Japan’s rate hike ends the ‘free money’ era and puts Bitcoin on notice

The Bank of Japan tightened policy on Dec. 18, lifting its benchmark rate to 0.75%, the highest since 1995. Governor Kazuo Ueda framed the move as a formal break with the “ultra-accommodative” regime that has helped fuel global risk-taking for decades. Following the news, Bitcoin was little changed near $87,800, but the calm surface belies […]
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19 Dec 2025

New Bitcoin chart pattern signals a 2026 “off-year” that could drag prices down to this brutal support level

Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer said Bitcoin may have completed another halving cycle in both price and time, and he placed support in the $65,000–$75,000 zone. Sharing a “Bitcoin analogs” chart, the Fidelity director of global macro wrote, “While I remain a secular bull on Bitcoin, my concern is that Bitcoin may well have ended another 4-year […]
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19 Dec 2025

Shock $4 billion crypto lawsuit exposes the hidden “shadow trading” that may be artificially holding up stablecoin prices

A fresh $4 billion lawsuit tied to Terraform Labs’ collapse is becoming a test of what a stablecoin’s $1 promise means amid the adoption of dollar tokens as payment rails. The case is about more than who pays for a 2022-era failure. It also decides whether a “stable” price can be maintained by arrangements that […]
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19 Dec 2025

Crypto index ETFs will dominate 2026 because the SEC is about to break the single-asset model

US spot crypto ETFs have attracted more than $70 billion in net inflows since January 2024, making traditional financial investment vehicles the primary entry point for new money into the emerging industry. That surge, driven by products linked to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more recently Solana and XRP, has validated the industry’s view that many investors […]
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19 Dec 2025

A toxic trend that suggests the IPO window is slamming shut for most crypto companies ignored Circle

When Circle's shares opened at $69 on the New York Stock Exchange in June, more than double the $31 pricing, it looked like validation. Investors paid up for a regulated stablecoin issuer with real revenues, treating USDC rails as financial infrastructure rather than speculative crypto exposure. Six months later, Circle trades at $82.58, up nearly […]
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19 Dec 2025

The Future of Ethereum’s State

Disclaimer: The following blog is a proposal from the Stateless Consensus team. Content may not imply consensus views, and the EF is a broad organization that includes a healthy diversity of opinion across Protocol and beyond that together strengthen E...
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16 Dec 2025

Cash remittances rise to US$3.2B in October

PDate: 12/15/2025
Content: ​Cash remittances from overseas Filipinos (OF) totaled US$3.17 billion in October 2025 and US$29.20 billion in January-October 2025.The United States remained the top source of remittances to the Philippines during January-Oc...
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15 Dec 2025