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The digital asset sector is closing out a turbulent quarter marked by losses, strained market infrastructure and investor disappointment. Yet one corner of the market stood out: privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.According to Grayscale’s latest quarterly market summary, privacy emerged as an unexpected investment theme in the fourth quarter, with assets such as Zcash (ZEC) significantly outperforming the broader crypto market. Zcash’s price surged in the fourth quarter, rising from about $50 in mid-September to a peak near $700 by mid-November, CoinMarketCap data shows.The performance coincided with a sharp increase in Zcash’s use of shielded addresses, which conceal transaction details such as the sender,…

XRP (XRP) held above a key demand zone that has provided support for its price throughout 2025. Will holding this level and a reducing balance on exchanges trigger the start of a sustained recovery in 2026?Key takeaways:XRP supply on exchanges has dropped to an 8-year low, signalling reduced selling pressure.XRP price bulls look to establish strong support at $1.78 for the next leg up.XRP supply on exchanges fall to seven-year lowsAs Cointelegraph reported, there has been a sharp decrease in the XRP supply on exchanges over the last 60 days, according to data from Glassnode.Related: XRP price below $2: Negative…

Hot on the heels of its new $140 million Series D fundraising round, the multi-modal enterprise AI media creation platform fal.ai, known simply as "fal" or "Fal" is back with a year-end surprise: a faster, more efficient, and cheaper version of the Flux.2 [dev] open source image model from Black Forest Labs.Fal's new model FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo is a distilled, ultra-fast image generation model that’s already outperforming many of its larger rivals on public benchmarks, and is available now on Hugging Face, though very importantly: under a custom Black Forest non-commercial license. It’s not a full-stack image model in the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On Monday, December 29, 2025, Michael Saylor’s Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) announced its latest Bitcoin purchase. The company had acquired over $100 million worth of the digital asset again, keeping in line with its consistent buying over the years. While Strategy’s large Bitcoin buys have often been a cause for celebration in the crypto community, not everyone believes that this is a good strategy. Mainly, world-renowned economist Peter Schiff has blasted the move, highlighting its profits so far as subpar. Strategy’s Bitcoin Move Would Have Been Better With…

Strategy announced its latest Bitcoin purchase of 2025, adding 1,229 BTC after a year of accelerated accumulation that saw the company disclose more acquisitions than in the previous two years combined.According to a Form 8-K filed on Monday, the coins were acquired Dec. 22-28 for an aggregate purchase price of $108.8 million, funded through at-the-market stock sales. The purchase brings Strategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to 672,497 BTC (BTC) at an average purchase price of $74,997 per coin, according to the filing. It also ranks among the company’s smaller acquisitions this year. According to data from SaylorTracker.com, Strategy’s largest Bitcoin purchase…

Crime What began as sporadic cybercrime has turned into a highly industrialized revenue machine. In 2025, crypto-related hacking linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea crossed a new threshold, transforming digital asset theft into one of the regime’s most reliable financial pipelines.Data from Chainalysis, shared with TheBlock shows that North Korea-linked operators extracted more than $2.17 billion in crypto in just the first half of the year, already eclipsing the entirety of 2024. The pace and scale point to a system that is no longer opportunistic, but strategic. Key Takeaways North Korea-linked hackers stole over $2.17 billion in crypto…

The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the ledger, increased slightly to 148.2 trillion in the last adjustment of 2025 and is projected to rise again in January 2026.The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is projected to occur on Jan. 8, 2026, at block height 931,392 and is expected to raise the network mining difficulty to 149 trillion, according to CoinWarz.Average block times are about 9.95 minutes at the time of this writing, slightly below the 10-minute target, meaning that difficulty will likely increase to get block times closer to the target.…

Incoming liquidity from the US Federal Reserve and bullish technical breakouts are aligning to support a $1,000 price outlook for Zcash.Zcash’s (ZEC) price could be gearing up for a push toward its “first stop” target of $1,000, according to Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX.Key takeaways:ZEC has risen 40% since Arthur Hayes’ Dec. 19 liquidity call, with privacy narratives gaining momentum.Zcash charts still target $1,000 in the longer term, but a pullback toward $400 should not be ruled out. ZEC/USDT daily chart. Source: TradingViewZEC price pumps 40% after Hayes’ endorsementHayes’ bullish outlook for Zcash first appeared…

The Hacken 2025 Yearly Security Report puts total Web3 losses at about $3.95 billion, up roughly $1.1 billion from 2024, with just over half of that attributed to North Korean threat actors. A report shared with Cointelegraph shows losses peaked at more than $2 billion in the first quarter of the year before falling to around $350 million by Q4, but Hacken warns that the pattern still points to systemic operational risk rather than isolated coding bugs.The report frames 2025 as a year where the numbers worsened, but the underlying story became clear. Smart contract bugs matter, but the biggest,…

Flow Network halted after a $3.9M exploit triggered panic selling. South Korean exchanges flagged FLOW, raising delisting concerns. FLOW remains below key support, with bearish technical indicators. The Flow Network is facing one of its most challenging moments following a serious exploit that raised fresh concerns about the network’s security and governance. As the fallout continues to unfold, the pressure on FLOW has intensified, reflecting growing unease among market participants. Over the past 24 hours alone, the FLOW price has fallen by roughly 15.25% to around $0.10, extending losses to nearly 39% over the last week. The Flow exploit The…