Grayscale Files for Bittensor Spot ETF Under GTAO
Grayscale Investments filed an S-1 to convert the Grayscale Bittensor Trust into a spot ETF that would trade on NYSE Arca under the ticker GTAO. The filing, submitted around December 30, 2025, is designed to make TAO easier to access for both institutions and retail investors, pending SEC approval.
Analysts Say Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Gold And Silver To Slow Down Amid Market Divergence
Analysts argue Bitcoin’s trajectory is increasingly diverging from the precious-metals rally, challenging the assumption that “stores of value” move in sync. Bitcoin is described as down roughly 30% from its October peak while gold and silver delivered outsized year-to-date gains, forcing traders and treasuries to rethink correlation-based allocation and risk models.
Russia, US Discuss Bitcoin Mining at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow and Washington have discussed joint management of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), with the United States reportedly interested in using the site’s output for Bitcoin mining. The narrative frames Bitcoin mining as the focal use case, linking energy supply constraints with digital-asset demand.
Recent Bitcoin Miner Capitulation May Signal Bottom is Near
VanEck thinks the latest dip in Bitcoin’s hashrate could be telling a familiar story: miners are getting squeezed, some are switching off machines, and that kind of stress has often shown up near local bottoms. Their core point is that a 4% one-month hashrate drop—the biggest monthly pullback since April 2024—looks like miner capitulation rather […]
Clarity Act delays led to $952M in crypto fund outflows: CoinShares
The U.S. legislative slowdown tied to the Clarity Act coincided with a $952 million weekly withdrawal from digital-asset investment products ending December 22, 2025, according to CoinShares. The report frames the move as a policy-driven risk-off shift that immediately tightened institutional risk budgets and redirected capital flows.
Polymarket shows stronger retention than most DeFi, wallets and exchanges
Polymarket is spotlighting a retention gap that many crypto teams prefer not to benchmark. While attracting new users is not always the bottleneck, keeping them active after month one is harder. Retention data compiled by analytics company Dune and market maker Keyrock tracked monthly cohorts of new active users and measured how many returned to […]
Binance Rejects Accusations of Lagging Cooperation Over Upbit Hack
Binance has publicly rejected claims that it delayed its response in the Upbit hack case, insisting its actions were both timely and appropriate despite limited external verification caused by technical errors during data retrieval. The dispute centers on whether Binance’s internal escalation procedures and transaction controls were activated quickly enough to meet market expectations for […]
Hollywood Director Found Guilty of $11M Netflix Scam, Funds Converted to Crypto
A Hollywood director was convicted for defrauding a streaming platform of $11 million and directing the proceeds into cryptocurrency, a development that raises immediate operational and security questions for corporate treasuries and custodians. The conviction and the fact that the stolen amount was converted into digital assets highlight gaps in permission transparency, treasury controls and […]
Norway Central Bank Says CBDC ‘Not Warranted,’ Citing Strong Payment System
Norway’s central bank has judged a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as “not warranted.” By citing the strength of the existing payment system, the decision reduces policy-driven pressure for payment-rail redesign and reframes near-term product priorities for wallets, dApps and institutional treasury flows.
Tajikistan Imposes Criminal Penalties for Crypto Miners Using Stolen Power
Tajikistan has moved to criminalize the use of stolen electricity for cryptocurrency mining, signaling a strict enforcement shift around December 2025. The measure, aimed at curbing significant grid losses, imposes large fines and multi‑year prison terms for crypto miners using stolen power.