Trends, Community & Crypto Culture

Bitcoin open interest has plunged 55% from its October 2025 peak, marking the steepest decline since April 2023 as traders unwind leverage. 

Elemental Royalty said investors will be able to receive dividends in Tether’s XAUT, establishing a novel use case for tokenized gold. 

Bridge, the stablecoin firm of payments giant Stripe, was awarded conditional approval for a national trust banking charter. 

Abu Dhabi funds added to their Bitcoin exposure in Q4, jumping to more than $1 billion worth of IBIT at the conclusion of the year. 

Bitcoin miner Bitdeer has overtaken MARA in terms of self-mining hash rate among publicly traded companies, according to JPMorgan analysts. 

Shares in publicly traded crypto exchange Gemini are plunging as the firm parts ways with three executives following broader layoffs. 

BitMine Immersion Technologies is sitting on a nearly $8 billion unrealized loss, but Tom Lee remains optimistic about Ethereum. 

From 2028, the Netherlands will update how tax is calculated on unrealized gains. Crypto critics are in uproar—but the reality is nuanced. 

Strategy reported its fourth-largest Bitcoin purchase of the year, a week after Michael Saylor’s defense of the company’s became a meme. 

ZeroLend cited an inability to “generate sustainable revenue” as it became the latest DeFi platform to wind down amid the ongoing slump.