Cryptocurrency
Prediction markets bet Bitcoin won’t reach $100K before year’s end
Bitcoin (BTC) could remain pinned below $100,000 for the remainder of 2025 as the market weakened following the US Fed rate cut decision on Wednesday.Key takeaways:BTC price has only a 30% chance of hitting $100,000 before Jan. 1, according...
Cryptocurrency
Bhutan Launches Gold-Backed Digital Token on Solana Blockchain
Gelephu Mindfulness City introduces sovereign gold-backed digital token TER, leveraging Solana blockchain to bring physical gold into the digital realm. Bhutan announced the launch of TER, a gold-backed digital token, on December 11, 2025, through Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC)....
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Satoshi Nakamoto statue lands on NYSE in sign of changing times
The New York Stock Exchange has become the sixth host of Valentina Picozzi’s “disappearing” Satoshi Nakamoto statue — a striking shift from just a few years ago when crypto was still taboo on Wall Street.Long seen as a bastion...
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Ethereum Should Be Valued Like Amazon, Says Dragonfly’s Qureshi
Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi has sharpened his defense of Ethereum’s valuation, arguing that critics are using the wrong financial framework and that ETH should be analyzed more like an early-stage Amazon than a mature “value” stock.
Speaking on the...
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Fed slashes interest rates, but issues mixed forward guidance
The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday to a target range of 3.5% to 3.75%. However, mixed comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will likely quell a Bitcoin price rally until the rate-cutting...
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The Protocol: Stripe’s Tempo Testnet Goes Live
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk.In this issue:Stripe-Backed Blockchain Tempo Starts Testnet; Kalshi, Mastercard, UBS Added as PartnersZKsync Lite to Shut Down...
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Ukraine accuses Russia of bombing Turkish ship in Odesa
A large fire broke out on a Turkish car ferry anchored at the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after...