Crypto Market News Today (December 22): Bitcoin Price to Reclaim $100K Before Year-End? Uniswap Hits Record Users
Monday, 22 December, three days before Christmas, and just nine days until the year comes to a close. Significant volatility in crypto is expected over the remainder of December, as Bitcoin climbed +1.4% overnight and began the week trading back at $89,000. Analysts
Ethereum’s 2026 ‘Hegota’ Upgrade Targets State Bloat and Fees
Ethereum developers officially confirmed the next big 2026 upgrade name: Hegota, which will follow the planned Glamsterdam hard fork. ETH traded largely range-bound on the day of the news, as traders focused more on macro signals and BTC dominance than long-range technical plans.
Hoskinson Slams Trump in ADA ‘Crypto Reserve’ Move: Why It’s Not All Good News
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, called Donald Trump’s new crypto reserve plans “frustrating” after the president’s team listed ADA as part of a proposed US “Crypto Strategic Reserve.” ADA barely moved on the news, trading in line with a flat large-cap market,
Ethereum Leverage Hits Record Highs: Why Your ETH Now Sits on a Time Bomb
Ethereum traders, holders, maxis, just cranked their risk to the max as the leverage ratio on major exchanges hit fresh records, making the market hypersensitive to even small price moves. ETH still trades with heavy derivatives activity while spot buyers watch from the
Will 2026 See Stablecoin and Rate Cut Supercycle or Is Crypto in a Bear Market?
Is crypto in a bear market? Is the four-year cycle broken? Will Bitcoin reclaim $100,000 before year-end? Could 2026 bring about a supercycle? These are all questions being asked by traders and investors as we close out the year, following an ongoing period
Crypto Market News Today, December 19: BOJ Hikes Rates, Bitcoin Steady as Ethereum Bounces
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) finally pulled the trigger, and as usual, the Bitcoin angle shows up in market conversations. The central bank raised its benchmark rate to 0.75%, a level Japan hasn’t seen since 1995. That sounds dramatic, but the size of
CME Adds XRP and Solana Futures That Trade Like Spot – Why It Matters
CME Group expanded its crypto lineup again, this time with new “spot-quoted” futures for XRP crypto and Solana (SOL) that trade in much smaller sizes and track real-time prices more closely. XRP USD and SOL USD prices barely reacted on the day, but
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[LIVE] Crypto News Today, December 18 – Bitcoin Price Holds $85K Support as PIPPIN Leads Meme Coin and AI Sector: Next 100x Crypto?
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Crypto Market News Today, December 18: Bitcoin Needs to Defend Its Last Price Line, Ethereum Lags, XRP Crypto ETFs Flows Green
The crypto market is moving in a way we don’t expect, as we focus on the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and steady inflows into XRP ETFs. Bitcoin is trading just above $86,000, while Ethereum price slipped under $2,900 after a sharp pullback
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Why Did BTC Trigger Back-to-Back Short and Long Squeezes in a Single Session?
On December 17, Bitcoin saw a sharp and chaotic two-hour stretch that sent prices violently higher and lower within a short window. The move began with a fast rally, then flipped just as quickly into a steep drop. Both sides of the market
