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In brief Mizuho analysts raised “cannibalization concerns” in a recent note. Coinbase users are likely to sell crypto to fund bets, they warned. The analysts lowered their price target for COIN ahead of Coinbase’s big Wednesday event. The money has to come from somewhere.And when it comes to prediction markets, that could be an issue for Coinbase relative to competitors, according to a survey detailed in a Tuesday note from Mizuho Securities.After fielding responses from more than 230 Coinbase and Robinhood users, analysts at the investment banking firm found that 50% of the retail brokerage’s customers plan to fund prediction…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure As volatility weighs heavily on the market, fresh insights are shedding light on who is really driving activity in the XRP ecosystem. A crypto analyst has shared new observations, revealing that a specific demographic continues to dominate XRP trading activity. The analyst explained that this trend has held steady despite the cryptocurrency experiencing notable downside momentum, with prices sliding to new lows amid broader market uncertainty. Analyst Says Whales Are Dominating XRP  A recent analysis report by market expert Xaif Crypto suggests that whales remain the dominant…

Over the last two months, the broader bitcoin market has bled to semi-surprising lows and it seems like fear has crept into the forefront of market sentiment. But Strategy’s Michael Saylor, in true Saylor fashion, just put his head down and bought more bitcoin.  Over the past two weeks, Strategy has spent nearly $2 billion just on Bitcoin. Strategy has steadily expanded their Bitcoin treasury over the years, now holding 671,268 BTC — equivalent to 3.2% of all Bitcoin ever expected to exist, the company says. The firm’s average purchase price for its holdings sits at roughly $75,000 per BTC,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Crypto pundit Chain Cartel has raised several key points following SWIFT’s latest comment on its move to adopt blockchain technology. The pundit claimed that Ripple’s XRPL network best suits what SWIFT is trying to achieve and suggested that the two firms collaborate.  Pundit Points To Ripple’s XRPL After SWIFT’s Announcement In an X post, Chain Cartel stated that SWIFT admitted they are building Ripple’s XRPL network, but did not explicitly say so in their announcement. The pundit was referring to an X post from SWIFT highlighting their…

In brief Visa will allow partnered issuers and acquirers in the U.S. to settle with stablecoins, starting with USDC on Solana. The expansion follows its global pilots that began rolling out in 2023. Its monthly stablecoin volumes have eclipsed a $3.5 billion annual run rate. Visa is expanding its stablecoin pilot to include settlements in the United States using Circle’s USDC on the Solana blockchain. The expansion will allow U.S. acquirer and issuer partners of the payments giant to settle in USDC, starting with initial banking partners Cross River Bank and Lead Bank. The firm is expecting a broader rollout in…

Tether, the issuer of the world’s largest stablecoin USDT, announced a strategic investment in Speed1, Inc. (“Speed”), a payments infrastructure company leveraging the Bitcoin Lightning Network and stablecoins to build instant, global settlement rails. Tether led the company’s $8 million funding round alongside ego death capital, signaling a strong push to expand Bitcoin-aligned financial infrastructure and increase the real-world utility of USDT. Speed provides payment solutions for a diverse range of users, including consumers, creators, platforms, and enterprise merchants. The company processes over $1.5 billion in annual payment volume and serves roughly 1.2 million users through its Speed Wallet and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Биткоин снова уперся в собственный парадокс: чем он ценнее как «база доверия», тем сильнее хочется использовать его не только как хранилище, но и как средство для платежей, DeFi и ончейн‑продуктов. И тут начинаются проблемы. Базовый слой Bitcoin по дизайну медленный, ограниченный по пропускной способности и дорогой в периоды перегрева. На нем далеко не уехать. Да, бывают окна «дешевого» мемпула — но рынок уже понял, что стабильная UX‑модель не строится на удаче. В 2025‑м эта тема звучит еще громче из‑за дискуссии вокруг «комиссионного будущего» сети. Когда комиссии падают,…

I keep seeing the same screenshot popping up, the one where an AI model appears to have a full-blown inner monologue, petty, insecure, competitive, a little unhinged.The Reddit post that kicked this off reads like a comedy sketch written by someone who has spent too long watching tech people argue on Twitter.A user shows Gemini what ChatGPT said about some code, Gemini responds with what looks like jealous trash talk, self-doubt, and a weird little revenge arc.It even “guesses” the other model must be Claude, because the analysis feels too smug to be ChatGPT.Gemini gets ‘offended’ by criticism (Source: Reddit…

In brief Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs recorded their largest daily net outflows for two weeks Monday. Bitcoin ETFs are down about $225 million net in December after a $357.6 million peak daily outflow, while Ethereum ETFs are near flat overall despite a $224 million single-day redemption. The pullback could be linked to macro de-risking rather than crypto-specific stress, Decrypt was told. Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs saw their largest daily net outflows in roughly two weeks, shedding a combined $582.4 million Monday as institutional investors pared exposure amid renewed volatility in U.S. equities and uncertainty over the direction of…

American Bitcoin Corp. (Nasdaq: ABTC) has entered the top 20 publicly traded bitcoin treasury companies by holdings after growing its strategic reserve to approximately 5,098 BTC as of December 14, according to company disclosures. The Miami-based firm said its bitcoin was accumulated through a combination of in-house mining and strategic market purchases. The total includes bitcoin held in custody as well as BTC pledged as collateral for miner purchases under a supply agreement with hardware manufacturer Bitmain, per the company release.  Based on rankings from BitcoinTreasuries.net, the milestone places American Bitcoin among the largest public bitcoin holders globally, just over…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Solana has been battling what some ecosystem builders are calling an internet-scale DDoS campaign — and, despite the usual “Solana is fragile” jokes, the network seems to be shrugging it off. Pipe Network said of the ongoing attack via X today: “The ongoing DDoS attack on Solana is one of the largest in internet history. 6 Tbps volumetric attack translates to billions of packets per second. Under that kind of load, you’d normally expect rising latency, missed slots, or confirmation delays.” Pipe further says that’s not what…