Social engineering cost crypto billions in 2025: How to protect yourself
Crypto hackers took social engineering to a whole other level this year, and advances in artificial intelligence mean scams are about to get even harder to detect.
Crypto mergers and acquisitions hit record $8.6B in 2025: FT
The number of crypto deals reportedly skyrocketed this year and hit a record total value of $8.6 billion, led by Coinbase’s record-breaking acquisition of Deribit.
Tokenization has moved past money only meaning fiat: Kraken exec
Blockchain tokenization is radically expanding the definition of money, enabling anyone to trade, save, and spend in virtually any asset they like, says Kraken’s Mark Greenberg.
From stablecoins to incumbents, VCs map crypto value in 2025
Venture partners such as Pantera, Hash3 and Variant look back on a year of regulatory shifts and uneven markets, outlining crypto’s biggest winners and losers in 2025.
Binance lists som-pegged stablecoin as Kyrgyzstan deepens crypto push
The listing follows Kyrgyzstan’s passage of crypto legislation, the launch of a new US dollar–pegged stablecoin backed by physical gold, and plans to build a national crypto reserve.
Bitcoin bears currently favored in BTC’s end-of-year $30.3B options expiry
Bitcoin options markets remain tilted toward bears despite US investors’ expectations of economic stimulus injections and semi-bullish outlook for 2026.
Crypto heads into 2026 with privacy, decentralized identity on the line
As crypto, governments and Big Tech converge on digital identity, selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs are emerging as a privacy-first alternative to surveillance systems.