Events

Solana withstood a massive DDoS campaign peaking near 6 Tbps over a week, yet recorded no downtime or obvious slowdown and kept sub-second confirmations. By comparison, rival Sui suffered degraded performance from a smaller attack.

Bitwise Solana ETFs, after a long streak of inflows, saw their first notable $4.6M outflow amid broader crypto fear, thin year-end liquidity, and macro risks, with traders closely watching Solana’s $120 support and declining participation despite some selective capital inflows.

Bitcoin is trading under $90,000 after a steep pullback, exhibiting subdued price action and higher volatility, accompanied by large long liquidations and bearish cautions — including risk of a significant sell-off — while historical technical patterns indicate the roughly $80,000 zone could serve as a cycle low.

Ethereum is changing hands around $3,000–$3,100 amid rising volume, yet ongoing selling pressure, heavy liquidations, ETF outflows and worsening sentiment cast doubt on whether this range will hold as a reliable floor or signals the onset of a deeper bear market.

Ethereum has fallen roughly 40% from its yearly high even as J.P. Morgan unveils its first $100 million tokenized money-market fund on the public Ethereum network, underscoring rising institutional adoption and confidence in on-chain U.S. dollar yield products amid ongoing debate over ETH’s downside risk and breakout prospects.

The U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council's 2025 report removes cryptocurrencies from its roster of systemic vulnerabilities, citing the GENIUS Act's regulatory clarity, looser banking guidance and rising institutional adoption. The move represents a significant shift from viewing digital assets as a threat to financial stability.

Ripple is extending its USD-backed stablecoin RLUSD beyond its own network, testing it on multiple Ethereum layer-2 chains and using Wormhole to pursue a multichain rollout aimed at making RLUSD core market infrastructure and boosting XRP utility for 2026 L2 plans.

XRP is under steady selling and shows weak price action around $2 despite strong ETF inflows and positive ecosystem updates. Bears have lost some momentum but key supports were broken, and macro uncertainty raises the risk of further downside toward $1.40.

SBI Holdings and Startale Group plan to issue a fully regulated, yen-pegged digital stablecoin by Q2 2026. The project seeks to bring Japan into on-chain finance, facilitate international payments and cross-border settlement, and open institutional channels for tokenized asset transfers under Japan's new FSA regime.

Analysts say Bitcoin is at a turning point, trading sideways ahead of a sizable upswing, with forecasts ranging from fresh all‑time highs in early 2026 to a $1 million level by 2033, a path they attribute mainly to rising institutional adoption and clearer U.S. regulation.

By October 2027 the UK plans a full crypto regime to bring digital assets under existing finance law. It would extend current rules, require FCA authorisation for exchanges and custodians, and consult on listings and insider-trading — steps likely to boost regulated crypto adoption.

PayPal, which issues the PYUSD stablecoin, has applied for an industrial bank charter in Utah to form "PayPal Bank". The filing would let the company offer traditional banking products - business lending, deposit accounts and interest-bearing savings - and deepen its role in U.S. banking and crypto settlement.

The U.S. Senate, citing persistent Republican-Democrat disputes over key provisions, has postponed hearings and votes on crypto market structure, effectively pushing major legislation and accompanying regulatory clarity to at least early 2026.

A New York Times article alleges the Trump administration rolled back or settled most of the SEC’s inherited crypto cases, moves the paper says could have advantaged firms tied to major donors. Crypto industry leaders dispute the report, accusing the NYT of partisan bias and saying there is no evidence donor-linked companies influenced enforcement decisions.

President Trump said he will review and could pardon Samourai Wallet CEO Keonne Rodriguez and co‑founder/developer Micah Zimmerman/William Hill. The potential pardon may establish a significant precedent for privacy-focused Bitcoin tools and affect how future crypto prosecutions are pursued.

Aave's integration of CoW Swap routed fees from the DAO treasury to Aave Labs' front-end, provoking a governance dispute over protocol revenue. Critics warn it may privatize interface income, prompting debate whether front-end monetization should benefit the community or the lab.

MetaMask has launched native Bitcoin support, letting users directly hold, buy, send and swap BTC within the wallet and fund transactions via multiple payment methods. The update is part of a broader rollout that also brings Solana access, perps trading via Hyperliquid and Polymarket integrations ahead of a planned token launch.

A severe React Server Components vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS 10) is being actively exploited to inject malicious code into crypto-related websites, compromise and take over servers, siphon funds from wallets and deploy cryptomining software. The campaign has prompted urgent patches across major React-based frameworks.

Circle, issuer of USDC, is set to acquire Interop Labs along with its Axelar-related IP and team to reinforce its cross-chain infrastructure. The move aims to make digital assets on Arc interoperable across multiple blockchains, with the deal due to close by early 2026.

XRP spot ETFs have quickly gathered more than $1 billion in assets and sustained a record run of net inflows, signaling strong and persistent institutional and retail demand, even as XRP’s price has so far lagged the wider optimism across crypto ETF markets.