Tron’s T3 Financial Crime Fighting Unit Hits $100M in Frozen USDT The unit is a joint venture between Tron, TRM Labs and Tether.

Northern Data Is Well Positioned to Take Advantage of the AI Boom: Canaccord The broker initiated coverage of the stock with a buy rating and 60 euro price target.

XRP Rockets 11% as Bitcoin Starts New Year With Bullish Bang South Korean trading volumes supported an outperformance in XRP, as a CoinDesk analysis noted earlier this week.

Garanti BBVA’s to Provide Crypto Trading Services in Hint of Things to Come European banks will soon be offering crypto services to their customers in the EU, according to Spanish crypto exchange Bit2Me.

Bitcoin-Leveraged Play MicroStrategy’s Bullish Call Skew Disappears in Cautious Market Sentiment The record bullish skew in MSTR options has disappeared as the bitcoin tailwind driven by the Treasury asset narrative loses momentum.

A Year of Crypto Tech In Review A deep dive into 2024’s most impactful crypto tech advancements, including Ethereum’s Duncun upgrade, Solana’s resurgence, and the rise of Layer-2 solutions. Plus: What to expect in 2025.

Three Questions Reveal Your Ideal Bitcoin Allocation How multi-asset investors can assess bitcoin’s compatibility with their portfolios and identify the optimal allocation that aligns with their specific objectives. By Markus Thielen.

How Web3 Is Disrupting AI Cloud Computing Data security is broken and blockchain holds the key, says David Attermann.

Why a U.S. Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Is Critical to Fending Off China China has been waging a decades-long war against the U.S.’s greatest asset — the dollar. A bitcoin reserve would go a long way toward regaining our influence.

Blockchain Fragmentation Is a Major Problem That Must Be Addressed in 2025 For true interoperability to exist, we have to take a step back and re-approach blockchain modularity from a fresh perspective.

MicroStrategy’s Dismal December Still Keeps It at Top of 2024 Bitcoin-Tied Asset Rankings The bitcoin-buying company outperformed many other crypto-linked traditional finance entities this year.

Don’t Expect Bitcoin Fireworks Ahead of New Year, Traders Say, as BTC ETFs Lose $420M The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), an index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, minus stablecoins, lost 2.7% in the past 24 hours.

XRP Volumes Zoom Ahead of Bitcoin, Dogecoin in South Korea. What’s Next? South Korean markets tend to prefer XRP over larger assets such as bitcoin and ether, and a volume bump tends to precede price anomalies on local exchanges.

Ether Seen Outperforming Bitcoin in 2025, Steno Research Says Ether could more than double in price next year and reach at least $8,000, the report said.

HyperLiquid Releases Native Staking as HYPE Token Extends Its Rally Stakers will secure the network and accrue rewards.

U.S. Debt Ceiling Looms in Signal for a Bitcoin Cycle Bottom Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she expects the debt ceiling to be reached around the inauguration date for President-elect Donald Trump.

Crypto Scammers Are Now Stealing From Other Crypto Thieves Scammers use a sophisticated type of wallet to trick wannabe thieves, who may lose small amounts of a token.

MicroStrategy Buys a Further 2,138 BTC, Adding to Stash for 8th Consecutive Week The purchase takes MicroStrategy’s total bitcoin holdings to 446,400 BTC.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: XLM Declines 6.6% as Index Trades Lower Over Weekend Chainlink (LINK) joined Stellar (XLM) as an underperformer, falling 6.2%.

AI Agents Capture Attention as AiXBT, ai16z, and Virtuals Surge AI agents are “revolutionizing markets by blending insights with community strategies, creating a smarter, more inclusive trading ecosystem,” says one analyst.