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BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has named its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) spot Bitcoin ETF one of its three primary investment themes for 2025, placing it alongside short-term Treasury bills and Magnificent Seven mega-cap tech stocks. This prominent positioning, highlighted on the firm’s iShares homepage as of December 22, 2025, underscores growing institutional conviction in Bitcoin despite a challenging …

Negotiations between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and El Salvador have progressed significantly, with discussions on the country’s Bitcoin project and the potential sale or wind-down of the state-run Chivo e-wallet described as “well advanced” as of December 22-23, 2025. The update follows the second review of El Salvador’s 40-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program, a $1.4 billion arrangement approved …

As cryptocurrency enters 2026, the sector is poised for a shift from speculation to scalable, real-world financial infrastructure, driven by stablecoins, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and artificial intelligence (AI) integration, according to Edul Patel, CEO and Co-founder of Mudrex. In his December 22 outlook, Patel highlights how 2025 marked progress in tokenizing assets, stablecoin adoption for global trade, and regulatory …

Bitcoin’s network hashrate declined approximately 4% in the 30 days through mid-December 2025—the steepest drop since April 2024—amid tightening miner margins and regional shutdowns, according to a new report from asset manager VanEck. Rather than a bearish omen, analysts view this as a potential contrarian bullish indicator signaling miner capitulation. Hashrate, the total computational power securing the Bitcoin network, serves …

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) welcomed a new era on December 22, 2025, as Michael Selig was sworn in as Chairman, succeeding Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, who stepped down after nearly four years at the agency. Selig, confirmed by the Senate on December 18, brings a strong pro-crypto perspective. Previously chief counsel for the SEC’s Crypto Task Force …