AEON Partners With United Stables to Power Real-World Payments and x402 AI-Native Settlement

This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. AEON, the foundational payment and settlement layer built for the new AI economy, today announced a partnership with United Stables ($U), a next-generation stablecoin designed to enable seamless value flow across payments, trading, and autonomous systems. Through this collaboration, AEON Pay now supports $U for real-world […]

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AI Phishing, Supply Chains, and $3.5B Lost — Crypto’s Brutal 2025

2025 marked a turning point in crypto security with the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, the largest DeFi breach ever, executed by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. Chainalysis data shows rising risks for individual wallets, while exchanges experiment with controversial protocol‑level freezes. Analysts argue the future of crypto security hinges on balancing rapid‑response coordination, transparency, and decentralized […]

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ETF Recap: Holiday Week Weighs on Bitcoin and Ether as XRP and Solana Hold Firm

Bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ended the holiday-shortened week under pressure, while XRP and solana funds quietly extended their positive momentum. Bitcoin and Ether Funds See Broad Outflows While XRP, Solana Stay Resilient The final full trading week before year-end delivered a familiar pattern. Bitcoin ETFs bled capital, ether struggled to regain traction, yet […]

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Ripple Bullish as Stablecoins Overtake Banks and Legacy Payment Rails

Stablecoins are rapidly overtaking traditional payment rails, emerging as a dominant settlement layer with trillions in projected volume as institutions, governments, and enterprises accelerate real-world adoption across global financial infrastructure. Regulatory Clarity Meets Explosive Stablecoin Growth as Trillion-Dollar Market Trajectory Takes Shape The crypto industry is witnessing what some describe as the fastest modernization of […]

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Bloomberg Strategist Warns Ether More Likely to Hit $2,000 Than $4,000

Ether faces mounting downside pressure as prolonged underperformance, shifting macro conditions, and cross-asset comparisons raise the risk of a deeper slide, with Bloomberg Intelligence warning the market may be closer to testing lower levels than reclaiming prior highs. Bloomberg Strategist Sees Ether Sliding Toward $2,000 Amid Macro Headwinds Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone […]

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Groundbreaking: China to Pay Interest on Digital Yuan Deposits in Adoption Push

As part of its plan to accelerate the “construction of a financial power” and develop the digital yuan, the Central Bank of China has announced that it will allow commercial banks to pay interest on digital yuan deposits. China To Pay Interest On Digital Yuan Deposits The digital yuan is about to reach parity with […]

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Bitcoin ETFs in 2025: A Year of Extremes, Rotation, and Resilience

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) navigated historic inflows, brutal drawdowns, and sharp rotations in 2025. The year revealed both the maturity of the market and the growing sophistication of ETF investors heading into 2026. From Billions In to Billions Out: Bitcoin ETFs’ Wild 2025 If 2024 was the birth year of spot bitcoin ETFs, 2025 was […]

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Bitcoin Isn’t Breaking out—But Derivatives Traders Are Positioning Like It Will

Bitcoin has spent the last day drifting inside a tight intraday band between $87,418 and $90,307, a price range that looks calm on the surface but masks increasingly complex positioning across futures and options markets. Beneath that consolidation, derivatives data show traders actively shaping expectations for the opening weeks of 2026. Bitcoin Derivatives Markets Show […]

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Amidst Criticism, Strategy Announces Weekly Bitcoin Haul

Strategy, the largest bitcoin digital asset treasury (DAT), has announced a new purchase of BTC just before the end of the year. Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy, disclosed the acquisition of 1,229 BTC for $108.8 million, as bitcoin heads into a negative year. Strategy Keeps Purchasing Bitcoin Amidst Criticism Strategy, the largest digital asset […]

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BTC Tops $90K, Retreats Fast — Futures Traders Stay Bold

Bitcoin briefly surged past $90K on Dec. 29, briefly lifting its market cap above $1.8 trillion before retreating, exposing weak liquidity and reinforcing a bearish structure. While selling pressure has cooled, buyers remain hesitant, though rising funding rates and $1 billion in open interest show retail traders are betting on a January recovery. Technical Rejection […]

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