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South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has reportedly proposed limiting major shareholders of cryptocurrency exchanges to 15-20% ownership stakes, a regulatory bombshell dropped on December 30-31 that is now casting a long shadow over the industry’s outlook for 2026.The proposal would force the founders and controlling shareholders of Korea’s top five exchanges to divest significant portions of their holdings.Sponsored SponsoredA New Year Clouded by UncertaintyThe timing of the announcement—just days before the new year—has left industry participants scrambling to assess the implications. A local media outlet first broke the story on December 30, which was subsequently covered by major financial…

MEET48 and Messari Publish Research Report on the Comprehensive Overview of MEET48 – Chainwire HomeNewsroomMEET48 and Messari Publish Research Report on the Comprehensive Overview of MEET48 🎄 Check out Chainwire’s Special Holidays Package, including The Block, Decrypt, Bitcoin.com and more! 🎄 Thank you for submitting the form X We use cookies to make Chainwire’s website a better experience. Cookies help us provide a more personalized experience and relevant advertising for you, and web analytics for us. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The anticipated Christmas event has offered fans heartwarming messages, celebratory joy, and exciting sports moments, with many celebrities and teams sharing warm wishes and gratitude. The crypto and non-fungible token communities have also found it fun, with some leveraging the blockchain tech to gift their families and friends. In response to this festive hype, the number of investors buying non-fungible token collections has increased, jumping by over 27% from the past week. NFT Buyers Rise +20% This Week Data compiled by cryptoslam.io, an on-chain crypto and non-fungible…

AMLBot data shows USDT issuer Tether’s freezes were roughly 30 times larger than USDC by value and address count. A new on-chain study published by the AMLBot team shows that Tether has frozen more than $3.29 billion in USDT across the Ethereum and Tron blockchains between 2023 and 2025, blacklisting 7,268 addresses in the process. The findings highlighted a sharp contrast with Circle’s USDC, which froze $109 million across just 372 addresses during the same period, pointing to two very different enforcement philosophies shaping the stablecoin market. Two Distinct Paths for Stablecoin Policing AMLBot’s data, shared this month alongside an…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, which in turn pressures policymakers to maintain fiscal discipline and helps preserve the US dollar’s dominance.“[Bitcoin] provides a check and balance on the dollar in the sense of if there’s too much deficit spending or inflation in the US, people will flee to Bitcoin in times of uncertainty,” Armstrong argued in an interview on Tetragrammation with Rick Rubin on Thursday.“It might be okay to have 2-3% inflation if the economy is growing at 2-3% but if inflation outstrips the growth of the economy, you’ll eventually lose…

The Solana price is down about 12% over the past 30 days. As 2026 approaches, the chart shows a mix of bullish and bearish signals.Some indicators suggest a bounce in January, but others indicate that pressure could persist if momentum fails to materialize.History Leans Bullish, But ETF Flows And Expert Views SplitJanuary has been a strong month for Solana. The average return sits near 59%, with median gains around 22%. The pattern sharpens when December ends red. Sponsored SponsoredIn 2022, SOL fell 29.6% in December, and in January 2023, SOL rallied 140%. In December 2024, SOL dropped 20.5%, and in…

Lawrence Jengar Dec 29, 2025 03:34 HTX Growth Academy examines structural shifts in the 2025 crypto market, highlighting institutional influence, stablecoins, RWAs, and regulatory normalization, setting the stage for 2026. The HTX Growth Academy has provided a comprehensive analysis of the critical changes that occurred in the crypto market throughout 2025 and what these might mean for 2026. According to HTX, the most significant shift was not in crypto prices, but rather in the market’s underlying structure. Institutional Capital Reshapes Market Dynamics During 2025, the crypto market witnessed a pivotal transition as institutional investors became the marginal buyers, marking a…

A widening gap between VC pricing and public market caps signals a reset after narrative-driven optimism cooled. Crypto venture capital firms poured billions into early-stage tokens during 2025’s risk-on rebound, but many of those bets are now trading far below their headline fundraising values. The growing gap between private funding numbers and public market caps highlights a market reset after narrative-driven optimism cooled. Data recently shared by CryptoRank shows dozens of well-funded projects losing hundreds of millions, and in some cases nearly all, of their implied value once tokens reached open markets, raising fresh questions about pricing discipline during bull…

Key NotesThe U.S.proposes joint management operations of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant for Bitcoin mining.The proposal is a part of the ongoing peace negotiations in the almost four-year-long Russia and Ukraine.The Bitcoin mining sector is gaining attention globally from countries like the U.S., France, and China. . The U.S. has expressed interest in using the disputed Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) for BTC $87 514 24h volatility: 0.0% Market cap: $1.75 T Vol. 24h: $16.92 B mining. This proposed move by the U.S. is part of the ongoing peace negotiation deal in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The U.S. Moves to Expand…

Kraken reportedly aims to list its shares on a US stock exchange as early as Q1 2026, joining Coinbase, Gemini, and Bullish on public markets. While Bitcoin and major altcoins trade sideways, money continues to flow into crypto equities and mergers, with $8.6 billion in crypto M&A deals recorded in 2025. This shift suggests that while token prices are cooling off, the business side of crypto is heating up again. (Source – CoinGecko, Kraken) While the Q1 2026 window is the goal for the Kraken IPO, the real story is in the private books. Kraken is reportedly finalizing a $500…