Crypto markets remain under strain as bitcoin struggles to regain momentum, hovering near the $87,000 level amid growing concerns of a deeper downturn extending into early 2026. The latest price action suggests that the recent rebound is losing strength, with brief rallies quickly followed by renewed selling pressure, reinforcing a cautious outlook across digital asset markets. Bitcoin briefly pushed toward $90,000 earlier this week but failed to hold gains, underperforming equity markets during a period of heightened macroeconomic uncertainty. According to market data and analyst commentary,...

Nasdaq-listed VivoPower (VVPR) is deepening its XRP-linked digital asset strategy through a new joint venture designed to give investors indirect exposure to nearly $1 billion worth of underlying XRP, without directly purchasing the cryptocurrency. The initiative centers on acquiring hundreds of millions of dollars in Ripple Labs shares, further strengthening VivoPowers positioning as one of the few publicly traded companies focused on an XRP-centric treasury approach. According to a Tuesday announcement, VivoPowers digital asset subsidiary, Vivo Federation, has been engaged by South...

Stablecoin adoption in 2025 is increasingly defined by everyday usage rather than speculative trading, and new USDT data highlights a critical shift in how crypto is being used globally. While price charts, ETFs, and institutional flows often dominate headlines, on-chain transaction data reveals that USDT is rapidly becoming a practical substitute for cash and traditional banking services. According to data shared by Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, small-value USDT transfers under $1,000 now account for a significant portion of stablecoin activity. Average daily volumes for these transactions have...

Bitcoin is approaching a critical inflection point as on-chain data from Glassnode highlights the True Market Mean near $81,300 as a decisive level separating mild, time-driven drawdowns from periods of more aggressive loss realization. In the post-October trading regime, this level has gained added significance as market structure, liquidity, and correlations have shifted. According to Glassnode, the True Market Mean represents a fair-value zone derived from multiple cost-basis and valuation metrics. Historically, when bitcoin trades above this level, market pullbacks tend to remain uneven...

Bitwise has outlined a bullish long-term outlook for Bitcoin, predicting that BTC will break its traditional four-year market cycle and reach a new all-time high in 2026. In a recent post on X, the crypto asset manager cited several structural changes in the market, including the impact of the Bitcoin halving, shifting interest rate cycles, and the weakening of historical boom-and-bust patterns that have defined prior crypto cycles. According to Bitwise, Bitcoins market dynamics are evolving as institutional participation accelerates. Major financial institutions such as Citibank, Morgan...

Discussions around the U.S. crypto bill continue to move forward, even as no formal markup hearings are scheduled for this week. According to Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terrett, members of the Senate Banking Committee and crypto industry representatives recently held a closed-door meeting that participants described as productive and encouraging. The session was chaired by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and included lawmakers from both parties, signaling ongoing bipartisan engagement on digital asset regulation. Sources familiar with the meeting said the discussions aligned...

Caroline Pham, the acting chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is preparing to transition into the private sector as she moves closer to joining crypto financial technology firm MoonPay. This shift is expected to occur once Mike Selig, President Donald Trumps nominee to lead the CFTC, is officially confirmed and sworn in, a process anticipated to conclude imminently following a Senate vote scheduled for Wednesday evening. According to reporting from CoinDesk last month, Pham has long planned to take on a senior leadership role at MoonPay, serving as both chief legal...

Coinbase is accelerating its transformation into an all-in-one trading platform as competition intensifies across the crypto and fintech sectors. Rivals such as Robinhood, Kraken, and Gemini have already begun offering tokenized equities and exploring prediction markets outside the U.S., and Coinbase is now moving decisively to match and expand on those capabilities. According to Coinbase, the main app will soon feature a streamlined interface that allows users to trade futures and perpetual contracts, access all Solana-based assets as soon as they are created, participate in primary token...

Digital Wealth Partners (DWP), a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) focused on digital assets, has introduced a new algorithmic trading strategy designed specifically for high-net-worth (HNW) holders of XRP. The offering provides qualified investors with a systematic way to pursue portfolio growth and cash flow from their crypto holdings, including within tax-advantaged retirement accounts such as IRAs. DWP is a subsidiary of the crypto-focused family office Ascension Group and partnered with Arch Public, a firm specializing in crypto algorithmic trading solutions, to develop the strategy....

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has intensified his high-profile public feud with President Donald Trump by launching a new page on the states official website that claims to track Trumps top 10 criminal cronies, a list that prominently features figures from the cryptocurrency industry. The move underscores Newsoms increasingly national posture as he criticizes Trumps conduct, rhetoric and political allies, while also drawing attention to controversial presidential pardons. The newly published page is framed as part of Californias broader effort to argue that crime rates in the state have...