Bitcoin has had such a historic year! Nearly 16 years after its network debuted, cryptocurrency solidified its status as a mainstream financial instrument with the approval of 11 exchange-traded funds in January. The ETFs’ launch marked one of the most successful debuts in history thanks to institutional demand, with Bitcoin-focused funds attracting over $113.5 billion by the…

The European Union’s cryptocurrency regulations are set to take full effect in just a matter of days, but there’s still a significant amount of uncertainty on Tether’s USDt stablecoin. United States crypto exchange Coinbase delisted Tether’s USDt in mid-December, citing compliance with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). After Coinbase’s USDT delisting, the stablecoin has continued trading across…

Continued adoption of stablecoins and cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will propel digital asset performance in 2025, according to a Dec. 26 Citi research report. Crypto ETF inflows, onchain activity and stablecoin usage all spiked after President-elect Donald Trump won the United States presidential election in November, and those metrics remain elevated going into the new…

The final regulations classifying several decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols as brokers have sparked immediate backlash within the crypto industry, with calls for the incoming Congress to overturn the new rules. Disclosed on Dec. 27 by the US Internal Revenue Service, the new regulations treat front-end protocols facilitating digital asset transactions as brokers, requiring Know Your Customer disclosures…