Day: December 18, 2025

Hive boosts Paraguay Bitcoin mining as rivals pivot to HPC

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Holmes says Hive will keep expanding Paraguay Bitcoin mining and HPC sites despite leverage-driven BTC price volatility and short-term market contagion.โ€‹ Summary Hive raised daily production from 3 to 10 BTC and plans further mining expansion using low-cost Paraguayan hydro power.โ€‹ Management sees Bitcoin mining and HPC as parallel โ€œtwin engines,โ€ using BTC cash flows to fund higher-margin computing centers.โ€‹ Paraguayโ€™s surplus electricity and pro-miner policy give utilities steady revenue while Hive builds some of its most powerful data centers there.โ€‹ Hive Digital Technologies continues to expand Bitcoin mining operations…

XRP Price: 850% Upside or 50% Crash? Experts Share Mixed Opinions

Key Notes Some analysts point to XRPโ€™s prolonged trading below the 50-week SMA as a historically bullish signal. Prior cycles show that when similar conditions have led to rallies of 200% to over 800%, implying upside targets as high as $9.55โ€“$17.30. Spot XRP ETFs have recorded over 30 consecutive days of inflows and surpassed $1 billion cumulatively. After failing to hold the $2.0 support level, XRP XRP $1.87 24h volatility: 2.1% Market cap: $113.23 B Vol. 24h: $3.53 B price has been showing a one-directional move to the bottom. This…

BlackRock files application with SEC for staked ether ETF: CNBC Crypto World

โ–ถ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com โ–ถ CEX Website: cex.io On today’s episode of CNBC Crypto World, bitcoin continues to trade below $90,000. Plus, Ondo Finance says the SEC formally closed a confidential Biden-era investigation into the company without issuing any charges. And Scott Melker, host of ‘The Wolf Of All Streets’ podcast, breaks down the factors contributing to bitcoin’s price movement. Chapters: 00:00 – CNBC Crypto World, Dec. 8, 2025 0:21 – Cryptocurrencies rise 0:46 – The headlines 3:17 – Scott Melker of ‘The Wolf of All Streets’ For access to…

โš ๏ธ BIG PLAYERS EXIT !! BITCOIN $80K !! WHY CRYPTO MARKET CRASHING ? MORE CRASH – WHAT TO DO ?

โ–ถ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com โ–ถ CEX Website: cex.io In this video, we will big play exit bitcoin and crypto market and why bitcoin and cryptocurrency is crashing and will bitcoin and altcoins will be able to recover or not as now one more bearish indicator chart pattern of Death Cross occurred, Will we be able to see altcoin season or not . We will also share the latest update and news and why we can see big move in bitcoin and cryptocurrency market and what to do, and coins to…

SEC Staff Clarifies Custody Rules for Tokenized Stocks and Bonds

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The US Securities and Exchange Commissionโ€™s Trading and Markets Division on Wednesday laid out how broker-dealers can custody tokenized stocks and bonds under existing customer protection rules, signaling that blockchain-based crypto asset securities will be slotted into traditional securities safeguards rather than treated as a new category. The division said it would not object to broker-dealers deeming themselves in possession of crypto asset securities under existing customer protection rules, as long as they meet a set of operational, security and governance conditions. This applies only to crypto securities, including tokenized…

Stablecoin Monthly Adjusted Volume Surpasses Visa and PayPal

Key Notes Stablecoin monthly transaction volume reached $1.5 trillion by October 2025. Total stablecoin supply has grown to more than $304 billion this year. Regulatory clarity in the US is accelerating adoption. Stablecoins are now processing more adjusted volume each month than major payment networks such as Visa and PayPal, according to Delphi Digital. The firm described stablecoins as โ€œthe most important infrastructure story in cryptoโ€ due to rapid growth in usage and supply. Notably, by October, monthly adjusted stablecoin transaction volume climbed to $1.5 trillion. For comparison, Visa and…

Coinbase System Upgrade

Key Notes Coinbase is taking a significant step beyond the cryptocurrency industry. It is planning for new offerings like stock trading, prediction markets, robo-advisers, and custom stablecoins. It recently launched its prediction markets, powered by Kalshi. American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. has planned out a suite of activities and expansion for the coming year. Going forward, it is looking to take a strong position in sectors like prediction markets, robo-advisers, and custom stablecoins. This reflects the firmโ€™s interest in businesses beyond crypto. Coinbase Competes with Robinhood and eToro During…

Crypto Price To Explode! – Here’s Why! ๐Ÿ’ฐ

โ–ถ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com โ–ถ CEX Website: cex.io This is all about why the crypto market is about to explode higher. Massive bull market incoming. Big news for all Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Altcoin investors. 0:00 – Intro 1:05 – Crypto To Explode 2:42 – The Next 10 Days 5:46 – Set The Target 6:51 – $5 Trillion Tidal Wave 11:53 – Summary 13:11 – SuperThanks Commenting ============= Recommended ============= ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿผ Get your comment or question read & replied to with SuperThanks ๐Ÿ‘†๐Ÿป =============================================== =========================================== Social Media Twitter = YouTube…

XRP Risks Double-Top Crash Toward $0.40, Peter Brandt Warns

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Veteran chartist Peter Brandt is flagging what he calls a โ€œpotential double topโ€ on XRPโ€™s weekly chart, a classic reversal setup that, if confirmed, would argue for materially lower prices โ€” even as other traders point to a washed-out weekly RSI reading that has historically aligned with prior bottom zones. Peter Brandt Flags XRP Double Top Pattern Brandt posted the chart to X on Dec. 17 and didnโ€™t bother softening the message for XRPโ€™s online faithful. โ€œI know in advance that all you Riplosts $XRP will forever remind me of…

Bitcoin miners face fresh Chinese crackdowns as Xinjiang shutdown cuts hashrate 8%

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Chinaโ€™s renewed Xinjiang crackdown has shut down roughly 400,000 ASICs, cutting Bitcoin hashrate by up to 10% and forcing miners to sell into record-low hashprice.โ€‹ Summary Around 400,000 Xinjiang mining machines have gone offline, slicing roughly 8โ€“10% from Bitcoinโ€™s network hashrate as China enforces fresh restrictions.โ€‹ Analysts say Asian miners and holders started offloading weeks ago, while Luxor data show hashprice at all-time lows and three straight negative difficulty adjustments.โ€‹ Asian exchanges show net spot selling as U.S. venues keep net buying, leaving Bitcoin near the bottom of its lateโ€‘November…