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As 2025 comes to a close, Asia’s stablecoin landscape looks noticeably different from where it stood a year ago. While U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins such as USDT and USDC still dominate global crypto liquidity, several Asian economies have spent the year building the foundations for something broader: a stablecoin
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Tether has capped off 2025 with another sizable Bitcoin purchase, adding 8,888 BTC to its balance sheet and pushing its disclosed holdings beyond 96,000 Bitcoin. The acquisition, confirmed by CEO Paolo Ardoino, was completed on New Year’s Eve and underscores the stablecoin issuer’s steady commitment to
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Ether’s market price struggled to find momentum through much of 2025, but behind the scenes, Ethereum itself was anything but stagnant. Over the past year, the network underwent a period of deep internal change and technical progress that reshaped its leadership, clarified its mission, and laid critical groundwork for
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A leading US investment bank has upgraded its outlook on Bitcoin miner TeraWulf, pointing to a strategic shift that it believes the market has not fully recognized yet. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) said in a report released Wednesday that it has upgraded TeraWulf shares to “outperform,” up from “market
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Wallets linked to the deployer of the TRUMP memecoin have transferred roughly $94 million in USDC to Coinbase over the past three weeks, according to on-chain data. The activity, highlighted on Dec. 31 by blockchain analyst EmberCN, has renewed discussion around how liquidity tied to the token is being reduced
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Grayscale has taken another step in expanding its lineup of digital asset investment products, filing paperwork with U.S. regulators to launch a spot exchange-traded fund tied to Bittensor’s native token, TAO. The move comes shortly after the decentralized AI network completed its first-ever halving event, a milestone that
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Japanese bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet significantly expanded its crypto holdings in the fourth quarter, investing more than $450 million in bitcoin during a period marked by sharp market swings. The company acquired 4,279 bitcoin between October and December, spending $451.06 million at an average price of $105,412
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Hyperliquid Labs, the team behind the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange, is preparing for its first significant distribution of HYPE tokens to core contributors. The move marks an important milestone for the project following the launch of its native token late last year. In a message shared on Discord over the weekend,
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Bitmine Immersion Technologies is continuing its rapid expansion in the Ethereum market, adding another 44,463 ether to its treasury over the past week and bringing its total holdings to a level that now represents about 3.41% of Ethereum’s circulating supply. The update, disclosed by the company on
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Strategy, the bitcoin-focused treasury company led by founder Michael Saylor, has resumed its cryptocurrency purchases after a short pause, adding another 1,229 bitcoin to its balance sheet in late December. According to a regulatory filing submitted Monday, the company bought the bitcoin between Dec. 22 and Dec. 28 for
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Changpeng Zhao’s return to the crypto conversation in 2025 is not loud or theatrical. Instead, it is measured, builder-focused, and firmly forward-looking. The pardoned Binance founder is spending his time on education, early-stage investing, and ecosystem development, rather than trading desks or public sparring. In his own words, this
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Bitcoin has become the focal point of institutional crypto activity in 2025, driving a sharp rise in blockchain-related disclosures across U.S. regulatory filings. New data shows that mentions of blockchain and digital assets in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission climbed steadily throughout the year, reaching roughly 8,