Crypto’s “Best Quarter” Didn’t Show Up: Q4 2025 Wiped $1T As Bitcoin Slid And Institutions Split
Q4 2025 broke crypto’s long-standing seasonal script. Instead of a year-end rally, the market sold off hard, dragging the total crypto market cap down to roughly $2.9 trillion. It pushed Bitcoin from October highs into the low-$80,000s. The new 99Bitcoins Q4 2025 State of Crypto Market Report, in collaboration...
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Senate Republicans race toward crypto vote on bill with uncertain Democratic buy-in
While Senator Cynthia Lummis hints about a circulating Banking Committee draft, the Agriculture Committee says it’s still hoping for a bipartisan version....
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BNY puts its money where the blockchain is
BNY is launching a tokenized deposit service. Here’s what we know....
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Donald Trump Says No Pardon Issuance to FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Hopes of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) receiving a pardon have been shattered. The United States’ president, Donald Trump, confirmed in a recent interview with The New York Times that he would not issue a presidential pardon to the imprisoned FTX founder. The latest comment came about a year after SBF...
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Bitcoin pulls back to $90,000 as early Friday rally attempt fails
U.S. employment data for December was mixed, while inflation expectations edged higher, and the U.S. Supreme Court did not deliver a ruling on the Trump Administration’s tariffs....
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Crypto crowd could still walk away from U.S. market structure bill if DeFi needs unmet
There are red-line demands from decentralized finance — and backed by the rest of crypto — that remain unknowns as senators finish the draft they’ll vote on....
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Nasdaq and CME relaunch crypto index to meet rising demand for trusted benchmarks
Nasdaq and CME relaunch crypto index as NCI to support institutional adoption with trusted benchmarks, governance, and transparency. The post Nasdaq and CME relaunch crypto index to meet rising demand for trusted benchmarks appeared first on Crypto Briefing....
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Metaplanet jumps 5% today, pushing 2026 gains to 35%
Metaplanet stock jumps 35% YTD as its Bitcoin treasury hits 35,000 BTC, extending gains despite shares still down from 2025 highs. The post Metaplanet jumps 5% today, pushing 2026 gains to 35% appeared first on Crypto Briefing....
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World’s largest custodial bank BNY to offer tokenized deposits for institutional investors
The initiative mirrors deposit balances on a private blockchain to speed up settlement and unlock liquidity....
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Bitcoin Holds $90,000 As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Slide Over 1%
Bitcoin is holding above $90,000 amid a solid U.S. jobs data release on Friday. Cryptocurrency Ticker Price Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $90,526.47 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $3,084.76 Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) $136.55 XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.09 Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) $0.1402 Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) $0.058633 Notable Statistics: Coinglass data shows 80,473 traders...
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