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🚨 Ethereum Foundation prioritizes security, targets 128-bit rule by 2026. Ethereum's security focus may enhance blockchain reliability, fostering trust and potentially increasing adoption across decentralized applications.

📉 Crypto market ‘isn’t scared enough’ to call a bottom yet: Santiment. Social media sentiment indicates Bitcoin is in a range where a drop below $75,000 is possible, according to Santiment founder Maksim Balashevich.

💎 Marshall Islands Test Crypto for Universal Basic Income as Cash and Banks Fall Short. The Marshall Islands recently used Stellar to pay universal basic income, testing whether crypto can stand in for basic banking

⚡ Sell Bitcoin for gold? Not so fast, one analyst says. Bitcoin's fundamental properties make it a better long-term bet than gold, according to Bitcoin maximalist and analyst Matthew Kratter.

📈 Bitcoin's apparent demand shrinks, signals new bear market: Analysts. Multiple factors, including ETF outflows, contracting demand, and price falling below key support levels, indicate the start of a BTC bear market.

🔥 Blockchain and no-code tools challenge AWS' dominance: Crypto exec. Crypto and Web3 projects market themselves as decentralized but still rely on centralized cloud infrastructure to power applications.

📈 The 7 Largest Publicly Traded Ethereum Treasury Firms. Publicly traded firms are now stacking Ethereum, pulling in billions of dollars of ETH. These are the largest holders.

📉 Ethereum ETFs extend 7-day outflow streak as ETH stalls below $3,000. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $75.89 million in net outflows on December 19, extending the losing streak to seven consecutive trading days.

🚨 What BitMine’s 4M ETH holdings mean for its stock valuation. BitMine’s growing Ether holdings are reshaping how investors assess the company’s balance sheet, risk exposure and equity valuation.

🚀 Crypto Industry Must Make Progress Before Trump Leaves Office: Etherealize Co-Founder. President Trump is leading the crypto charge in Washington, but the industry could face backlash once he leaves office, Etherealize co-founder Danny Ryan told Decrypt.

📈 Bitcoin RSI nears three-year lows vs. gold as analyst sees bullish comeback. Bitcoin reached significant multiyear support versus gold as commentary diverged over a breakdown and the start of a new bear market.

📈 Arthur Hayes says Fed’s RMP is ‘QE in disguise,’ sees Bitcoin reclaiming $124K. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes called the Federal Reserve’s Reserve Management Purchases (RMP) program “QE in disguise,” predicting renewed liquidity will drive Bitcoin higher.

📈 XRP ETFs see steady inflows as total assets hit $1.2B. XRP ETFs' growth highlights potential for diversification in crypto investments, but market volatility and Bitcoin's dominance pose challenges.

📉 Bitcoin Has Entered a Bear Market, Say Analysts—Here's Why. As Bitcoin continues to languish below the $90,000 mark, CryptoQuant analysts are ready to call it: BTC has entered a bear market.

📉 Crypto VC Funding: RedotPay leads with $107m, Fuse bags $70m. The week of December 14-20, 2025, recorded $335.1 million in crypto VC funding across 18 projects. As per the data, RedotPay’s $107 million Series B round led a year-end funding period.

📉 Fundstrat’s circulating 2026 crypto outlook warns of pullback, contrasting Tom Lee. A circulating report attributed to Fundstrat warns of a potential crypto drawdown in early 2026, setting downside targets for Bitcoin, Ether and Solana.

🚨 Adam Back slams Bitcoiner VC for ‘uninformed noise’ about quantum risk. Blockstream CEO Adam Back said that Castle Island Ventures founding partner Nic Carter is “not helping” the ongoing quantum-Bitcoin narrative for Bitcoiners.

📈 NFT sales rise 12% to $67.7M, Ethereum sales spike 45%. According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume has climbed by 12.03% to $67.76 million, up from last week’s $64.95 million.

💎 Fidelity’s director predicts Bitcoin will enter bear market in 2026, bottoming near $65K. The post Fidelity’s director predicts Bitcoin will enter bear market in 2026, bottoming near $65K appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

📉 Bank of Japan rate hike to 0.75% tests global funding structures, Bitcoin stability. CryptoQuant data shows American investors sold Bitcoin following the Bank of Japan's interest rate announcement.