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XRP at center as Ripple lays out institutional DeFi blueprint for XRPL
Ripple and XRPL developers say recent mainnet upgrades and upcoming features position the XRP Ledger as a hub for regulated, real-world finance.
Tether buys $150 million stake in Gold.com to boost tokenized gold distribution
The companies plan to expand global access to tokenized gold and allow the buying of bullion with Tether's stablecoins.
Strategy posts Q4 loss of $12.4 billion on tumbling bitcoin price
The price of bitcoin fell from about $120,000 to $89,000 during the final three months of 2025.
Bitcoin is the third most oversold ever, says one indicator, and violent upside could be next
The Relative Strength Index (RSI), a popular technical trading indicator, has plunged to 17. Only the bear market bottom in 2018 and the 2020 Covid crash saw lower reads.
Tom Lee's Bitmine now $8 billion underwater as ether tumbles below $2,000
Despite its mounting losses and plunging share price, the ether treasury firm says it's under no pressure to sell its holdings.
Strategy has $6.5 billion loss on BTC, but continues trading at premium to value of its assets
Ahead of the fourth-quarter earnings report tonight, shares are down another 13% as bitcoin falls back to $68,000.
Tom Lee's Bitmine may be buying ETH, but Vitalik Buterin and everyone else appears to be selling
Ether has dropped below $2,000, underperforming other major cryptocurrencies as selling accelerates from leveraged traders, onchain liquidations and long-term holders.
Here is what industry veterans are saying as bitcoin tumbles below $70,000
"This drawdown feels horrible not because of the magnitude, but because it’s unfair," said longtime bitcoin maxi Samson Mow.
Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani steps down after nearly a decade to pursue other areas of tech
" I’m more confident than ever that crypto is going to fundamentally rewire the circuitry of finance," said Samani, who will remain chairman of Solana treasury company, Forward Industries.
Bitcoin's correlation with troubled software stock sector is growing
Software stocks are thought to be facing an existential threat from the rise of AI, and Bitcoin, noted one analyst, is just open-source software.
