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Every few weeks, crypto aggregators run breathless headlines about capital rotating from Bitcoin into Ethereum. A whale swaps $200 million on THORChain, Ethereum ETFs inflows tick up for three consecutive days, a bridge records its highest weekly volume since 2021. Each time, the narrative forms instantly: institutional money is rotating up the risk curve, altcoin season looms, Bitcoin dominance has peaked. Most of these stories collapse within 72 hours. The THORChain whale turns out to be one address rebalancing over three weeks, a rounding error against Ethereum’s $8 billion daily spot volume on centralized exchanges. The ETF inflows reverse when…

Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors fall hard to start the week; BTC at $87,200 JPMorgan launches new tokenized money market fund on Ethereum Decrypt names Trump as Crypto Person of the Year The Senate punted the crypto market structure bill to 2026 MetaMask added native Bitcoin support with new in-wallet functionality ? Decrypt Names Trump Its Crypto Person of the YearThis one would’ve sounded insane just a few years ago.Decrypt…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson wants crypto to stop acting like it’s permanently stuck in 2021 brain. In a Dec. 15 livestream titled “Some End of Year Thoughts,” the IOG CEO delivered a blunt year-end diagnosis of a market that, in his telling, lost its retail engine, let politics turn into a sideshow, and drifted back into the easiest (and laziest) narrative in the business: find the next 10x, then dump it on someone else. “This has been a really [expletive] up year for our industry as a…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently sparked a wave of criticism from traditional finance groups following its approval of conditional bank charters for five cryptocurrency firms: Ripple, Circle, BitGo, Paxos, and Fidelity.  Stablecoins Seen As Direct Threat Following the OCC’s announcement, industry stakeholders quickly voiced their concerns. Traditional banks expressed apprehension that these approvals stretch the definition and historical purpose of the national trust bank charter.  Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America, stated that the conditional…

XRP‘s price has fallen under $2 to price levels last seen in April, as selling pressure mounts across both derivatives and spot markets.According to CryptoSlate data, the Ripple-linked token slipped around 6% in the past day to about $1.87, extending a retreat that has tracked broader weakness in Bitcoin and Ethereum.Notably, this negative price performance has overshadowed significant milestones that would typically drive bullish momentum for the digital asset.For context, Ripple recently secured conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), putting it on a regulatory footing comparable to that of top-tier financial institutions. Simultaneously, Swiss-regulated…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Dogecoin’s open interest has seen a significant decline over the past few months, and the latest push lower has sent the meme coin scraping April 2025 levels. The current trend mirrors the Dogecoin price decline that has persisted even during the Bitcoin price uptrend. Looking at the historical performance of Dogecoin over time, when the open interest has seen a significant crash, it is possible that the meme coin could see a quick bounce at current levels. Where The Dogecoin Open Interest Is Sitting Coinglass data points…

In brief The 60-day market cap growth of Tether’s USDT stablecoin has slowed from $15.38 billion to $4.83 billion, indicating a severe drop in new capital entering crypto markets. Analysts say substantial “dry powder” exists in stablecoin reserves, but it is not being deployed aggressively, capping upside momentum. Bitcoin is likely to consolidate between key levels of $81,000 and $102,000 until liquidity improves or a decisive breakout occurs. Cryptocurrency market liquidity is tightening as a key measure of capital inflows shows a pronounced slowdown ahead of the holiday season.The 60-day market cap change of Tether’s USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin,…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The anticipated US crypto market structure bill, seen as a landmark piece of legislation following the GENIUS Act, is unlikely to pass this year as Senate Banking Committee Chair Tim Scott announced the postponement of a committee vote. Instead, discussions regarding the bill are expected to resume in early 2026. Pushing Crypto Bill Discussions To Next Year In a statement released on Monday, a spokesperson for Chair Scott, a South Carolina Republican, noted that the Senate Banking Committee is actively negotiating with its Democratic counterparts in pursuit of…