Author: Oguz Ozdemir

Stablecoin transfer volume on Ethereum surpassed $8 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2025, marking a new all-time high, Token Terminal reported on Monday.The $8 trillion milestone is almost double the transfer volume figure for the second quarter, which was just over $4 trillion, according to Token Terminal’s chart.Stablecoin issuance on Ethereum increased by around 43% in 2025 from $127 billion to $181 billion by year’s end, according to BlockWorks.  “This isn’t speculation. This is global payments happening on-chain,” commented “BMNR Bullz” on X. “This is before SWIFT-style integrations, full RWA tokenization, and institutional rails going live. “The rails are already…

Waves Overview Our real-time WAVES to USD price update shows the current Waves price as $0.71 USD. Our most recent Waves price forecast indicates that its value will increase by 1.12% and reach $0.72 by January 07, 2026. Our technical indicators signal about the bearish Bullish 24% market sentiment on Waves, while the Fear & Greed Index is displaying a score of 25 (Extreme Fear). Over the last 30 days, Waves has had 14/30 (47%) green days and 4.04% price volatility. Waves Profit Calculator Profit calculation please wait… Waves (WAVES) Technical Overview When discussing future trading opportunities of digital assets,…

TRM’s report shows crypto is now embedded in state economic and security planning, not treated as a fringe asset. A new report by blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has revealed that governments around the world are no longer standing on the sidelines of crypto markets, with states from North Korea to Singapore actively putting blockchain networks to work as part of their national financial strategies. However, there’s a divide between how authoritarian and democratic governments use digital assets, and this, per the report, is turning crypto into a quiet but powerful force in global finance and geopolitics. Crypto Moves…

Bitcoin developers working on the software that powers most nodes backing the blockchain had a busy year in 2025, with more developers pushing out more code, according to Bitcoiner Jameson Lopp.Lopp, the co-founder of the crypto management platform Casa, said on Sunday that 135 different people had contributed code to Bitcoin Core last year, rising from just over 100 individuals in 2024 and continuing an uptrend. The number of contributors peaked in 2018 with nearly 200 contributors.Those developers also changed more code, with Lopp reporting 285,000 lines of code were changed last year, a more than 3% jump from the…

The CoinMarketCap “Crypto Fear and Greed Index,” a metric tracking crypto investor sentiment, flipped to “neutral” on Sunday, for the first time since October, signaling that investor sentiment is improving.The Index is at 40, signaling that investors are no longer fearful, but they are not bullish on the crypto market either. The Index recorded its lowest sentiment reading of 2025 in November, when it hit a 10, indicating “extreme fear,” according to CoinMarketCap.Crypto investor sentiment plunged in October, sparked by a historic market crash that derailed the crypto market bull run. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) hit an all-time high…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The global tokenization market size reached approximately $1.24 trillion in 2025, a significant increase from $865.54 billion in 2024, with projections for multi-trillion-dollar growth by the end of the decade. This growth was primarily driven by regulatory clarity in key jurisdictions. This is Part Four of a four-part series where I evaluate how tokenized edge cloud streaming and AI are transforming sports and prediction markets betting, which is a rapidly developing immersive experience. Part One: 2025 was…

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor drew renewed attention on January 4 after an X post highlighted the company’s Bitcoin exposure. The post showed Strategy holding a Bitcoin portfolio worth $61.31 billion and spread across crypto markets. “Orange or Green” and Strategy’s Bitcoin Position Saylor posted the phrase Orange or Green? with a chart attached to the Strategy Bitcoin investment in an X post. In the past, he employed the same short signals prior to verified disclosure of purchase. No new transaction was announced in the post. Source: X Strategy holds 672,497 BTC according to regulatory disclosures. These coins accrue to…

As crypto investors ring in the new year, a quiet regulatory shift is about to upend one of the sector’s longest-running assumptions: that gains made on-chain are hard for governments to track. The crypto community acts like taxes are imaginary in large part. This line of thinking will ruin CEX traders; most will unironically end up in jail. Here’s what to know: DISCOVER: Top 20 Crypto to Buy in 2025 What Are the New UK Crypto Tax Rules For 2026? Crypto Fear and Greed Chart All time 1y 1m 1w 24h Starting January 1, the United Kingdom will implement sweeping…

A large crypto wallet that recently took a sharp loss on Ethereum has restructured its holdings, moving away from volatile tokens and increasing exposure to stablecoins and tokenized gold, according to on-chain tracking data. Related Reading The address drew attention after an aggressive Ethereum purchase late last year went wrong. Between November 3 and November 7, 2025, the wallet spent about $110 million to acquire 31,005 ETH at an average price of $3,581. As prices slid, the position was unwound. Nearly the entire holding was sold for roughly $92.19 million, locking in a loss close to $18 million within two…

Washington is about to take a serious swing at crypto’s most stubborn problem: who, exactly, is supposed to police the market when a token trades like a commodity, is sold like a security, and moves through software that insists it isn’t a company at all. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (better known on Capitol Hill and in boardrooms as the CLARITY Act) has already cleared the House, and Senate lawmakers are now lining it up for a January markup that will determine whether the bill becomes a durable rulebook or another ambitious draft that buckles under its…