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Hong Kong plans to complete proposals to regulate virtual asset dealers and custodians and introduce the rules to the city’s Legislative Council in 2026, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said Wednesday.The proposals, developed after a two-month public consultation that drew more than 190 responses, are intended to create a licensing framework for virtual asset dealing and custodial services. The rules will fall under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance and mirror existing requirements for securities dealing. Hong Kong’s government is developing a regulatory environment to encourage the development of…

The year opened with a sitting president launching his own token three days before inauguration and closed with researchers proving that one of the year’s “comeback stories” was controlled by a few dozen wallets.Between those bookends, 2025 turned memecoins from niche absurdity into crypto’s most visible, and most embarrassing, corner. A sovereign leader rugpulled his citizens on Valentine’s Day, an AI chatbot’s fart jokes spawned a billion-dollar token, Dogecoin got two regulated ETFs, and the platform that minted 9.4 million tokens became the year’s de facto casino.What made these ten tokens iconic wasn’t quality or innovation, but their capacity to…

In 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) experienced an unprecedented increase in cryptocurrency-related filings, largely driven by the evolving landscape of Bitcoin and enhanced regulatory clarity. This development matters because it signals growing institutional engagement with digital assets, suggesting a shift towards mainstream acceptance. The surge was largely attributed to new legislative measures that clarified operational guidelines for participants in the market, according to a recent SEC report. The SEC’s report highlighted a marked increase in applications for Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other crypto-related products. This rise followed legislative initiatives that introduced a clearer regulatory framework, thereby…

By checking the past five years of bitcoin BTC$87,736.43 CME futures trading data, it is possible to assess where that crypto has historically spent time consolidating and, by extension, where support has been more or less established. One useful way to frame this is by examining the number of trading days bitcoin has spent within specific price bands. The more time price has spent in a given range, the more opportunity there has been for positions to be built, which can later translate into stronger support.Data from Investing.com shows clear disparities across price ranges. Excluding the very brief time bitcoin…

The ongoing Bitcoin price play out leading into a bear market is now one of the most pressing questions in the crypto industry. Right now, Bitcoin is trading between $87,700 and $88,000, which is a 30% drop from the all-time high it reached in October 2025.  Price action alone often leaves room for debate, but on-chain data is beginning to offer clearer guidance. Notably, analysis from CryptoQuant shows that Bitcoin’s internal market structure is shifting in a way that aligns more closely with early-stage bear market conditions. BCMI Drops Below Equilibrium The important bear market signal is from Bitcoin’s Combined…

Bitcoin is trading sideways near $88,000, with market sentiment turning more cautious after the recent rally. Despite the consolidation, institutional optimism remains strong. Citigroup (Citi) released a new outlook on Wednesday, raising its 12-month base-case price target for Bitcoin to $143,000, while outlining a bullish scenario that could see BTC reach as high as $189,000. LATEST: Citi analysts put Bitcoin’s 12-month price base case at $143,000, driven by anticipated ETF interest and regulatory clarity, with a bullish scenario of $189,000 and a bearish one of $78,500. pic.twitter.com/jAukEDkXQe — CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) December 20, 2025 Rather than attempting to pinpoint exact price…

Hyperliquid price gained to above $25 as buyers piled into the HYPE token. Lookonchain shared details of two whales adding to their Hyperliquid positions. Lookonchain noted that the large investors had deposited $5 million in USDC into Hyperliquid to purchase more HYPE tokens. Bitcoin’s rally toward $90,000 on Monday drew widespread market attention, but Hyperliquid also stood out among assets posting notable gains. The decentralised perpetuals trading platform’s native token, HYPE, rose nearly 5% as it moved back above the $25 level. The advance followed a large whale transaction earlier in the session, alongside on-chain data indicating continued accumulation by…

Tokenized US Treasurys have emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of the real-world asset (RWA) market, with data pointing to 50x growth in less than two years amid rising institutional demand for on-chain yield.Data from Token Terminal shows that the combined market capitalization of tokenized US Treasury products has exploded from well under $200 million in January 2024 to almost $7 billion in late 2025. The growth underscores the rapid acceleration of onchain adoption for government-backed debt instruments. Source: Token TerminalAt the center of this expansion is BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), which is widely regarded as…

Hedera has managed a short-term bounce after hitting a local low on December 19. Since then, the HBAR price has been up about 11% at press time. But that move alone does not change the broader picture. HBAR is still down nearly 50% over the past three months and remains weak over the last seven days.The problem is not price alone. The bigger concern is capital behavior. While the price bounced, the data underneath shows stress building. Unless one unlikely ally steps in, this move risks turning into a bull trap.Sponsored Capital Flow Is Weakening as Breakdown Risk BuildsThe first…

Crypto bulls are again watching from the sidelines as the debasement trade continues and risk assets generally move broadly higher during the U.S. trading session.The standout performer on Monday is gold, which has surged 2% to a new record high of $4,475 per ounce. Silver is higher by 1.6% and earlier hit its own fresh record at just below $70 per ounce.Just after the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each ahead by 0.6% and the U.S. dollar index is lower by 0.3%.After racing above $90,000 during the Asian/European trading sessions, bitcoin BTC$88,830.11 has…