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Coinbase has warned that a renewed push in Washington to restrict how stablecoins can reward users could weaken the United States’ position in digital payments at a time when China is actively upgrading its own state-backed digital currency to make it more attractive.Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase’s chief policy officer, raised the concern in a post on X, arguing that restrictions around rewards could reduce the appeal of dollar-backed stablecoins overseas. For those who misunderstand what’s at stake in the debate on offering rewards on US-issued stablecoins under the GENIUS Act, a sobering and timely announcement from the People’s Bank of China…

Russia has proposed a new draft bill seeking to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency miners in the country, following concerns from the finance minister about illegal mining activity.Russia’s Ministry of Justice has proposed imposing penalties of up to 1.5 million rubles (about $19,000) and up to two years of forced labor for illegal cryptocurrency mining, according to new draft amendments to the Criminal Code, published on Monday.For crypto mining activities involving outsized profits, the maximum sentence could reach up to five years in prison, 480 hours of forced labor, and a fine of up to 2.5 million rubles.Illegal cryptocurrency mining…

Crypto markets got more institutional and more regulated in 2025, but the familiar “altcoin season” many traders expected never fully arrived.Bitcoin (BTC) hit fresh highs earlier in the cycle, yet much of the rest of the market lagged. Bitcoin was down approximately 7% year-to-date after an early-October sell-off, while the total market capitalization of altcoins declined by more than 46% from its 2025 peak, according to TradingView data. BTC and others, year-to-date chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewEven so, a handful of tokens managed to outperform during a year defined by selective risk taking and heavy scrutiny. XRP (XRP) drew fresh momentum from…

Most breaches involved failures in customer due diligence and identity verification processes. The action coincides with reports of a potential majority acquisition by Mirae Asset. The case reinforces stricter regulatory expectations across South Korea’s crypto sector. South Korea’s year-end move against Korbit marks a decisive moment for the country’s digital asset industry, as regulators signal that gaps in compliance will carry real consequences. On December 31, the Financial Intelligence Unit closed an on-site investigation into one of the country’s longest-operating exchanges with a significant financial penalty and management-level sanctions. The action, based on findings from an October inspection, places renewed…

Key Takeaways KuCoin has introduced KIA, an AI assistant for its users. KIA helps users by providing market insights through a conversational AI interface. Share this article Global crypto exchange KuCoin announced today that it has completed the deployment of KIA, a crypto-native AI designed to simplify the crypto experience for users, enabling them to navigate the market more efficiently.KuCoin CEO BC Wong said in a statement that the company has always believed technology can empower people and change the world, and that KIA represents that vision. “By building our own crypto-native AI from the ground up, we are creating…

Bitcoin’s long-term holder cohort appears to have stopped net selling, according to multiple on-chain commentators, in a shift that could remove a key source of structural supply pressure heading into 2026. The change hinges on a supply-change read of long-term holders (coins held longer than six months), which had been negative for months but has now turned modestly positive, said on-chain analyst Darkfost. Is This The Bitcoin Bottom Signal? Darkfost argues that recent claims about long-term holders “selling more than ever” miss what the data is actually showing, especially when large, discrete exchange-related movements skew the picture. “On this chart,…

This year’s top semiconductor stories were mostly about the long and twisting trips a technology takes from idea (or even raw material) to commercial deployment. I’ve been at IEEE Spectrum long enough to have seen some of the early days of things that became commercial only this year.In chip-making that includes the production of the next evolution of transistor design—nanosheet transistors—and the arrival of nanoimprint lithography. In optoelectronics, it was the commercialization of optical fiber links that go directly into the processor package.Of course there were also great new technologies recently born, like growing diamond inside ICs to cool them.…

Prenetics Global Limited said it has ended its bitcoin purchasing program and will redirect its capital and strategic focus entirely toward IM8, its fast-growing consumer health and longevity brand co-founded with David Beckham. The Nasdaq-listed health sciences company said it ceased daily bitcoin purchases on Dec. 4, following approval from its board of directors, and will not pursue future acquisitions of the cryptocurrency.  Prenetics will retain its existing holdings of 510 bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset but has committed not to allocate any new or existing capital toward expanding that position. The move marks a clear shift away from…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On Monday, Bitcoin set its course to reach the $90,000 price mark once again, but this move was brief as the flagship asset quickly lost the level and experienced a pullback. Despite the fluctuating price action, selling pressure seems to have reduced, and accumulation is gradually gaining traction. Selling Pressure From Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Eases Even with ongoing heightened volatility hampering the Bitcoin price movement, bullish sentiment is returning among veteran investors or long-term holders. These key investors seem to be shifting gears again a report shows…

Async Payjoin is the best hope for strong privacy in Bitcoin. Modeled after HTTPS, which enabled secure payments for the web, the Payjoin foundation has been quietly building up this privacy toolkit, which must be adopted by a large number of Bitcoin wallets, to deliver privacy at scale.  Modeled after the Bitcoin and Lightning dev kits — which have become quite popular among wallet developers — and built with the same cryptographic primitives already in Bitcoin core, such that it can be easily integrated into the main Bitcoin implementation, Async Payjoin is designed from the bottom up for mass adoption.  Following in…