Prediction markets have emerged as one of the cryptocurrency sector’s most consequential, if not contested, frontiers. Once the domain of niche platforms, they are now attracting serious attention from major exchanges, venture capital and even traditional financial institutions. As prediction markets…

Pudgy Penguins ran an animated display on the Las Vegas Sphere during Christmas week, projecting its penguin characters across the venue’s exterior screens.In a post on X, Pudgy Penguins said its animations went live on Christmas Eve on the exterior…

Crypto markets are often explained through narratives. Political developments, regulatory headlines, institutional adoption, and cycle-based expectations dominate the price action during volatile periods.These narratives influence positioning and sentiment, but over the past year, price sustainability has been dictated more by…

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…