Tom Lee, Chairman of BitMine, stated in an article on the X platform that many institutional investors typically exit the market during the final holiday trading period of the year, shifting market dominance to algorithmic and bot trading programs. This, coupled with year-end selling driven by tax avoidance needs, contributes to the market dynamics in the last few days of December. Previously, when BitMine disclosed its purchase of 44,463 ETH last week, Lee also pointed out that as the year-end holidays approach, overall market activity tends to decline, and tax-avoidance selling can exert temporary downward pressure on cryptocurrency and related stock prices. This impact is typically most pronounced between December 26th and December 30th, and BitMine is adjusting its market strategy based on this seasonal characteristic.

Trader CBB posted on the X platform that people spent months promoting a certain token, but the token's valuation failed to break $3 billion within 24 hours of its launch after being fully diluted, and he called the token a pure junk coin.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitmine (@BitMNR) has staked an additional 118,944 ETH, worth $352.16 million. Currently, Bitmine has staked a total of 461,504 ETH, with a total value of $1.37 billion. In addition, a newly created wallet received 32,938 ETH from FalconX, worth $97.8 million; this address likely belongs to Bitmine.

In 2025, the global cryptocurrency market entered an unprecedented battle of liquidity harvesting and defense. As market liquidity dried up, the profit-making model shifted from the early post-listing selling model to the pre-listing harvesting model.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong responded to an open letter from some community members addressed to Base. The letter pointed out that Base recently seemed to favor a creator economy rather than an on-chain economy as its core framework, and frequently promoted creator tokens. In response, Armstrong stated that Base's positioning is not singular; its uses cover a variety of scenarios, including payments, trading, DeFi, and building applications and companies. Coinbase's goal is to ensure that every developer on Base receives a fair share of revenue. He further pointed out that social feeds play a crucial role in content distribution, not only helping emerging applications, businesses, and developers gain exposure, but also applicable to investment information, prediction markets, social trading functions, and various alpha and insight content. Armstrong believes that cryptocurrency itself can serve as an effective ranking and incentive mechanism, and because of the real value exchange involved, it is more difficult to manipulate than the bot-driven engagement common in traditional social media. Furthermore, he mentioned that a feed system equipped with native cryptocurrency like functionality is significant, but it is currently impossible to determine which type of content will ultimately perform best in the feed; it still needs to be iterated and validated through actual posting and continuous collection of user behavior data.

SoftBank has transferred a final $22 billion to OpenAI, completing its $41 billion investment and securing around 11% ownership in the AI company. The funding will support OpenAI’s massive infrastructure plans, including partnerships with Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and the $500 billion Stargate project with Oracle.

Bitget Wallet's 2025 review shows a shift from trading to payments and on-chain yield farming despite market fluctuations. source: https://coincu.com/news/bitget-wallet-expands-2025-trends/

According to Foresight News, Florida State Senator Joe Gruters has introduced two bills, SB 1038 and SB 1040, aimed at establishing a strategic cryptocurrency reserve and a cryptocurrency reserve trust fund in the state. SB 1038 proposes the creation of a strategic cryptocurrency reserve under the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, while SB 1040 outlines the establishment of a cryptocurrency reserve trust fund, detailing its funding sources and intended uses. Both bills are set to take effect on July 1, 2026, contingent upon the passage and enactment of SB 1040, SB 1038, or similar legislation during the same legislative session or its extension.

Binance has confirmed a temporary suspension of Visa and Mastercard withdrawals which would hit Ukraine users hard after the exchange discontinued its partnership with former fiat payment partner Bifinity UAB in 2026. While

Meta's acquisition of Manus may mark a new phase in the AI ​​competition, centered on ecosystem integration.

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Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a slight recovery, edging back above the $89,000 mark as it attempts to break through the $90,000 resistance level. Nonetheless, concerns loom over further downward moves, raising worries about the risks this trend poses to firms like Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy). Analysts at the Bull Theory have posed a critical question regarding the potential financial vulnerabilities of Michael Saylor’s Strategy should Bitcoin drop to the critical $74,000 price threshold. This narrative suggests that a drop to this key price point could place Strategy in financial jeopardy or force the company to sell its Bitcoin assets source: https://www.newsbtc.com/bitcoin-news/could-a-bitcoin-drop-to-74000-spell-bankruptcy-for-strategy-top-analysts-respond/

Chinese investors added $188 million to digital yuan stocks after the PBOC approved interest-bearing wallets ahead of a broader e-CNY rollout. source: https://catenaa.com/markets/cryptocurrencies/china-investors-pour-188m-into-digital-yuan-stocks/

The investment environment in 2026 is optimistic, with the tail end of monetary easing remaining strong. However, history reminds us that easing cycles will eventually end, and adjustments will be inevitable at that time.

Prenetics has stopped buying Bitcoin and will no longer add to its crypto holdings, choosing instead to focus its capital on growing IM8, the nutrition brand co-founded by David Beckham. The company will keep its existing 510 Bitcoin but says IM8’s strong revenue growth offers a clearer path to long-term value.

Consumer trading apps are fiercely competing in terms of functionality, with each striving to become a cross-asset super app.

Looking back at the end of 2025, the crypto industry has undergone a silent yet dramatic "supply-side reform".

Jinse Finance launches its daily cryptocurrency and blockchain news bulletin, "Jinse at 8 AM," issue 2925, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

On December 17, 2025, the bell rang at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, marking the listing of HashKey Group, Hong Kong's first licensed digital asset trading platform.