Crypto Interest Drops Among Investors as Risk-Taking Declines

US investors are not considering buying crypto as much as they used to, as risk-taking behavior has dropped, according to a study from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The percentage of crypto investors was unchanged between 2021 and 2024 at 27%, but the number of investors considering either purchasing more or buying for the first…

Prysm Bug Knocks Ethereum Consensus Participation After Fusaka

Shortly after the Fusaka network upgrade, the Ethereum network saw a sharp drop in validator participation after a bug in the Prysm consensus client knocked a chunk of votes offline. According to a Thursday Prysm announcement, version v7.0.0 of the client unnecessarily generated old states while processing outdated attestations, a flaw that Prysm core developer…

Bitmine Buys $199M ETH as Smart Money Traders Short ETH

BitMine Immersion Technologies, the world’s largest corporate Ether holder, continues buying the dip, despite the industry’s most successful traders betting on Ethereum’s price fall. BitMine acquired $199 million worth of Ether (ETH) during the past two days, through a $68 million ETH acquisition on Saturday and another $130.7 million buy on Friday, according to blockchain data…

IMF Lays out Guidelines for Addressing Stablecoin Risks, Beyond Regulations

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a comprehensive report on the potential impact of the growing stablecoin market and the adequacy of global regulations in handling it.  In the “Understanding Stablecoins” report released on Thursday, the IMF analyzed the various approaches regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union, had…

Bitcoin December Recovery ‘Macro Tailwinds,’ Fed Rate Cut: Coinbase

Bitcoin’s ‘Santa’ rally may be ignited by macroeconomic tailwinds, including the Federal Reserve’s incoming interest rate decision, but fearful investor sentiment may take another hit by any hawkish remarks from central bank officials. Improving liquidity conditions and rising odds of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut may catalyze a recovery in the crypto market during…

Bitcoin Traders Have These BTC Price Levels in Mind at $92K

Bitcoin (BTC) analysis has mapped out key BTC price levels to watch going into the weekend, with a focus on the yearly open above $93,000. Key takeaways: Key Bitcoin price levels above and below the spot price are here as BTC is about to close the week. The weekly close makes reclaiming $93,000 all the…

French Banking Giant BPCE to Roll Out Crypto Trading for 2M Retail Clients

Major French banking group BPCE is set to start offering crypto trading services to retail customers through its Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne apps starting Monday. Customers of four regional banks, including Banque Populaire Île-de-France and Caisse d’Épargne Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, will be able to buy and sell bitcoin BTC$89,529.48, ether ETH$3,044.27, solana SOL$132.49, and USDC…

Alphaton Files $420.69m Registration as Tiny Ton Treasury Eyes AI Push

Small-cap publicly traded firm AlphaTON Capital has signaled ambitions to access a substantially larger fundraising capacity as it delves deeper into the artificial intelligence and Telegram ecosystem.  The company has exited the SEC’s “baby-shelf” limitations and filed a $420.69 million shelf registration, a precise figure often referenced in crypto’s meme culture. The rules limit the…

‘European SEC’ Proposal Licensing Concerns, Institutional Ambitions

The European Commission’s proposal to expand the powers of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is raising concerns about the centralization of the bloc’s licensing regime, despite signaling deeper institutional ambitions for its capital markets structure. On Thursday, the Commission published a package proposing to “direct supervisory competences” for key pieces of market infrastructure,…

Why CFTC-Backed Spot Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading is a ‘Massively Huge Deal’

On Thursday, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) products will begin trading for the first time on its registered futures exchanges. Here are three reasons why this is a big deal for the top two cryptocurrencies heading into 2026. Key takeaways: CFTC oversight gives BTC and…