Crypto Market News Today, December 31: 2025 Retrospectives on Bitcoin Prices, Ethereum, and Major Altcoins
They say a month in crypto feels like a year if you’re deep in it, and this 2025 felt like a twelve-year speedrun. Narratives flipped weekly, conviction trades got punished, and even some of the best of us were humbled at least once.
Solana ETF Inflows Surge as SOL Faces Crucial $118 Support Level
Solana (SOL), a layer-1 blockchain known for its speed and low transaction costs, pulled in $2.93 million of fresh money through spot ETFs even as Bitcoin and Ethereum funds saw investors step back from risk. SOL traded around $123.95 with a small daily
Bitcoin Retreats Below $90,000 as Oil Prices Climb and Macro Pressure Builds
Bitcoin slipped back toward $86,800 after briefly reclaiming $90,000, while oil prices climbed and gold sold off in a sharp cross‑market move. That mix matters because it tightens financial conditions and makes life harder for risk assets like Bitcoin. In plain English: energy
Grayscale GTAO ETP Brings Bittensor TAO to NYSE Arca: What Investors Need to Know
Grayscale filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) for Bittensor’s TAO token on NYSE Arca under the ticker GTAO. TAO traded around $222 at the time of the filing, after a strong year of AI‑crypto
Metaplanet Resumes Bitcoin Buying Spree With Major Q4 Bitcoin Purchase: Strategy Faces Stock Slump
Japan’s Metaplanet reignited its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy, announcing a major Q4 purchase that boosts its holdings on 30 December 2025. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor’s Strategy continues funding Bitcoin buys through share sales, but its stock hits fresh lows amid market pressures. Metaplanet’s latest
Standard Chartered’s $8 XRP Call: Bullish Signal or Hype Risk?
Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research, Geoffrey Kendrick, just raised his XRP price target to $8 by 2026, implying a +330% jump from its recent $1.86 price. XRP USD barely moved on the headline, which shows that many traders still treat bank
Eric Adams Crypto: Former NYC Mayor Will Fight Antisemitism With Bitcoin
Outgoing New York City mayor Eric Adams is not easing quietly into private life. In one of his final public appearances, Adams said his next chapter will include using cryptocurrency as a tool to combat antisemitism, violence, and educational inequality. It was a
Viral ‘Bank Blowup’ Silver Price Rumor Hides $675M Margin Squeeze
A viral post claiming a “major US bank blew up” on a silver trade sent finance X into meltdown, but the real story sits in a boring notice from the CME. As the silver price spiked toward $72 while Bitcoin chopped sideways, a
Tom Lee’s BitMine Aggressively Adds 44k Ethereum, Now Controls 3.4% of Total Supply
Name one single good thing that Ethereum does. *crickets*. Well, regardless that hasn’t stopped the Ethereum Grayscale price from some positive news heading into 2026. Bitmine Immersion Technologies is swallowing the .cwp-coin-chart svg path { stroke-width: 0.65 !important; } .cwp-coin-widget-container .cwp-graph-container.positive svg path:nth-of-type(2) {
Crypto Market News Today, December 30: Bitcoin Price Struggles To Bounce as Year Ends | Expecting 2026, What’s Next?
Bitcoin is almost ending the year with chaotic and frustrating price actions. It now hovers at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president, a gap that is sending BTC lower on a year-to-year basis for the 3rd time. Right
