Day: December 26, 2025

How This Swiss City Integrated Bitcoin Into Everyday Payments

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Key takeaways Adoption is voluntary. Merchants participate because Bitcoin Lightning fees are typically under 1%, compared with the roughly 3% average charged by credit card networks. Residents can pay municipal bills, including taxes, parking fines and tuition, in BTC or USDT using standard QR-code invoices. The city balances the ecosystem by using BTC for payments, USDT for stability and LVGA as a local loyalty token. The city does not hold volatile crypto assets. Payments are converted instantly into Swiss francs (CHF) through Bitcoin Suisse, limiting the city’s exposure to crypto…

Dogecoin Is Repeating Its 2020 Accumulation Cycle, Analyst Says

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Crypto analyst Cryptollica (@Cryptollica on X) is arguing that Dogecoin’s weekly chart is doing that familiar thing again: carving out a rounded base, bleeding off volatility, resetting momentum and quietly setting up what he frames as the “calm before the storm.” Or, at least, that’s the pitch. In a Dec. 23 TradingView analysis titled “DOGE: The Cycle Repeats (1W Timeframe),” Cryptollica calls the current structure a “textbook fractal setup,” pointing to four prior “structural points (1, 2, 3, 4)” across DOGE’s longer-term history and claiming the market is now sitting…

Trust Wallet to Cover $7M Lost in Browser Extension Hack: Zhao

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Trust Wallet users lost about $7 million in a Christmas Day exploit that had been planned since early December. Trust Wallet’s browser extension version 2.68 was compromised by a security incident impacting desktop users, Trust Wallet said in a Thursday X post; it advised users to upgrade to version 2.89. Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of Binance, which owns the cryptocurrency wallet that claims to serve 220 million users, said in a Friday X post that the lost funds will be covered. Cryptocurrency wallet exploits have been an increasing threat to digital…

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Layer 1 tokens crumble as users flee and Bitcoin dominance grows in 2025Layer 1 tokens crumble as users flee and Bitcoin dominance grows in 2025

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Layer 1 and Layer 2 tokens sank in 2025 as users and capital rotated to Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain and revenue-generating protocols despite strong developer activity. Summary Layer 1 tokens saw steep price and user losses in 2025, while Bitcoin held relative strength and BNB Chain nearly tripled users as others bled activity.​ Overleveraged tokenomics, weak value capture, and institutional preference for BTC and ETH drove sustained sell pressure on alternative L1 and L2 tokens.​ Stablecoin issuers and derivatives platforms dominated revenue, while generic infrastructure tokens faced consolidation risk and a…

Bitcoin Eyes Key Breakout as Gold, Silver Set Post-Christmas Records

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Bitcoin (BTC) aimed for $90,000 on Boxing Day as precious metals set yet another all-time high. Key points: Bitcoin seeks a retest of $90,000 as TradFi markets return after the Christmas break. Gold and silver waste no time in setting new all-time highs, continuing a historic bull run. BTC price action attempts to ditch a downtrend in place since October. Bitcoin traders look to options expiry relief Data from TradingView showed BTC/USD was up more than 2% on the day, with the Asia trading session sustaining the upside. BTC/USD one-hour…

Crypto Fear & Greed Flashes ‘Extreme’ Longer Than Amid FTX Panic

Key Notes Crypto Fear & Greed Index has stayed in ‘Extreme Fear’ (0–24) for 14 straight days. It outlasts the index’s extreme readings during the November 2022 FTX collapse. BTC trades around $88,000, roughly five times higher than during the FTX crash. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has printed ‘Extreme Fear’ for 14 straight days. On December 26, it stands at 20. This means a longer stretch of deep pessimism than during the November 2022 FTX collapse, even as BTC $88 645 24h volatility: 1.5% Market cap: $1.77 T…

Aave DAO Rejects Brand Ownership Proposal After Governance Vote

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Aave token holders voted against a controversial governance proposal seeking to place control of the protocol’s brand assets under DAO ownership. On Friday, the snapshot poll closed with 55.29% voting “NAY” and 41.21% abstaining. Only 3.5% of voters supported the proposal. The proposal asked whether Aave (AAVE) token holders should regain control over Aave’s domains, social handles, naming rights and other intellectual property through an entity under a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Supporters framed the move as a step toward decentralization and clarifying questions about brand stewardship. The rejection closed…

Trust Wallet Hack Drains $7M: Was It an Insider Hack?

Key Notes A browser extension hack targeting Trust Wallet users resulted in millions of dollars in stolen crypto. The issue was allegedly due to a bad extension update — version 2.68. Mobile wallet users were safe, but the company urged web users to upgrade the browser extension. Trust Wallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet owned by Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, has confirmed a security incident involving its browser wallet extension, resulting in $6.77 million in user losses. According to an X post by Lookonchain, the hacker sent $4.25 million of…

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