Welcome to the US Crypto News Morning Briefing—your essential rundown of the most important developments in crypto for the day ahead. Grab a coffee and settle in. 2025 was supposed to be Bitcoin’s breakout year. Bold predictions promised six-figure prices and even half a million dollars. Yet by year-end, the reality fell far short, exposing
Trade-offs between local institutions are expected to shape the digital euro’s final form, as debates continue over holding limits and privacy features. The EU Council recently announced that it is backing the European Central Bank’s digital euro design, which includes both online and offline functions. According to Apostolos Thomadakis, head of the financial markets and
Onchain analytics firm Nansen ranked Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Tron and NEAR Protocol as the busiest blockchains in 2025. Solana led the pack with 23.01 billion transactions, while BNB Chain followed with 3.89 billion. Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 Base handled 3.29 billion for third, as Tron trailed with 3.22 billion and NEAR came in fifth with
US Truflation data shows inflation falling aggressively, strengthening the case for rapid disinflation. As of January 1, 2026, Truflation reports year-over-year inflation at 1.955%, down sharply from 2.7% in December 2025. This sudden move places inflation below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target and immediately revives expectations for interest rate cuts. Markets reacted quickly because inflation
Stability World AI, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform that merges AI agents with blockchain incentives, is excited to announce certain changes that help AI users make AI more ownable and controllable. Stability World AI believes the standard for success should not be based on speed and hype; rather, it should be based on the
The mainstream media has officially run out of ink to write Bitcoin’s epitaph. This has happened for the first time since the days when Satoshi Nakamoto, the elusive creator of the flagship cryptocurrency, was still active on BitcoinTalk. According to the data provided by Cypherpunk Holdings CTO Jameson Lopp, the number of “Bitcoin Obituaries” collapsed
Despite Bitcoin (BTC) trading near $89,260 at press time, one prominent crypto analyst has warned that the asset could fall as low as $38,000 in 2026, citing a bearish technical signal. Specifically, respected on-chain cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez claims to have identified a Bitcoin death cross using the 10 and 50-day simple moving averages (SMA),
Financial markets began the new year just like they ended the old one, heading up. Stock prices climbed during January’s first trading session, keeping alive a trend that ran through most of last year. Things stayed positive throughout the previous year. Excitement about artificial intelligence, lower inflation, and central banks stepping in kept the rally
Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), formerly MicroStrategy, had a rough 2025, but its shares started seriously sliding in October, just as Bitcoin (BTC) began losing ground after hitting a new all-time high. Namely, since October 6, 2025, MSTR shares have dropped from $360 to $151.86 at the time of writing, January 2, 2026, marking a nearly 58%
On-chain data revealed that Solana will surpass competitors in network fee revenue in 2025. According to the latest data shared by Nansen, Solana’s on-chain fee revenue is projected to exceed $600 million by 2025, placing it first in the industry. According to Nansen data, the top fifteen blockchains in terms of on-chain fee revenue in