Cryptocurrency News

December, 2025

• 4 December

  Ripple CEO Predicts $180K Bitcoin by 2026 — Binance, Solana Execs Not Convinced

  

  Crypto leaders clashed on Bitcoin’s trajectory during a high-profile panel at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai on December 3, 2025. **Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse** forecasted **$180,000 by end-2026**, citing robust tailwinds, while **Binance CEO Richard Teng** and **Solana Foundation President Lily Liu** offered more tempered outlooks—exposing rifts in industry sentiment amid Bitcoin’s hover around $93,000. Garlinghouse’s Bull Case: Institutional Momentum …
• 4 December

  Kremlin Pushes New Idea: Count Crypto Mining as Russia’s “Hidden Export”

  

  A top Kremlin economic adviser, **Maxim Oreshkin**, ignited debate on December 3, 2025, by urging Russia to classify cryptocurrency mining as a “**hidden export**” in official trade statistics. Oreshkin, President Vladimir Putin’s former Economic Development Minister, argued that mined digital assets—sold on global exchanges without physical borders—generate foreign revenue akin to traditional exports, warranting inclusion in balance-of-payments data to track …
• 4 December

  Solana Mobile to Launch SKR Native Token in January

  

  Solana Mobile, the blockchain’s hardware arm, unveiled plans on December 3, 2025, for SKR, its native governance token, set to launch in January 2026. With a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens, SKR aims to fuel staking, device security, dApp curation, and community rewards across the ecosystem, building on the success of the Seeker smartphone, which has garnered over 150,000 …
• 4 December

  Regulators Crack Down: Coinme Ordered to Repay $8M and Shut Down Operations

  

  Washington state’s Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) delivered a seismic blow to the crypto ATM sector on December 1, 2025, issuing a Temporary Order to Cease and Desist against Coinme, the Seattle-based operator of the nation’s largest cash-to-crypto network. The regulator accuses the firm of illegally claiming over $8.3 million in unredeemed customer vouchers as income, mandating full restitution and …
• 4 December

  Ledger Sounds Alarm: Solana Seeker Core Chip Has Unfixable Security Flaw

  

  The crypto hardware space faced a jolt on December 3, 2025, when Ledger disclosed a critical, hardware-embedded vulnerability in the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chip powering the Solana Seeker smartphone—a device touted for its integrated crypto wallet and dApp ecosystem. The flaw, uncovered by Ledger’s Donjon security lab, enables attackers with physical access to seize full device control, potentially extracting private …
• 4 December

  Wall Street Talent Goes Crypto: Ex-Citadel Engineers Raise $17M for Stablecoin Startup Fin

  

  The fusion of traditional finance and cryptocurrency gained momentum this week as former Citadel engineers Ian Krotinsky and Aashiq Dheeraj secured $17 million in Series A funding for Fin, a stablecoin-powered payments app targeting high-value cross-border transfers. Ex-Citadel Expertise Powers Fin’s Vision Citadel’s reputation for elite engineering and low-latency trading systems is legendary. Krotinsky and Dheeraj, who honed their skills …
• 4 December

  Crypto Pops on December 4 — The Real Reasons Behind Today’s Spike

  

  The crypto market ignited on December 4, 2025, with Bitcoin reclaiming $93,000 after a sharp rebound from sub-$84,000 lows earlier in the week. Total market cap climbed to $3.26 trillion, up 0.7% in 24 hours, as majors like Ethereum (+4.3% to $3,190) and Solana (+0.9% to $143) joined the surge. Altcoins amplified the momentum, with DeFi tokens up 5% and …
• 4 December

  CryptoQuant: Strategy Builds $1.44B Safety Net for Bitcoin Bear Storm

  

  As Bitcoin trades around $93,000 after erasing over 25% from its October peak of $126,080, on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant warns of an emerging bear market. The latest report spotlights MicroStrategy (MSTR)—the largest corporate Bitcoin holder—as amassing a $1.44 billion U.S. dollar reserve, a defensive shift to safeguard against prolonged downturns. From Aggressive Buying to Prudent Reserves Funded via recent at-the-market …
• 1 December

  Asia Market Open: Bitcoin Dips Below $86K, Stocks Stabilize on Fed Hopes

  

  Asian markets dawned December 1, 2025, on a tentative note, with Bitcoin’s early dip below $86,000 underscoring crypto’s jittery edge amid a broader equities rebound fueled by soaring Federal Reserve rate-cut odds. The Nikkei 225 eked out a 0.1% gain to 39,450, while the Hang Seng shed 0.5% to 25,700 on China’s tepid PMI (49.5, signaling contraction), yet Kospi climbed …
• 1 December

  Grayscale Set to Launch First US Spot Chainlink ETF This Week, Says Nate Geraci

  

  In a seismic shift for altcoin investing, Grayscale Investments is on the cusp of debuting the United States’ inaugural spot Chainlink (LINK) exchange-traded fund this week, per ETF luminary Nate Geraci. The ETF Store president dropped the intel via X on November 30, 2025: “Set to launch this week… First spot LINK ETF. Grayscale will be able to uplist/convert Chainlink …