Canton Coin has climbed about 27% over the past week, Cointelegraph data shows, outpacing the broader cryptocurrency market as traders reacted to fresh signals of institutional adoption.The gains follow a Dec. 17 announcement from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation…

The Bitcoin mining industry has faced a harsher operating environment since the 2024 halving, a core feature of Bitcoin’s monetary design that cuts block rewards roughly every four years to enforce long-term scarcity. While the halving strengthens Bitcoin’s economic hardness,…

The hockey stick growth of stablecoin adoption The stablecoin market reached a pivotal milestone on Dec. 12, 2025, hitting $310 billion in total value. That represents a 70% increase in just one year. This growth is not just another cryptocurrency…

Keonne Rodriguez, co-founder of Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, spent Christmas Eve documenting his first day inside a US federal prison, offering a personal account as a crypto developer now serving a five-year sentence.In a letter shared by The Rage,…

Key takeaways:Fed pauses could pressure crypto, but “stealth QE” may cushion downside risks.Liquidity matters more than cuts, shaping the direction of BTC and ETH in Q1 2026.The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates three times in 2025, largely in the…

Quantum computing has long been viewed as a threat to cryptocurrencies, a technology that could one day crack the cryptography securing Bitcoin and other blockchains. In 2026, that fear is resurfacing as major tech firms accelerate quantum research and investment.While…

The coming year is set to be crucial for Ethereum scaling. In 2026, the Glamsterdam fork will bring perfect parallel processing to the chain and ratchet up the gas limit to 200 million, up from 60 million today.A significant number…

Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volume surged to almost $85.7 trillion in 2025, averaging about $264.5 billion a day, according to a report by liquidation data tracker CoinGlass.Binance led the market with roughly $25.09 trillion in cumulative derivatives volume, or about 29.3%…

Social sentiment toward XRP (XRP) has tanked into the “fear zone,” an occurrence that has preceded strong rallies in the past.Key takeaways:Social sentiment toward XRP has plunged into the “fear zone,” levels that have historically preceded strong rallies. XRP price must…

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) extended their year-end slide in December, with total market valuations falling to their lowest level in 2025.According to data from CoinGecko, the overall valuation of the NFT sector fell to $2.5 billion in December. This represented a…

Blockchain tokenization is transforming money beyond fiat currencies such as the US dollar by allowing users to save and instantly move virtually any asset across platforms, said a Kraken executive.“I think we’re past the point where money only means fiat…

The newly inaugurated Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has outlined a reform agenda aimed at repositioning the regulator as a central driver of Nigeria’s digital economy, amid rapid technological change and growing demand for digital infrastructure. The…

The Bitcoin community is hopeful for the cryptocurrency to again rally after billionaire Elon Musk predicted that the US economy could experience significant growth by December 2026 at the earliest. “Double-digit growth is coming within 12 to 18 months,” Musk…

The Nigerian government launched the Enterprise Content Management System (ECMS) on Wednesday at the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. The ECMS, deployed on the 1Gov Cloud platform, enables electronic approvals, automated workflows, and interoperability across government, shifting decision-making from the movement…

Bitcoin (BTC) institutional outflows continued into Christmas as the US gained the title of biggest BTC seller.Key points:Bitcoin ETF netflows stay negative for Christmas Eve as the institutional investment vehicles lose another $175 million.Tax obligations and the quarterly options expiry…