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Asset manager VanEck remains optimistic on Bitcoin heading into 2026, with portfolio manager David Schassler predicting the cryptocurrency could emerge as a “top performer” after significantly underperforming equities in 2025. In VanEck’s “Plan for 2026: Predictions from Our Portfolio Managers” report, released in mid-December 2025, Schassler highlighted Bitcoin’s roughly 50% year-to-date lag behind the Nasdaq 100 Index. He views this …

Nasdaq-listed Upexi (UPXI), a company that pivoted from consumer products to a Solana-focused digital asset treasury strategy, saw its shares fall sharply after announcing a $1 billion shelf registration with the SEC on December 22, 2025. The Form S-3 filing allows Upexi to issue up to $1 billion in various securities—common stock, preferred shares, debt, warrants, or units—over time as …

Spain has extended its transitional period for crypto-asset service providers under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation to **July 1, 2026**, opting for the maximum 18-month grandfathering window allowed by EU law. This decision, confirmed in early December 2025 by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), reverses an earlier plan for faster adoption by December 2025. Existing …

WWE superstar and influencer Logan Paul has agreed to auction his ultra-rare PSA 10-graded Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card, the most expensive Pokémon card ever sold in a private transaction. Paul acquired the card in 2021 for $5.275 million in a deal that included cash and a trade of another Illustrator card, earning a Guinness World Record. The YouTuber famously wore …

Asian markets traded mixed in thin holiday volume on December 24, 2025, with several exchanges set for early closes ahead of Christmas. Investors digested stronger-than-expected US third-quarter GDP data, released a day earlier, showing 4.3% annualized growth—the fastest pace in two years—bolstering optimism around corporate earnings while reinforcing expectations of limited Federal Reserve rate cuts. Major indices showed subdued moves: …