December 31, 2025 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trueflation, an alternative measure of inflation that differs from what the Federal government may publish, states that the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE )is now below 1.9%, significantly lower than the US Federal Reserve’s target of 2% and well below the US Bureau of Labor Statistics… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic has partnered with Obsidiam, a Costa Rica based stablecoin services provider, and its Swiss sister company, Volcanic Glass, to enhance compliance and transparency in cross-border payments. The partnership will now aim to support Obsidiam’s mission to help build Latin America’s on-chain economy by providing “regulated,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto market infrastructure legislation is expected to move to market next month. First reported by CryptoinAmerica, the Senate Banking Committee has selected January 15th as the date members will determine the language of the bill. The CLARITY Act was passed by the US House of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Bulgaria is the latest European country to adopt the Euro as its currency. In July 2025, EU Finance Ministers formally approved Bulgaria to adopt the Euro. The Euro became official on January 1, 1999, as an “invisible” currency in 11 countries, with physical euro notes… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group, a firm focused on enabling blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, announced that the alternative trading system (ATS) operated by its broker-dealer subsidiary can now facilitate the trading of crypto asset securities that are directly custodied on-chain by customers in their own self-hosted wallets. Transactions in those… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

D3VC.ai has shared an update on Fund I’s performance over the past 18 months. Launched in July 2024, the Fund seeks to identify early-stage private firms leveraging artificial intelligence and data to find promising investors. The group was founded by crowdfunding OG Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital (NASDAQ: GLXY) noted in their blog post focused on year-end predictions that, somewhat anticlimactically, Bitcoin (BTC) now looks set to end 2025 at roughly the same price level where it started. Actually, the flagship cryptocurrency is down from around $94,000 from end of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As 2025 now finally concludes with unprecedented revenue for the AI-focused semiconductor sector, industry analysts anticipate even stronger performance in 2026, fueled by a relentless appetite for processors essential to artificial intelligence advancements. Major chipmakers collectively surpassed $400 billion in sales this year—the highest on… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 10:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Our final Web3 Thoughts of the Week for 2025 looks ahead to how tokenization, stablecoins, RWAs, AI, DeFi, and politics will shape 2026. Tokenized real-world assets and stablecoins “As usual, most attention within the crypto sector is being paid to the price of Bitcoin, which… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prenetics Global Limited (NASDAQ: PRE), a health sciences company whose wellness brand IM8 is co-founded with soccer icon David Beckham, has abandoned its Bitcoin accumulation strategy just months after raising significant capital partly for that purpose. In a December 30, 2025, announcement, the Nasdaq-listed firm… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ownera and LayerZero announced a partnership to connect their platforms to enable cross-chain solutions for institutional tokenization. The collaboration integrates LayerZero’s interoperability protocol – which “connects 160+ blockchains and has facilitated over $200 billion in value transfer since inception” – with Ownera’s Router and SuperApps… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swisstronik is now a VQF member. The company has shared a key end of year update explaining what this means for Web3 compliance and its overall business operations heading into 2026. Swisstronik noted in a blog post that it has now officially joined the VQF,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the year 2025 finally draws to a close, UK’s ThinCats says that is an opportune moment to carefully reflect on what they claim to have achieved together, along with their customers, introducers and colleagues, and how they now continue to support the growth of… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has released the Hack3D: The Skynet Web3 Security Report for 2025, a data-driven examination of Web3 security trends, key vulnerabilities, as well as threat intelligence across the Web3 space. CertiK’s Skynet Hack3D reports offer deep dives into the different exploits and major trends that… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to capitalize on the growing interest in digital assets, cryptocurrency investment firm Bitwise has submitted proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 11 different exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The filings, made via an N-1A form on Tuesday, aim to introduce… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant recent move to conclude its long-standing withdrawal from the Russian market, Citigroup (NYSE: C) has reportedly received board approval to divest its last operational entity there, AO Citibank, to Moscow-based investment bank Renaissance Capital. This decision, announced on December 29, 2025, marks… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 9:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Arrel has announced the availability of a set of DAPL (digital asset platform) APIs for remittance operators. The APIs allow operators to configure infrastructure modules individually, deploy them as required, and scale usage in line with transaction volume. The APIs are intended for regulated and… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A whitepaper from Juniper Research, entitled, Unlocking the Next Stage of Growth for Modern Card Issuing Platforms, examines various trends that are now said to be shaping the modern card issuing ecosystem, and the ways in which modern card issuing platforms are able to capture… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Meta (NASDAQ:META) has acquired artificial intelligence firm Manus. The Singapore-based firm is developing autonomous AI agents, and the deal has been valued at between $2 to $3 billion. Manus’s tech is said to be able to execute complex tasks such as booking flights and conducting… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong’s digital banking service provider, Mox Bank, has solidified its position as a fintech powerhouse in 2025, now serving 750,000 customers—representing an impressive 12% of the city’s bankable population. As shared by CEO Barbaros Uygun, the year has been defined by robust expansion across… Read More