AI Summary
- Crypto derivatives trading reached an astounding $86 trillion in 2025, averaging $265 billion daily, with Binance commanding nearly 30% of this volume, reflecting a significant surge in market activity.
- Security concerns have escalated after an investor lost $50 million in an address poisoning scheme, prompting industry leaders like Binance's CEO to advocate for increased security measures, including address blacklisting.
- The NFT market appears to be cooling, experiencing a lack of trading activity and diminished speculative interest, as fewer buyers and sellers signal a shift away from previous trends.
- Bitcoin ETFs faced significant losses of $825 million within just five days, with the U.S. emerging as a major seller of Bitcoin, raising concerns about market fluctuations ahead of New Year trading.
- Crypto mergers and acquisitions soared to a record $8.6 billion in 2025, driven by substantial deals such as Coinbase's acquisition of Deribit, highlighting the impact of regulatory clarity and institutional involvement on the market landscape.
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Cointelegraph
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Crypto derivatives volume explode to $86T in 2025, averaging $265B per day
2 hours ago
by Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas
Crypto derivatives trading surged to $86 trillion in 2025, averaging $265 billion per day, as Binance captured almost 30% of global volume, CoinGlass reported.
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CZ proposes fix to address poisoning after investor loses $50M
2 hours ago
by Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
Zhao urged the blockchain industry to adopt new security measures, including scam address blacklist, after an investor lost $50 million to an address poisoning scheme.
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NFT collections get no Santa rally as market hits 2025 lows
4 hours ago
by Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
Market data showed shrinking participation across NFTs, with fewer buyers, sellers and transactions signaling fading speculative interest.
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Bitcoin ETFs lose $825M in five days as US becomes 'biggest seller' of BTC
7 hours ago
by Cointelegraph by William Suberg
Bitcoin ETF performance remained negative on Christmas Eve as a short final US trading session produced another $175 million in net outflows.
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Social engineering cost crypto billions in 2025: How to protect yourself
8 hours ago
by Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte
Crypto hackers took social engineering to a whole other level this year, and advances in artificial intelligence mean scams are about to get even harder to detect.
CoinDesk
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Hong Kong Regulators Target 2026 Legislation for Virtual Asset Dealer and Custodian Rules
2 hours ago
by Sheldon Reback
Policy, Hong Kong, Custody, Legislation, NewsThe FSTB and SFC concluded consultations on virtual regimes and plan to introduce new bill to LegCo next year.
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Bitcoin and ether ETFs see outflows ahead of Christmas, led by IBIT and ETHE
7 hours ago
by Shaurya Malwa
Markets, NewsThe biggest single-day exit came from BlackRock’s IBIT, which saw $91.37 million leave the fund. Grayscale’s GBTC followed with a $24.62 million outflow.
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XRP ETF net assets cross $1.25 billion milestone, but price-action muted
7 hours ago
by Shaurya Malwa
Markets, NewsXRP remains in a $1.85–$1.91 range, with strong selling near $1.90 and consistent bids near $1.86, suggesting a potential decisive break ahead.
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Bitcoin briefly trades at $24,000 on Binance’s USD1 pair in flash move
9 hours ago
by Shaurya Malwa
Markets, NewsSuch sudden price changes are often due to thin liquidity and can be exacerbated by fewer active traders during quieter hours.
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Circle platform promising tokenized gold, silver swaps is 'fake,' company says
19 hours ago
by Francisco Rodrigues
Web3, Security, Circle, USDC, Exclusive, NewsThe release, distributed on Christmas Eve, used Circle branding and claimed to quote executives, but a Circle spokesperson said it was "not real."
Decrypt
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The Best AI Large Language Models of 2025
17 hours ago
by Jose Antonio Lanz
Long ReadsForget the hype. These are the LLMs that caught our attention in 2025—from autonomous coding assistants to vision models processing entire codebases.
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The Best Co-Op Games of 2025 to Play With Your Pals
19 hours ago
by Eric Frederiksen
GamesLooking for the year's best games to play with friends and family? From Donkey Kong Bananza to Borderlands 4, these are our co-op picks.
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How Pudgy Penguins Landed the Las Vegas Sphere—After Dogwifhat Couldn't
20 hours ago
by Ryan Gladwin
dogwifhat, pudgy-penguins, BusinessThe Las Vegas Sphere is currently adorned with the cartoon creatures of crypto-native brand Pudgy Penguins. Here's how it happened.
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GG Story of the Year 2025: Crypto Gaming Collapses as Funding Dries Up
a day ago
by Ryan Gladwin
Long ReadsVenture capital funding for crypto gaming all but evaporated this year, causing games to shut shop and players to lose their communities.
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The Year in Solana 2025: Trump and Wall Street Take Notice
a day ago
by Logan Hitchcock
Long ReadsSolana opened 2025 with major momentum, thanks to the Trump meme coin and a new all-time high. But the year wasn't all up and to the right.
AMBCrypto
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Is this Bitcoin’s bottom? Extreme fear around MicroStrategy may signal…
3 hours ago
by Ishika Kumari
Bitcoin, BTC Trading View, News, News 1, Social, Trading View, ambcryptoPrediction markets now price a MicroStrategy delisting as likely, yet analysts insist the real risk may lie somewhere else.
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BitMines’ $15B Ethereum bet suffers a $3.5B loss – Is a relief likely?
5 hours ago
by Benjamin Njiri
Altcoin, Ethereum, News, News 1, Social, Trading View, ambcryptoIf history repeats, ETH could front a 45% rally in the mid-term.
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409mln SOL staked and counting – Is market missing Solana’s signal?
6 hours ago
by Benjamin Njiri
Altcoin, News, Social, Solana, Trading View, ambcryptoDecentralization remained at risk despite record staked SOL supply
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Movement’s [MOVE] 13% rally grabs attention – Yet THESE signals favor bears
7 hours ago
by Akashnath S
Altcoin, Analysis, HideCryptopanic, News, News 1, No Homepage, Social, Trading ViewWill the high trading volume and increased speculative interest translate into genuine demand?
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Solana stuck in $122–$145 range as whales clash: What’s next for SOL?
8 hours ago
by Emilio Munoru
Altcoin, News, News 1, Social, Solana, Trading View, ambcryptoSolana traded below $122 as whale leverage diverged and liquidation pressure intensified.