For the first time in history, Bitcoin closed the year after the halving in the red. 2025 ended below the start of the year, which hasn't happened since 2012, 2016, or 2020.
Facts: • Halving occurred in April 2024 • ATH $126k in October 2025 • End of year ≈ -30% from peak • Annualized return in 2025: -6%
Why: • The market has become more institutionalized • ETFs, corporations, and funds are not trading according to the "halving calendar" • BTC is increasingly dependent on macroeconomic factors: rates, liquidity, politics • Behavior is increasingly similar to gold after government recognition
Ethereum • Two major hard forks • Increased throughput and scalability • An attempt to address the main issue of the ETH price through utilities
Solana • Alpenglow upgrade • Transaction finality around 150 ms • Focus on ultra-fast payments and trading
Stablecoins • The US is finalizing GENIUS regulations • BBVA and Western Union will launch their stablecoins • Visa and Mastercard will launch stablecoin payments
ETFs • Possible approval of the Litecoin ETF • New spot crypto ETFs in the US • Expanded institutional access
Stock tokenization and RWA • Securitize will launch a trading platform for tokenized assets shares • Ondo to issue tokenized US shares and ETF on Solana
🔍🐳 Whale transactions: 1. Three whales transferred 9.98 million #USDC to Lighter to buy #LIT; 2. Arthur Hayes bought more DeFi tokens. Over the past two weeks, he sold 1,871 #ETH ($5.53 million) and bought: 961,113 #PENDLE ($1.75 million), 2.3 million #LDO ($1.29 million), 6.05 million #ENA ($1.24 million), and 491,401 #ETHFI ($343,000).
💰Cypherpunk added $29 million to its Zcash reserves
🇨🇳B Coinbase allowed China to win the digital race
👥Ethereum user activity rose to a 2-year high
🤖NFPrompt joins Alibaba Wan and Qwen to promote AI-powered Web3 innovation
🇰🇷South Korean retail investors continue to buy BitMine shares despite an 80% drop
👨💻Ethereum deployed a record 8.7 million smart contracts in Q4
📊Lighter trading volume reached $200 billion in 30 days, surpassing Hyperliquid amid the launch of the LIT token
👨💼CryptoQuant CEO calls "market cleanup" A prerequisite for Bitcoin's growth
👨💻Major crypto companies will hold IPOs in 2026: Consensys, Kraken, and Ledger
🔐The Trust Wallet cryptocurrency wallet app has released an official update that fixes a security vulnerability discovered in version 2.68 of its browser extension.
🐳Bitcoin whale opens $748 million long positions in BTC, Ethereum, and Solana
💰Whales buy $1.2 billion in Ethereum amid possible bearish capitulation
👥Long-term Bitcoin holders stop unloading for the first time since July
👨💻Analyst: On-chain data indicates active BTC accumulation
📉Selling pressure from Bitcoin miners has dropped to a yearly low
📊Silver outperforms Bitcoin in volatility amid declining trading activity
🤷♂️XRP price declines, but investors continue to buy the asset
👨💼The future development of the crypto market is now determined not by retail traders and investors, but by institutional players, an analyst said Investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald Brett Knoblauch
📈Bitcoin strategy returns exceeded 568% in 2025
😳Solana's bearish formation points to a major correction before mid-2026
1. 011short, long $749 million in #BTC, #ETH, and #SOL, just moved 112,894 #ETH ($332 million) to Binance again; 2. A wallet associated with Indexed Finance and Kyber Network Exploiter has resumed activity after a year of inactivity, selling: 226,961 #UNI ($1.36 million), 33,215 #LINK ($410,000), 845,806 #CRV ($328,000), 5.25 #YFI ($17,500); 3. Two wallets have accumulated 2.15 billion #PUMP ($3.87 million) in the last 24 hours.
📊Crypto markets brace for $190 million in token unlocks, led by SUI and KMO
👨💼Scaramucci claims Solana could overtake Ethereum thanks to its real-world activity
👨💻Midnight is being proposed as a privacy layer for Bitcoin and XRP, not just Cardano. Hoskinson believes the platform will strengthen DeFi and add programmable privacy to Bitcoin.
📉Analyst: XRP Under Pressure Amid Escalating Retail Ownership Disputes
📈The Number of Smart Contracts Deployed in Ethereum Sets a New Record
👥Trustee Plus Wallet Reaches One Million Users
🤷♂️Retail investors and long-term XRP holders have begun to reduce their positions amid the asset's stagnant market value.
🚀Michael Saylor, founder of Strategy, published a post hinting at a new BTC purchase.
👨💻Experts: BTC Volatility Compression Forms the Foundation for a New Impetus
🤨Trust Wallet Received Thousands of False Claims for Compensation
1. After repaying all loans, whale 0xA339 sold his remaining 24,700 #ETH for 73 million #USDC over the past week, with an average sale price of $2,954; 2. A new wallet withdrew 7,714 #ZEC ($4.12 million) from Kraken; 3. 0xA71d placed 1.81 million #USDC in #HyperLiquid and opened a 3x long position of 500,000 #LIT ($1.83 million).
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