Denis Omelchenko

Hackers linked to the government of North Korea largely avoided using DeFi lending protocols to swap and obscure stolen cryptocurrency in 2025, even as they laundered record volumes.

Tokenholders denied a proposal to allocate 17.4 million CRV tokens to Curve’s core development firm.

Brian Armstrong responds to community feedback about the Base App, which now blends finance and social features.

Most Top 10 cryptocurrencies are in the red, with Bitcoin and Ethereum posting the largest losses.

Top altcoins remain under pressure amid muted ETF flows and thin liquidity.

In just a year, tokenized real-world assets have gone from an idea to billions in on-chain liquidity, shaking up traditional finance.

From payrolls to real estate, stablecoins were among the few crypto sectors that kept growing throughout the year.

Cryptocurrency markets are mostly flat or slightly down on Friday, Dec. 26, with Bitcoin briefly climbing back above the $89,000 level before retracing in slow post-holiday trading. Most major altcoins are slightly in the red over the past 24 hours, pushing the total crypto market capitalization down by 1.4% to $3.01 trillion.

Crypto wallet Trust Wallet confirmed early morning on Friday, Dec. 26 that approximately $7 million in customer funds were lost in an exploit. The hack has been tied to a bad update of the wallet’s Chrome browser extension after users reported losing funds in what appears to be a supply-chain attack.

Prediction marketplace Kalshi saw its spot volumes hit a new record for the week ending on Dec. 21, notably surpassing its main rival Polymarket’s activity.