Bitcoin Tops $89,000, Showing Rare Gain in US Trading
Open interest data suggests the advance is likely short position covering, rather than new long positions entering the market.
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Gold and silver overtake bitcoin (BTC) price as compelling protectors of fiat currency in 2025
This year, investors have decisively chosen precious metals such as gold to protect against the potential erosion of the value of paper money, thereby marginalizing bitcoin. BTC$88,547.13. Gold is up nearly 70% since Jan. 1 and silver is up about 150%, far outpacing the largest cryptocurrency, which is down about 6%. Analysts have attributed the
Grayscale sees regulation, not quantum computing fears, shaping crypto markets in 2026.
As 2025 draws to a close, investors’ attention is focused on two big questions: how quickly Washington will establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets and whether advances in quantum computing pose an imminent threat to blockchain security, crypto asset manager Grayscale said in a Monday report. According to Grayscale, one of these debates
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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Ethereum (ETH) Gains 1.8% as Index Rises
Aptos (APT) was also a top performer, up 3.1% from Monday.
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Aptos (APT) gains as rising volume signals accumulation
APTE$1.7274 posted increased over the past 24 hours, rising 1.3% to $1.73. The token maintained a close correlation with broader crypto markets throughout the period, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that volume trends revealed underlying institutional accumulation. Price action accelerated late in the period as APT broke previous resistance near
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In 2025, BTC showed how spectacularly wrong price predictions can be.
The year 2025 is coming to a close with few stories in the crypto market more dramatic than the “flash crash” of October 10, when Bitcoin BTC$87,929.71 plunged $12,000, or almost 10%, in just a few minutes. The collapse triggered more than $19 billion in liquidations in just 24 hours, followed by a “cascading warning”
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$3.9M drained from Unleash protocol in governance exploit and funneled through Tornado Cash
Unleash Protocol, an intellectual property financing platform built on the Story ecosystem, lost approximately $3.9 million due to a security breach, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. The attacker linked the stolen assets to Ethereum and deposited 1,337.1 ether. ETH$2,981.26 in Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing service commonly used to obfuscate transaction histories, according to
Long-term holders become net accumulators, mitigating a major headwind on BTC
Long Term Holders (LTH) of Bitcoin BTC$87,909.00 returned to accumulation for the first time since July. LTHs, defined as entities that have held bitcoin for at least 155 days, have accumulated approximately 33,000 BTC on a 30-day net basis, according to onchain data analysts checkonchain. The LTH sell-off has been one of the two biggest
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Lighter’s LIT token faces $2-3 billion valuation debate after airdrop
Lighter’s LIT token has yet to begin trading, but the market has already drawn a clear line around its valuation following Tuesday’s airdrop. Traders are divided on whether the Ethereum-based decentralized layer 2 exchange (DEX)’s new governance token deserves a fully diluted valuation closer to $2 billion or $3 billion. Fully diluted valuation, or FDV,
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Silver Outpaces Bitcoin on Volatility as Year-End Trading Thins
Bitcoin BTC$87,899.01 and silver are sending very different signals to markets at the end of the year, with volatility data showing traders actively revaluing one asset while leaving the other stuck in neutral. Over the past month, Bitcoin’s 30-day annualized realized volatility has steadily compressed into the mid-40s, reflecting a market that remains range-bound and
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