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Gold reached an all-time high above $4,490 per ounce on December 23, marking the 50th record-breaking session this year, while Bitcoin struggles to maintain momentum after a sharp October decline.
Gold Soars 73.6% as Central Banks and Investors Pile In
Gold prices have surged 73.6%

The Crypto-Asset Market Act, which aims to align Poland with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, now moves to the Senate for review in what has become one of Europe’s most contentious regulatory debates.
The Rocky Road to MiCA Implementation
The Crypto-Asset Market Act

The precious metal’s market cap surpassed $3.7 trillion after prices climbed above $66 per ounce on December 17, 2025, reaching as high as $66.52 during trading.
This achievement came just days after silver leapfrogged Microsoft to become the fifth-most valuable asset on December 11, 2025. Silver h

CryptoUK, the United Kingdom’s leading digital asset trade association, announced on December 9, 2025, that it will formally join The Digital Chamber, America’s largest blockchain and crypto lobbying group.
This partnership creates the

House Bill 1042, introduced by Republican State Representative Kyle Pierce from Anderson, could make Indiana the first state to mandate cryptocurrency exposure in government-managed pension funds.
The bill was filed on December 2, 2025, and presented to the House Financial Institutions Committee on

Bitcoin is up about 5 percent from this time last year, but over the past six months it’s dropped roughly 7.65 percent. That tug of war between hope and risk is exactly what draws people into buying during dips. When the market falls, it’s not just charts moving, it’s emotions playing out in real ti

Market data shows weakening derivatives appetite, while spot metrics point to fading momentum as buyers reassess short-term expectations.
Open Interest Sees Rapid Decline
Open interest data across derivatives platforms shows a notable shift in market participation, with a visible contraction

The company announced a partnership with crypto infrastructure firm Aquanow to bring stablecoin payments to Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMEA).
The November 27 announcement marks Visa’s biggest expansion of digital currency services since it first started testing stable

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) lost over $1.11 billion between 2020 and August 2024 due to illegal crypto mining operations that bypassed electricity meters across nearly 14,000 locations.
The Energy Ministry disclosed these shocking figures in a parliamentary filing on November 19, 2025. The scale o

Data centers are no longer just cloud warehouses, they’re becoming the core infrastructure behind AI, with power density, cooling needs, and facility scale rising dramatically since 2022. Hyperscalers are building gigawatt-scale campuses, vacancy rates sit near 1.6%, and global capex is projected

Officials worry the Chinese company’s equipment could be used to spy on America or attack its power grid.
The secret investigation, called “Operation Red Sunset,” has been running for months. Federal agents have taken apart Bitmain mining machines at U.S. ports to check their computer chips and

The cryptocurrency-based platform has grown from a $1 billion valuation in June 2025 to potentially 15 times that amount in less than six months.
The fundraising talks come as Polymarket posted record-breaking numbers throughout 2025. The platform processed over $18.1 billion in total trading

The challenge faced by CTOs is not coming up with something brand new, but rather figuring out how to get the most out of their available budget when building blockchain projects in India. Every new node, smart contract and decentralised application adds to the pressure on the network’s bandwidth, c

Gemini’s new American Business Card lets U.S. business owners earn 1.5% back in cryptocurrency on all spending with no annual fee, depositing rewards directly into a Gemini exchange account as transactions post. Issued by WebBank and built on the Mastercard Business World Elite network, the card

Kuo Zhang, president of Alibaba.com, announced the partnership in a CNBC interview on November 14. The new payment system is expected to launch in December 2025.
How the Technology Works
The new system will use something called tokenized deposits. These are digital versions of regular money