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Crypto exchange-traded products shed $446 million over Christmas, as investors stayed cautious and rotated into newer XRP and Solana funds.

China will allow banks to pay interest on digital yuan wallets from 2026, signalling a shift toward treating the e-CNY as deposit-like money.

XRP, Zcash and Algorand defied a weak altcoin market in 2025, rebounding on regulatory clarity, privacy demand and real-world tokenisation.

Web3 losses surged to nearly $4 billion in 2025, with Hacken blaming weak key security and North Korea-linked attackers for most of the damage.

Real-world asset protocols have overtaken decentralised exchanges by total value locked, signalling their rise as a core category within decentralised finance.

BlackRock’s BUIDL tokenised money market fund has paid out $100 million in Treasury yield dividends, highlighting institutional adoption of onchain finance.

Strategy has completed its latest Bitcoin purchase of 2025, lifting total holdings to 672,497 BTC after a year of aggressive corporate accumulation.

A South Korean lawmaker is facing scrutiny after reports alleged he sought to help his son secure a job at a crypto exchange while questioning a rival firm.

BeatSwap has launched a new vault-to-earn pre-funding model that allows users to support IP real-world assets onchain in exchange for upfront incentives.

Tokenised stocks have climbed to a $1.2 billion market as institutions and exchanges move to bring equities onchain, drawing comparisons to the early stablecoin boom.

Flow has scrapped plans to roll back its blockchain after a $3.9 million exploit, opting instead for a phased recovery following community concerns over decentralisation and security.

China’s central bank will allow commercial banks to pay interest on digital yuan wallet balances starting 1 January 2026, marking a major shift in the role of the e-CNY.