A new report shared by CryptoQuant highlights a striking shift in Ethereum’s market structure during 2025, showing an unprecedented dominance of futures trading over spot activity. The data focuses on the annual spot-to-futures volume relationship on Binance, alongside aggregate futures volumes across major centralized exchanges. source: https://www.ethnews.com/ethereum-futures-dominate-2025-as-spot-activity-falls-further-behind/

Bitcoin sits out the Santa Rally as losses mount on-chain, whales shuffle billions, and a heavy supply overhang threatens any push back toward $100,000. source: https://www.blockhead.co/2025/12/27/bitcoin-missing-out-on-santa-rally-amid-whales-action-intrigue/

On-chain analyst Specter published an article on the X platform stating that Andrew Tate's (@Cobratate) associated wallet deposited $30 million into Railgun over the past two years and was involved in a $5 million "pig butchering" scam. A screenshot of a private message posted by Andrew Tate on June 9, 2024, shows him refusing to promote tokens, but the wallet address (0x9B67) in the screenshot appears to belong to him. This address (0x9B67) transferred $4 to his public wallet on December 14, 2024, and interacted multiple times with another associated wallet (0x730C). The funds were then exchanged and deposited into Hyperliquid for trading. Texas court documents from March 2025 show that a wallet involved in the "pig butchering" scam transferred $1.2 million to Andrew Tate's associated wallet (0x9B67) and $8 million to another wallet (0x4A767). Furthermore, of the $30 million deposited into Railgun by Andrew Tate's associated wallet, the majority originated from the crypto payment platform RadomPay (@RadomPay). Although Andrew Tate was not named as a defendant in the case, the flow of funds in his associated wallet (0x89Ea) exhibits characteristics of money laundering. Andrew Tate was previously charged in 2023 with human trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime.

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Binance Coin holders surged by 76% in 2025. source: https://ambcrypto.com/bnb-hits-279m-milestone-in-2025-but-will-there-be-good-news-in-2026/

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The Bitcoin price has decreased by almost 2% over the last 24 hours and is down nearly 3% from yesterday’s peak. At first glance, nothing about the price appears exciting. However, something beneath the chart, especially on-chain, has changed for the first time in almost three months, and something else changed this week. These two shifts do not confirm a rally as 2026 approaches, but they might be the first building blocks of one source: https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-price-relief-rally-before-new-years/

Central bank leaders acknowledge their actions during the Covid health crisis have made economic divisions worse, with no simple solution in sight. America’s central banking system has made the divide between wealthy and struggling households bigger through its recent policy choices, and top officials say they don’t have an easy way to reverse this trend. […] source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/fed-made-america-wealth-gap-worse/

Flow Foundation examines potential security breach; FLOW price dips, exchange actions noted. source: https://coincu.com/news/flow-investigates-security-incident/

Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on X, has been praised by Vitalik Buterin for giving unpredictable responses that challenge users’ political biases and promote more truthful interactions.

A massive hack has struck Trust Wallet, one of the most widely used crypto wallets, resulting in estimated losses exceeding $6 million.

Italy’s competition authority has ordered Meta to allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp while investigating possible abuse of its dominant position. Meta plans to appeal, saying the policy protects its systems, but regulators worry it could limit competition and innovation in the AI market.

Nvidia has announced a $20 billion acquisition of Groq’s core assets, a landmark move that strengthens its already commanding position in the artificial intelligence chip market and reshapes the competitive landscape for AI infrastructure.

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, began serving a five-year federal prison sentence and shared a personal account of his first days, describing the intake process and adjusting to prison life just before Christmas.

The Philippines has escalated its crackdown on unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms, with internet service providers beginning to block access to major global exchanges, signaling a decisive shift toward stricter enforcement of local crypto regulations.

Pudgy Penguins projected its animated characters on the Las Vegas Sphere for a week-long holiday campaign, promoting its physical products rather than NFTs. The display helped the crypto-born brand reach mainstream audiences, supporting merchandise sales and boosting recognition despite a struggling NFT market.

Kraken has officially launched the Krak Card, a Mastercard crypto debit card for residents living in the EU countries and the United Kingdom. The Krak card would allow users to spend more than 400 cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies seamlessly.

Trust Wallet confirmed a security incident affecting version 2.68 of its Chrome extension after users reported unauthorised wallet drains following a recent update. The company told users to disable the extension and upgrade immediately, saying its mobile app and other versions were not affected while the investigation continues.

Kyrgyzstan has taken another step toward embedding digital assets into its financial system after cryptocurrency exchange Binance listed the country’s first som-pegged stablecoin, a move that signals growing state-level confidence in blockchain-based payments and infrastructure.