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In brief Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs continued generating inflows this year. Access broadened to products tracking XRP, Solana, and beyond. The SEC focused on listing standards and staking. This year, exchange-traded funds opened several doors to crypto on Wall Street, as the SEC forged a fresh approach to the products.Although asset managers had previously fought tooth and nail to offer products tracking Bitcoin and Ethereum’s spot price, many foresaw opportunities in 2025, as the regulatory environment started to shift with President Donald Trump’s return to power in January.As of Dec. 15, spot Bitcoin ETFs had generated $57.7 billion in net…

>>>> gd2md-html alert: inline image link in generated source and store images to your server. NOTE: Images in exported zip file from Google Docs may not appear in the same order as they do in your doc. Please check the images!—–>If you used AI seriously in 2025, you probably noticed the shift. One chatbot stopped being enough. Different platforms started outperforming each other in wildly different ways—research here, video generation there, code scaffolding somewhere else. It forced everyone to rethink their setup.Last year, the AI community wanted to know which model was the king of AI. Now, companies are betting…

On Tuesday, December 16, BeInCrypto and the cryptocurrency exchange EMCD hosted a joint webinar and AMA session. The event brought together experts from the crypto, DeFi, and financial infrastructure sectors.The discussion focused on inflation, the structural limits of traditional finance, and long-term strategies within the crypto ecosystem. Participants also learned more about EMCD’s Coinhold solution.Sponsored SponsoredEMCD Webinar: Why Traditional Finance Fails to Protect CapitalThe webinar opened with a broad look at the current macroeconomic environment. Jakub Dziadkowiec pointed to persistently high inflation, which in recent years has exceeded 10%. He noted that holding cash leads to a steady loss of…

People have been debating the meaning of the term “indie game” for years. What is an indie game? On paper, Hades 2 and Hollow Knight Silksong are both indie games, as they’re games self-published by developers that are not connected to a larger publisher.But they’re also both huge sequels to huge games—essentially guaranteed success, to some degree, unless things go spectacularly wrong. (They didn’t.) Compare that to something like Blue Prince, an original puzzle game that barely anyone had heard of before it hit storefronts this spring.There are other games that seem to better fit the indie designation, like Clair…

The Solana price is down about 12% over the past 30 days. As 2026 approaches, the chart shows a mix of bullish and bearish signals.Some indicators suggest a bounce in January, but others indicate that pressure could persist if momentum fails to materialize.History Leans Bullish, But ETF Flows And Expert Views SplitJanuary has been a strong month for Solana. The average return sits near 59%, with median gains around 22%. The pattern sharpens when December ends red. Sponsored SponsoredIn 2022, SOL fell 29.6% in December, and in January 2023, SOL rallied 140%. In December 2024, SOL dropped 20.5%, and in…

A widening gap between VC pricing and public market caps signals a reset after narrative-driven optimism cooled. Crypto venture capital firms poured billions into early-stage tokens during 2025’s risk-on rebound, but many of those bets are now trading far below their headline fundraising values. The growing gap between private funding numbers and public market caps highlights a market reset after narrative-driven optimism cooled. Data recently shared by CryptoRank shows dozens of well-funded projects losing hundreds of millions, and in some cases nearly all, of their implied value once tokens reached open markets, raising fresh questions about pricing discipline during bull…

The prediction market’s volumes accelerated over the past seven days to overtake its main rival. Prediction marketplace Kalshi saw its spot volumes hit a new record for the week ending on Dec. 21, notably surpassing its main rival Polymarket’s activity.Kalshi vs. Polymarket weekly spot volume in the past 3 months. Source: ArtemisAccording to Artemis data, Kalshi saw $2.3 billion trading volume last week, roughly 92% higher than Polymarket’s $1.2  billion for the same period. This was also the first time Kalshi’s weekly volume exceeded the $2 billion mark.For Kalshi, the surge in activity coincided with the platform’s integration of the TRON…

After decisively losing the $2.00 support earlier this month and even dipping below $1.80 briefly, Ripple’s XRP managed to find some relief above the next key line of defense at $1.90. However, that level also gave in yesterday, and the asset closed below it, currently sitting at $1.87, even after rebounding from the intraday low of $1.83. Popular crypto analyst Ali Martinez outlined the significance of this support once again. He noted that with $1.90 gone, XRP could be on the verge of a massive price slump to $1.10. Support is gone for $XRP. $1.10 comes into focus. pic.twitter.com/RGBqV52vf6 —…

Bitcoin’s loss of a key long-term support could lead to deeper losses if bulls fail to reclaim control soon. Bitcoin’s (BTC) attempt to push above $90,000 remained unsuccessful this week. The crypto asset is once again under technical pressure after slipping below an important long-term trend indicator, prompting fresh downside warnings from market analysts. 50% Drop Could Be Next? Crypto analyst Ali Martinez said that every time Bitcoin has lost its 50-week simple moving average (SMA) in past cycles, the asset has gone on to record an average decline of around 54%. Based on current price levels, Martinez observed that…

ZEC is next in line in terms of daily gains. The modest recovery staged by the bitcoin bulls over the past 24 hours drove the asset to $88,000, where it faced an immediate rejection and now sits well below that level. Most larger-cap altcoins are slightly in the green, but they still can’t get out of the recent nosedive. ZEC has emerged as the top gainer here, while the mid-caps have CC as their daily winner. BTC Halted at $88K The graph below will clearly demonstrate BTC’s choppy market moves as of late. The cryptocurrency went through a volatile period…