2 of its holiday countdown event

Robinhood handed out $750,000 worth of Bitcoin to users on the second day of its holiday countdown event. The campaign launched on Friday with Dogecoin prizes and high-quality item giveaways.The company appeared to have resolved the app glitches that frustrated users on the first day, when many repo…

Emerging market economies to drive RWA tokenization in 2026: Crypto exec

Emerging market economies to drive RWA tokenization in 2026: Crypto exec

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market will continue to grow in 2026, fueled by adoption in emerging market economies, according to Jesse Knutson, head of operations at crypto exchange Bitfinex. Emerging market economies experience “friction” in capital formation and attracting foreign investme…

Google search volume for 'crypto' craters as 2025 comes to a close

Google search volume for 'crypto' craters as 2025 comes to a close

Worldwide Google search volume for the term “crypto” is hovering above the 1-year low and has reached a 1-year low in the United States as 2025 comes to a close, indicating weak crypto investor sentiment. The Google search volume scale ranges from 0-100, with 100 indicating the highest levels of sea…

Coinbase CEO says reopening GENIUS Act is ‘red line,’ slams bank lobbying

Coinbase CEO says reopening GENIUS Act is ‘red line,’ slams bank lobbying

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said any attempt to reopen the GENIUS Act would cross a “red line,” accusing banks of using political pressure to block competition from stablecoins and fintech platforms.In a Sunday post on X, Armstrong said he was “impressed” banks could lobby Congress so openly withou…

 Bitcoin saw bear market in 2025, 'decade long' bull run ahead: Mow

Bitcoin saw bear market in 2025, 'decade long' bull run ahead: Mow

Bitcoin could be entering a bull run lasting into 2035, following what may have been a bear market over the past 12 months, according to Jan3 founder Samson Mow.However, other analysts have argued that Bitcoin’s (BTC) all-time high of $125,100 in October marked the cycle high and 2026 could be the s…

Ripple IPO Back in Spotlight as Valuation Hits $50B

Ripple IPO Back in Spotlight as Valuation Hits $50B

Ripple, the blockchain payments company behind XRP, is once again in the spotlight as reports suggest that it may be preparing for a possible initial public offering (IPO) in 2026. Industry analysts now rank Ripple among the biggest potential public listings, with valuations estimated near $50 billi…

JPMorgan freezes accounts of two stablecoin startups over sanctions concerns: Report

JPMorgan freezes accounts of two stablecoin startups over sanctions concerns: Report

JPMorgan Chase has reportedly frozen bank accounts linked to two venture-backed stablecoin startups after identifying exposure to sanctioned and high-risk jurisdictions.The accounts belonged to BlindPay and Kontigo, two stablecoin startups backed by Y Combinator that primarily operate across Latin A…