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After a year of regulatory change and uneven market performance, crypto investors are reassessing where value accrued in 2025. In a recent podcast, Pantera Capital partner Mason Nystrom, Hash3 co-founder Hootie Rashidifard and Variant partner Alana Levin identified incumbents, such as Robinhood, alongside stablecoin companies and prediction markets as this year’s top performers.According to Nystrom, incumbents benefited from acting once the regulatory environment became clearer. He pointed to Robinhood, which he said had taken a cautious stance toward crypto in recent years before moving more aggressively in 2025, adding that incumbents “have done an excellent job getting ahead of where the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure After the successful Midnight (NIGHT) token airdrop, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is getting a familiar question from ADA holders: if NIGHT is the new token tied to Cardano’s privacy network, why not sell ADA and move across? In a Dec. 21 appearance on the Discover Crypto podcast, he argued the premise is flawed because Midnight is designed to extend ADA, not replace it. Why Not Sell Cardano For NIGHT “They’re complimentary. They do different things,” Hoskinson said. “Midnight is the ChatGPT of privacy. That’s its job. It’s…

It’s been a turbulent and volatile fourth quarter for Bitcoin in 2025. BTC has endured a turbulent December, with prices dropping nearly 9% and volatility spiking to levels not seen since April 2025. In its latest mid-December “ChainCheck” report, VanEck’s digital asset analysts painted a nuanced picture: while on-chain activity remains weak, liquidity conditions are improving, and speculative leverage appears to be resetting, offering cautious optimism for long-term holders. The firm highlighted the contrasting behaviors between different investor groups. Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) have been actively buying the dip, accumulating 42,000 BTC — their largest addition since July — bringing…

BlackRock says its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund was one of its three biggest investment themes in 2025, putting it alongside Treasury bills and the largest US tech stocks.The asset manager named its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) alongside its ETF tracking Treasury bills and another tied to the “Magnificent 7” tech stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Nvidia, and Tesla.IBIT has attracted more than $25  billion in net inflows this year, ranking sixth among all ETFs and trailing broad index funds, despite the fund delivering a negative return so far for 2025.Nate Geraci, President of NovaDius Wealth Management, said on…

Bitcoin is heading to its worst Q4 since 2018, down nearly 22% as macro pressure and fading demand weigh on prices. Bitcoin (BTC) is set to close the fourth quarter of 2025 with a loss of nearly 22%, marking its weakest Q4 performance since the 2018 market collapse. The sharp decline has unsettled traders and analysts alike, as on-chain signals, macro pressure, and fading speculative activity point to a fragile phase for the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Bitcoin Posts Its Weakest Q4 in Seven Years The latest quarterly returns data for BTC gathered by Coinglass shows it is currently down by…

Bitcoin BTC$88,442.11 and other crypto assets again fell steadily through the U.S. session on Monday, with BTC sliding below $88,000 after earlier having climbed above $90,000 and ETH ducking back below $3,000.Some crypto-related stocks are still holding gains, led by Hut 8 (HUT), which continues to rise following its deal last week for a 15-year AI data center lease with Fluidstack. Shares are higher by 16% Monday, helped by a price target increase Benchmark’s Mark Palmer.Other names in the green include Coinbase (COIN) and Robinhood (HOOD), though both are well off session highs as crypto prices have pulled back. Strategy…

Solana Mobile has ended software update and security patch support for its Saga smartphone.The company warned that compatibility with new software or services “cannot be guaranteed,” and that Saga-specific customer support is now limited to general inquiries, according to Solana Mobile’s help-center notice.Solana Mobile said the change “does not affect Seeker devices,” which will continue to receive updates and patches.What ending Saga support signals for Solana Mobile’s next phaseThe move sets a time limit on the first wave of “crypto-native phone” adoption as Solana Mobile seeks to expand from a single handset into a distribution layer for apps, identity, and…

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to their highest level in 30 years, yet the yen tumbled to record lows. The outcome is the exact opposite of what Japan intended. With the government now signaling possible intervention in the currency market, uncertainty is only growing.Japan Warns of “Appropriate Action” as Yen SlidesOn Monday, Atsushi Mimura, Japan’s vice finance minister for international affairs and the country’s top currency diplomat, warned that recent foreign exchange movements had been “one-sided and sharp.” He added that authorities are prepared to take “appropriate action” if exchange-rate moves become excessive—a clear signal that currency intervention…

Galaxy Digital’s head of firmwide research, Alex Thorn, says 2026 may be one of the most difficult years to forecast for bitcoin, even as the firm maintains a bullish long-term outlook.In a Dec. 21 post on X, Thorn said the coming year is “too chaotic to predict,” pointing to a mix of macro uncertainty, political risk and uneven crypto market momentum. Thorn said the comments were based on Galaxy Research’s Dec. 18 report, “26 Crypto, Bitcoin, DeFi, and AI Predictions for 2026,” which outlines the firm’s expectations for crypto markets and institutional adoption.At the time of writing, Thorn said the…

The Bitcoin Development Pledge aligns with the king’s vision of applying modern digital technologies to serve the people of Bhutan and future generations. The Kingdom of Bhutan has taken its adoption of bitcoin (BTC) a step further by allocating a portion of its reserves to the development of its new special administrative region, Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC). According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, the country will channel 10,000 BTC, worth roughly $1 billion, to support the long-term development of GMC. GMC is a new economic hub designed for mindfulness, sustainability, and innovation. Bhutan Unveils Bitcoin Development Pledge Bhutan’s…