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Bitcoin Has No Value Beyond Financial Speculation

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Bitcoin is a purely speculative asset and is akin to a collectible toy, according to John Ameriks, the global head of quantitative equity at asset management company Vanguard. “It’s difficult for me to think about Bitcoin as anything more than a digital Labubu,” Ameriks said at Bloomberg’s ETFs in Depth conference in New York City. Labulus are collectible plush toys featuring animals with anthropomorphic features. Despite Ameriks’ criticism, he said that Bitcoin (BTC) may have value beyond financial speculation in the future under certain circumstances. The cryptocurrency could find real-world…

Bitnomial Wins CFTC Approval to Launch Regulated Prediction Markets

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Bitnomial Clearinghouse LLC received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to clear fully collateralized swaps, enabling its parent company, Bitnomial, to launch prediction markets and offer clearing services to other platforms. According to Friday’s announcement, Bitnomial’s prediction market will cover crypto and economic events, alongside its existing Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto derivatives products. The contracts are designed to allow traders to take positions on outcomes, such as token price levels and macroeconomic data. The approval expands the umbrella of the trading products offered by Bitnomial. Based in…

Bitcoin Miners Turn to Renewables As Hash Price Hovers Near Record Lows

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Bitcoin mining companies are turning to renewable energy to reduce costs amid record-low hash price, a critical metric for miner profitability, which is below the $40 level that marks the breakeven point for mining operators. Hash price, which measures expected miner profitability per unit of computing power used to successfully add a block, is about $39.4 per petahash second per day (PH/s/day) at the time of this writing, according to mining data provider Hashrate Index.  Sangha Renewables, a Bitcoin (BTC) miner and renewable energy company, energized a 20 megawatt (MW)…

Zcash (ZEC) Approaches Critical Breakout Zone With Bulls Targeting Higher Levels After Recent Surge

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Zcash’s latest price movement has pushed the privacy-focused cryptocurrency back into the spotlight, as momentum builds around a potential breakout from a long-standing resistance zone. Related Reading After a sharp climb this week, traders are watching whether ZEC can extend its gains or whether technical pressures will stall the advance. The token surged more than 9% to reach around $455, standing out in a broader market that has mostly moved sideways despite renewed optimism following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy signals. Rising demand, shifting fee structures, and notable whale…

How Ripple Convinced Wall Street About Its Post-SEC Future

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It has been a long and arduous journey for Ripple. After emerging from a multiyear battle with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the blockchain-based payments and infrastructure company is pressing ahead with broad ambitions to unify custody, treasury and prime-brokerage services, each underpinned by blockchain technology and stablecoins. Despite the bruising legal fight and the reputational damage that came with it, Ripple has still managed to win over some of Wall Street’s biggest players. This week’s Crypto Biz looks at how Ripple secured a striking $40 billion valuation, and…

TIX Emerges From Stealth to Bring DeFi Lending to Live Event Ticketing

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TIX, a settlement layer for the live-events industry, has emerged from stealth to apply decentralized finance (DeFi) lending and onchain settlement to a sector that has long functioned like a private credit market. To date, the TIX network has facilitated over $8 million in ticket sales and generated approximately $2 million in venue financing. The activity has been conducted through KYD Labs, with TIX expected to launch on the Solana mainnet by mid-2026, the company told Cointelegraph. TIX, led by Ticketmaster and Buildspace veterans, serves as the underlying settlement and…

BTC Short-Term Holders Were Profitable For 66% of 2025

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) short-term holders (STHs) have spent 229 out of 345 days in profit, an outcome that appears contradictory given that BTC is at a negative year-to-date (YTD) return and struggles to trade above $100,000.  However, beneath the weak headline performance, the structure of onchain positioning tells a different story. Key takeaways: Bitcoin short-term holders logged profits for 66% of 2025, even while BTC traded below its yearly open. The STH realized price at $81,000 acted as a sentiment pivot, which divided phases of panic and recovery. Unrealized losses narrowed…

Vanguard expert warns Bitcoin is a ‘digital Labubu’ as risky pattern forms

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Bitcoin price retreated below $90,000 today, Dec. 12, as a senior executive at Vanguard warned that it was a ‘digital Labubu’ and as an alarming pattern formed. Summary Bitcoin price dropped below the important support at $90,000. A senior Vanguard expert called it a digital Labubu. The coin has formed a bearish flag pattern on the daily chart. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $89,700 at press time, down sharply from the year-to-date high of $126,300. Its pullback coincided with the significant drop in American equities, with the Nasdaq 100 and…

Dogecoin Three Bullish Drives Pattern Shows Where The Next Buying Point Is

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A developing Three Bullish Drives pattern has just been identified on the Dogecoin price chart. According to the analyst’s report, this new technical pattern suggests the meme coin could be on the verge of a bottom, potentially marking its next key buying point for market watchers. This projected decline could extend the downtrend Dogecoin experienced over the past few months, which already wiped out most of the gains made earlier this year during the meme coin hype. Dogecoin Bullish Reversal Setup Reveal Buying Point Crypto analyst Trader Tardigrade has stated…

Bitcoin, Altcoins Gain Strength But Bears Still Dominate Range Highs

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Key points: The failure of the bulls to maintain Bitcoin above $94,050 has renewed selling, opening the doors for a fall to $87,700 and then to $84,000. Most major altcoins remain under pressure and are threatening to challenge their recent lows.  Bitcoin (BTC) is stuck inside a narrow range between $94,588 and $89,260, indicating indecision between the bulls and the bears. The prediction markets do not expect the bulls to take charge in the near term, giving only a 30% chance of BTC hitting $100,000 before Jan. 1. According to…