Ikemefula Aruogu
XRP ETFs Sustain Positive Inflows for 30 Days Straight: Bullish?
Despite a brutal 48% price correction from its yearly highs, institutional appetite for XRP has stayed high. This is evident in the spot XRP ETF market, which has maintained a...
XRP Price Risk: Buying Pressure ‘Evaporates’ with $5B Volume Collapse
XRP is facing a severe liquidity crisis as on-chain data reveals a massive exodus of speculative capital. Since peaking in July 2025, the asset has shed nearly 50% of its...
Crypto VC Shima Capital Shutting Down Following SEC Charges Against Founder
Shima Capital, the $200M crypto venture firm that backed major protocols like Monad and Berachain, is officially shutting down. The collapse follows the indictment of founder Yida Gao, who reached...
Mastercard Partners With Abu Dhabi’s ADI Foundation to Expand Stablecoin Settlement
Mastercard said it has entered a strategic alliance with the ADI Foundation to expand stablecoin settlement and tokenized asset use cases across the Middle East, according to a December 16,...
SFC Warns on ‘Hong Kong Stablecoin Exchange’ Name as City Tightens Platform Policing
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced on Monday, December 15, that it has added the Hong Kong Stable Exchange/ Hong Kong Stablecoin Exchange (HSEX) to the list...
Startale, SBI Sign MoU for Regulated Yen Stablecoin, Target Q2 2026 Rollout
According to reports, Startale Group and SBI Holdings have agreed to develop a Japanese yen stablecoin. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to collaborate on...
SEI Token Defends Key Support as Technical Indicators Flash ‘Buy’
SEI, the high-speed Layer-1 blockchain, is showing signs of a macro bottom as it defends the pivotal $0.124 support region. According to technical analysis from chart analyst Ali Martinez, the...
‘IQ 276’ XRP Prediction Sparks Debate: Can XRP Really 10x in Two Weeks?
In a display of retail mania that has left institutional analysts rolling their eyes, YoungHoon Kim, who styles himself on X as the “World’s Highest IQ” holder (276), has issued...
Phantom Wallet Launches On-Chain Debit Card, Beginning With U.S. Users
Solana-based crypto wallet Phantom has begun rolling out its prepaid Visa debit card tied to Phantom Cash in the United States. Phantom said early access starts this week through a...
South Korea Stablecoin Bill Misses December 10 Deadline as Central Bank Objects
South Korea’s stablecoin industry faces fresh regulatory uncertainty as the Financial Services Commission missed the government December 10, 2025 deadline to submit a stablecoin bill to the National Assembly. The...
The New Ripple Employee Who Did Not Recognize Chris Larsen
Ripple CTO David Schwartz shared an ‘interesting’ event at the company involving a new employee and the Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen. In his latest post on X, Schwartz cited a...
OKX and MANTRA Disagree Publicly Over OM Token Migration Procedure
The ongoing dispute between OKX and MANTRA escalated on Friday, December 12, following a public exchange between both parties. MANTRA CEO JP Mullin posted a detailed response on X, addressing...
Kalshi and Crypto.com Launch Coalition to Keep Prediction Markets Federal
In a unified bid to secure federal regulatory supremacy, industry giants Kalshi and Crypto.com have launched an alliance, including Coinbase, Robinhood, and Underdog, to form the Coalition for Prediction Markets...
Copper-Gold Ratio Hits 15-Year Low: Is the Business Cycle Resetting for Bitcoin?
According to Michael van de Poppe, a renowned cryptocurrency analyst, the crypto market is bound to respond to the latest decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve in the coming weeks....
CFTC Scraps Outdated Crypto Rules; Cuts Prediction Market Data Burden
On Thursday, December 11, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced two digital assets-related moves. The initial announcement covered the withdrawal of older guidance tied to “actual delivery” for virtual...
CBOE Certifies 21Shares XRP ETF Listing Under Ticker ‘TOXR’ as Inflows Near $1 Billion
Institutional access to XRP is accelerating rapidly as CBOE BZX Exchange moves to list the 21Shares XRP ETF, cementing the asset’s status as the next major crypto ETF success story...
Should You Buy the Dip? Analyzing the Crypto Market Crash After Fed’s 25 bps Cut
The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its key policy rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, marking the third reduction this year. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the Federal Open Market...
Bhutan Turns Its Gold Reserves into Digital Tokens on Solana
The government of Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom, has launched TER, a gold-backed digital token on the Solana blockchain that represents allocated physical gold held in custody. The launch fits into...
Silk Road Linked Bitcoin Wallets Move $3 Million As SpaceX Sends BTC To Coinbase
Coinbase Director of Product Strategy and Business Operations, Conor Grogan, has identified fresh Bitcoin transactions worth approximately $3 million emerging from Silk Road-linked wallets. Grogan flagged the transactions after a...
Reliance Jio Testing ‘JioCoin’ on Polygon: What We Know So Far
According to the Polygon Labs ecosystem BD Head for India, Aishwary Gupta, the Jio team is testing a new cryptocurrency called JioCoin on the Polygon blockchain. Gupta shared the update...
XRP Buyers Look To Bifrost Bridge And RSI To Time Their Next Entry
Top crypto analysts are maintaining a bullish posture for XRP in the long term, despite the cryptocurrency’s weak price action over the past three months. XRP has declined approximately 40%...
Blockchain Efficiency Comes at a Price: Small Validators Priced Out of Solana
Solana’s decentralized infrastructure is facing a significant stress test as the active validator count collapses to a two-year low. New data flagged by blockchain journalist Colin Wu reveals that the...
Fitch Warns US Banks: Crypto Profits Could Trigger Credit Downgrades
Fitch Ratings, the leading global credit rating agency, has published a report on the potential risks that U.S. banks and financial institutions may face following increased digital asset involvement in...
XRP Price Could Hit $4 by 2026 After Singapore Expanded Ripple’s MPI License – Analyst
On December 1, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) approved an expanded payment license for Ripple’s subsidiary within the region. Analysts consider this a significant development in Ripple’s expansion program...
Farcaster Shifts From Social First Ambition To Wallet First Growth Plan
After operating its “Social-First” platform for over four years, decentralized social media protocol Farcaster is refocusing and expanding its wallet service. According to the platform’s co-founder, Dan Romero, the social...
