Bybit Private Wealth Management Delivered 20% Returns Amid A Challenging 2025
Bybit’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) said its top-performing fund delivered a 20.30% APR in 2025, with the result attributed to a strategic pivot away from directional trading and toward yield-focused, risk-managed exposure. In a year marked by central-bank tightening, regulatory uncertainty, and fragmented liquidity, the headline message is that process and positioning mattered more than […]
Ripple Rules Out IPO Despite $40B Valuation and Wall Street Backing
Ripple says it is not planning an initial public offering, even after reaching a $40 billion private valuation and attracting significant interest from traditional finance. The company frames staying private as a deliberate choice, supported by fresh capital and a more stable regulatory backdrop.
Altcoins Hold ‘Crucial’ Support, Setting Stage for a Large Upswing, Analyst Says
Altcoins held a key technical floor through early January, and that resilience has started to shift positioning from defensive selling to early-stage accumulation. The core message is that buyers have been willing to step in at support, and the market has so far absorbed supply without a breakdown.
Pakistan Could Be A Crypto Leader In 5 Years At Current Pace: CZ
Pakistan could move into a top-tier position in global crypto within the next five years, Changpeng Zhao projected, pointing to adoption scale and recent policy momentum. The claim is anchored in Pakistan’s reported No. 3 global adoption rank and a large estimated user base that already makes it a meaningful market participant.
LIT Token: Lighter Launches Native Token With 25% Airdrop And 50/50 Supply Split
Lighter launched its native LIT token on December 30, 2025, pairing an immediate market listing with a 25% airdrop that was fully unlocked at launch. LIT entered trading with no lock on the airdropped supply, making early liquidity and price discovery an instant stress test for the token’s design.
Silver Overtakes Bitcoin On Volatility As Year-End Trading Thins
Silver has taken the volatility crown from Bitcoin as year-end liquidity thins, with 30-day realized volatility for silver jumping into the mid-50s while Bitcoin’s compressed to the mid-40s. This split suggests macro risk is being expressed more aggressively in metals right now, while crypto flows remain comparatively range-bound.
AI-era Internet: Can Blockchain Prove What’s Real Anymore?
Blockchain can no longer be positioned as a unilateral arbiter of truth in an AI-era internet; instead, it operates as a verifiable ledger that raises the cost of deception by proving digital origin and integrity. The practical debate is now about how provenance standards, cryptographic anchors, and AI-driven detection tools can interoperate to deliver assurances […]
40% of Ethereum Supply Slips Into Loss as Whales Take Opposing Positions
Around 40% of circulating Ethereum is now trading below holders’ purchase price, creating a clear stress point for traders, market makers, and institutional treasuries. With a large share of supply sitting in unrealized loss, near-term decision-making is increasingly driven by liquidity constraints and positioning rather than purely long-run fundamentals.
AAVE Price Slides 10% as DAO Governance Dispute Triggers Sell-Off
AAVE fell roughly 10%–12% to trade near $160 after a governance clash between the Aave DAO and Aave Labs triggered a concentrated sell-off, pushing the dispute into a Snapshot vote that requires 320,000 YAE votes and an 80,000-vote margin to pass. The price move framed the governance fight as an immediate capital-markets event rather than […]
Zcash Price Stalls as Arthur Hayes Backs Its Privacy Model
Zcash’s price remains range-bound even as former exchange executive Arthur Hayes publicly champions the asset’s privacy model, leaving market participants without a clear directional catalyst. The current holding pattern reflects a disconnect between Zcash’s advanced cryptography and the limited on-chain adoption of its shielded features, creating uncertainty for traders and institutional treasuries.