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Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. For the past several years, airdrops and point systems have been the lifeblood of crypto user acquisition. Crypto projects simply had no alternative. After the initial coin offering boom caused severe regulatory pushback, projects faced a difficult question: how do you get tokens into the hands of users without selling anything that might be construed as an unregistered security? Airdrops emerged as the answer. Summary Airdrops were a regulatory workaround, not a healthy market: They emerged after…

Key Takeaways Total ETH staked by Bitmine now stands at 461,504. Bitmine continues to work with three staking providers as it moves toward the launch of its MAVAN. Share this article Bitmine Immersion Technologies, the Ethereum treasury giant led by Thomas “Tom” Lee, has boosted its staking activity following its latest disclosure.Data tracked by Onchain Lens shows that Bitmine now has 461,504 ETH staked, valued at approximately $1.4 billion. Bitmine (@BitMNR) has further staked 118,944 $ETH, valued at $352.16M. In total, they have staked 461,504 $ETH, worth $1.37B. Also, a newly created wallet received 32,938 $ETH, worth $97.8M, from #FalconX.…

Bitcoin price history: 2026 as a turning point 2025 was a pivotal year for the crypto market. The early surge in risk appetite gradually gave way to a much more fragile sentiment.Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $126,210.50 on October 6, 2025. Since then, the market has been dominated by doomscrolling, denial, suspicion, stressful liquidations, and bouts of unreasonable optimism. Source: CoinMarketCapAfter several so-called “crypto bloodbaths” in just a few months, traders are now approaching 2026 with mild caution.Whether another bull run emerges in early 2026 will largely depend on broader macroeconomic conditions and overall financial market sentiment.S&P 500 bubble: Will BTC…

TLDR: Banks withdrew $74.6 billion from the Fed’s Standing Repo Facility in the largest usage since COVID-19. The liquidity surge stems from year-end balance sheet management rather than emergency quantitative easing. Financial institutions use Treasuries and mortgage bonds as collateral for temporary Fed borrowing programs. The funding event suggests the Fed may maintain flexible monetary policy and avoid aggressive tightening in 2026.  The Federal Reserve recorded its largest single-day liquidity injection in twelve months as banks withdrew $74.6 billion from the Standing Repo Facility on the final days of 2025.  This marked the highest utilization of the facility since the…

Key NotesAmir Zaidi is back at the CFTC as chief of staff under Chairman Michael Selig.Zaidi helped launch regulated Bitcoin futures on CBOE in 2017.CFTC prepares for new crypto rules as Bitcoin markets grow under oversight. Bitcoin BTC $87 796 24h volatility: 1.2% Market cap: $1.75 T Vol. 24h: $30.86 B futures regulation in the United States is back in focus after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) confirmed the return of a senior official who once helped shape the market. The move comes as lawmakers prepare to pass new digital asset rules and federal agencies adjust their role in…

Solana heads into 2026 facing the question of whether infrastructure upgrades and tokenized financial activity can push the network beyond its memecoin reputation.Solana kicked off 2025 at the height of the memecoin frenzy, with Solana (SOL) reaching a new all-time high of $293 on Jan. 19. As memecoin volumes cooled over the year, SOL had fallen to around $130 by mid-December.“Solana needs to shake off the stamp of ‘memecoin [or] NFT’ chain and position itself as a serious place for Web2 and Web3 financial businesses to come and build the future of finance,” Tomas Fanta, principal at the crypto investment…

Since June, more than 10,000 ETH in total yield has been generated, worth roughly $30 million at current prices. This steady flow of returns is often described as an Ethereum treasury flywheel. In this system, assets earn yield, the yield strengthens the treasury, and a larger treasury generates even more value. Recent results from SharpLink help make this idea concrete. How the Ethereum Treasury Flywheel Works At its core, the treasury flywheel is about putting ETH to work in a controlled and transparent way. Instead of simply holding Ethereum on a balance sheet, organizations deploy ETH into yield strategies such as…

Talk of XRP reaching $100 began gaining momentum this cycle, following the resolution of the legal battle involving Ripple and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Interestingly, the attention in recent months has been toward XRP’s role in global finance and how this might have an effect on its price action.  That trend has led to different interpretations of how the XRP price can trade at $100 in the near future. A notable interpretation was recently articulated by analysts at Bayberry Capital, who proposed on the social media platform X that $100 should be seen as a liquidity event number,…

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Crypto adoption is set to accelerate in 2026 as momentum from exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stablecoins, tokenization and clearer regulation begins to reinforce itself, according to Coinbase’s head of investment research, David Duong. Key Takeaways: Coinbase expects ETFs, stablecoins and tokenization to reinforce each other and drive faster crypto adoption in 2026. Global crypto adoption has stabilized, signaling market maturity rather than stalled growth. Clearer regulation in the US and Europe is enabling deeper institutional participation and real-world integration. In a year-end outlook shared on X this week, Duong said 2025 marked a turning point for the digital asset sector, with…