Author: John Smith
Summary Silver hit record highs while U.S. Treasury yields surged. Crypto skeptic Peter Schiff says this reflects mounting stress following the Fed’s recent rate cut and renewed quantitative easing. Chart data shows silver’s rally has been steady and technically strong, with higher highs, higher lows, and no speculative volume spikes—supporting the view that investors are repositioning amid declining confidence in current monetary policy. Silver prices reached record levels as U.S. bond yields continued climbing, prompting economist Peter Schiff to question the Federal Reserve’s recent monetary policy decisions. Schiff stated that silver is trading at an all-time high, while gold has…
According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume has plunged by 15.72% to $64.95 million, down from last week’s $77.10 million. Summary Bitcoin recovered to $90K and ETH held $3K, but NFTs continued to underperform. NFT sales plunged 16% to $64.95M as buyer and seller participation collapsed. NFT buyers fell 68% and sellers dropped 71%. Market participation has crashed, with NFT buyers plummeting by 68.41% to 154,955 and sellers dropping by 71.48% to 115,051. NFT transactions fell by 13.25% to 940,713. At the same time, Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has recovered to the $90,000 level following recent volatility. Ethereum (ETH) has maintained…
The recent crypto crash resumed today, Dec. 13, with Bitcoin and most altcoins being in the red and the market capitalization falling by over 2% in the last 24 hours. Summary The crypto market is crashing today as a risk-off sentiment prevails. Bitcoin has also formed numerous risky patterns on the daily chart. The futures open interest and volume dropped in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from this week’s high of $94,000 to $90,000. Some of the top laggards in the crypto market were tokens like The Graph, Story, Algorand, and Ethena, which fell by over 5%.…
Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $19.41 million in net outflows on December 12 as ETH price stalled near the $3,000 level. Summary Ethereum ETFs posted $19.41M in net outflows on December 12 amid mixed fund activity. BlackRock ETHA saw inflows, but Grayscale and Fidelity outflows dragged totals lower. Analysts flag bullish ETH setup despite short-term weakness near $3,000 support. BlackRock’s ETHA attracted $23.25 million in inflows while Grayscale’s ETHE and ETH funds posted combined withdrawals of $36.52 million. Ethereum (ETH) traded at $3,157 with a 24-hour range of $3,054.43 to $3,261.13. The token has dropped 5.4% over the past 24 hours…
Tether has made a formal cash offer to purchase Exor’s controlling stake in Juventus Football Club Summary Tether offered to acquire Exor’s 65.4% stake in Juventus using only its own capital. The stablecoin issuer plans a public tender for remaining shares at the same price. Tether pledged €1B to support Juventus growth and long-term sporting development. The bid targets Exor’s 65.4% ownership in the Italian club, with plans for a subsequent public offer to acquire all remaining shares at identical pricing. The acquisition would be financed entirely from Tether’s balance sheet without external funding. CEO Paolo Ardoino called the move…
The week of December 7-13, 2025, recorded $191.3 million in crypto VC funding across 17 projects. Summary Crypto VC funding reached $191.3M across 17 projects during the week of Dec 7–13. Real Finance and LI.FI led the week, each raising $29M in major funding rounds. Infrastructure and interoperability projects dominated crypto VC investment activity. As per the data, Real Finance and Li.Fi both raised $29 million each during this period. Infrastructure and interoperability solutions dominated the investment sector this week. Here’s a complete breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data: Real Finance Raised $29 million in…
The LUNC price has dived by over 45% from its highest point this week, a move that has erased millions of dollars in market value. Terra Luna Classic (LUNC) token dropped to a low of $0.00004587, its lowest level since… Source link
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. Financial institutions and big banks have had a decade to experiment with crypto rails for cross-border and interbank settlement. They could’ve run pilots, built internal expertise, and designed compliant models ready for real-world deployment once regulators gave the nod. They didn’t. Summary Banks had a decade to build blockchain-based settlement rails but largely failed to act, leaving the world stuck with slow, costly legacy systems that impose unnecessary economic friction. Blockchain collapses settlement times, rewrites liquidity dynamics,…
Polygon price continued its steady downtrend this week, even as the network’s activity surged after the Madhugiri hard fork. Summary Polygon price has slumped to the lowest point this year. The network activated the Madhugiri hard fork this week. The number of transactions in the network has soared. Polygon (POL) token slumped to a new fresh low after it transitioned to POL from MATIC last year. It was trading at $0.1200, down by double-digits from the September high of $0.2970. The ongoing Polygon price crash is happening despite the network having some of the best fundamentals. For example, the number…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval for national trust bank charters to five digital asset firms on Friday, including Ripple, Circle, and Fidelity Digital Assets, according to an official release. Summary The OCC granted conditional national trust bank charters to five major digital-asset firms—including Ripple, Circle, Paxos, BitGo, and Fidelity Digital Assets—integrating them directly into the federal banking system and Fed payment rails. The approvals, enabled by the new GENIUS Act and paired with Interpretive Letter 1188, give these firms expanded authority to settle stablecoins like USDC through the Federal Reserve and conduct riskless-principal…