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CF Benchmarks views bitcoin as portfolio staple, projects $1.4 million price target by 2035

The index provider applies capital market models to bitcoin, arguing institutional adoption supports long-term valuations and structured portfolio allocation.

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CoinDesk Indices

Crypto for Advisors: Predictions for 2026

Pantera Capital's Paul Veradittakit shares his 2026 crypto predictions: RWA tokenization, AI security advances, a big IPO wave, and the shift to institutional adoption.

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Markets

Gold, silver shine in debasement trade as bitcoin is left behind

JPMorgan analysts in October said investors betting on currency devaluation would lift precious metals and bitcoin, but only one of those trades has worked.

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Finance

DAWN raises $13M to expand decentralized broadband networks

The decentralized wireless protocol plans U.S. expansion and new international deployments as investors back a user-owned alternative to legacy internet providers.

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Markets

Coinbase shares rise as ‘ambitious expansion’ wins analyst praise

The event marked a milestone that broadens the platform’s reach across new and traditional assets, the analysts said.

Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Finance

PayPal to use PYUSD stablecoin to fund AI infrastructure through USD.AI

The move links PayPal’s dollar-pegged token to onchain funding for GPUs and data centers, supported by a $1 billion customer incentive program.

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Policy

Most Influential: Dennis Porter

When it seemed like many of the states came up with the same bitcoin reserve idea at the same time, a campaign driven by Porter deserves some credit for that tide.

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Finance

Most Influential: Javier Pérez-Tasso

Pérez-Tasso brought Swift into the blockchain age.

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Finance

Most Influential: Gilles Roth

Led by Finance Minister Gilles Roth, Luxembourg in the second half of 2025 became the first of the 20-member eurozone to invest in bitcoin.

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Tech

Most Influential: Sam Altman

OpenAI founder Sam Altman brought artificial intelligence into every corner of people’s lives this year, from the way they work to the way they play. AI has already radically transformed the crypto ecosystem in both good ways and bad, guiding trading decisions, aiding developers, and making hackers more efficient.

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Finance

Most Influential: Will and Dan Roberts

The co-founders and co-CEOs of IREN Limited have transformed the bitcoin mining firm into an AI infrastructure powerhouse.

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Markets

Bitcoin treasury firm KindlyMD puts share buyback program in place

The continued plunge in NAKA's share price has left the company valued at a steep decline to the value of its bitcoin holdings.

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Markets

Trump Media stock surges 25% on merger agreement with nuclear fusion firm TAE Technologies

Trump Media and Technology Group has more than 11,500 bitcoin on its balance sheet worth roughly $1 billion at current prices.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

CoinDesk Indices

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Uniswap Surges 8.4% as All Index Constituents Rise

Ethereum (ETH) joined Uniswap (UNI) as a top performer, gaining 3.8% from Wednesday.

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Opinion

The UAE Isn’t Just Regulating Tokenization — It’s Building Its Economy Around It

As other jurisdictions stall in regulatory debate, the UAE is institutionalizing tokenization, moving it to the core of its economic infrastructure, according to MidChains CEO.

Dubai UAE (Pexels, Pixabay)

Markets

U.S. inflation data surprises, with CPI higher by just 2.7% in November

Bitcoin rose above $88,000 on the pleasing news as forecasts had been for inflation to continue to run above 3%.

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