Author: Ethan Carter
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Key takeawaysTajikistan has outlawed the usage of stolen electricity for cryptocurrency mining, imposing fines up to $8,250 and prison terms of up to eight years.This action follows a severe energy crisis marked by widespread power shortages and illegal mining leading to millions in losses and infrastructure damage.The country is part of a wider trend as governments across Asia and the Middle East ramp up efforts against unauthorized crypto mining to safeguard national power resources.The crypto mining landscape may be evolving, with some miners pivoting towards renewable energy solutions and more efficient technologies.On Dec. 3, 2025, Tajikistan’s parliament officially sanctioned changes…
Ether (ETH) has fluctuated around $3,000 for the past three weeks, entering a consolidation phase after its flash crash to $2,620 on Nov. 21. Ether traders are now pondering the possibility of a further correction if support at $2,800 fails.Key takeaways:Ether dipped below $3,000 again due to dwindling futures demand and significant selling by long-term holders.Falling Ethereum network fees and activity indicate a decrease in on-chain demand.Weak technical indicators suggest a potential drop to $2,300 if the next support level is breached. ETH/USD price chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewETH price caught between two trendlinesEther’s recent upturn faced resistance from the 50-day exponential…
Strategy chair Michael Saylor has alluded to his company’s next Bitcoin purchase amid another market downturn late Sunday, which some analysts attribute to the Bank of Japan’s influence.Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to a two-week low of $87,600 on Coinbase during late trading Sunday, according to TradingView. The sudden Sunday drop has become increasingly common over recent weeks.This marks the lowest price since Dec. 2, when the asset was recovering from a dip to $84,000. However, it had bounced back to over $89,000 as of this report.Saylor shares more “orange dots” hinting at Bitcoin purchaseIn the meantime, Michael Saylor hinted at a…
Bitcoin Hyper has successfully secured $29.5 million for a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution based on the Solana VM, designed to enhance Bitcoin’s DeFi, gaming, and payment capabilities while ensuring settlement on Bitcoin. Overview Bitcoin Hyper is constructing an off-chain layer utilizing the Solana Virtual Machine to handle transactions with a focus on speed, ultimately settling back to the Bitcoin blockchain, and catering to DeFi, gaming, and other decentralized applications. On the network, BTC serves as the main currency, while the HYPER token is responsible for gas fees, staking, and governance, acting as the ecosystem’s foundational asset. The initiative aims to…
Bitwise is advising clients to prepare for a new phase in the bitcoin BTC$87,076.82 market by 2026, contending that the asset is evolving at a time when institutional investments are increasing.The crypto asset manager noted that bitcoin’s historically significant four-year cycle is diminishing as halvings become less impactful, interest rates are anticipated to decrease, and leverage has been limited following substantial liquidations in late 2025.”The dynamics that once fueled four-year cycles—the bitcoin halving, interest rate trends, and crypto’s leverage-driven booms and collapses—are notably weaker than in previous cycles,” Matt Hougan, Bitwise CIO, stated in a Monday blog post.The quadrennial halving…
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and various accounts linked to the network’s ecosystem reported this week that Solana experienced a significant distributed denial-of-service attack, with some sources indicating traffic that peaked around six terabits per second (Tbps).In a Dec. 9 X post, Yakovenko stated that Solana was facing a six Tbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Earlier on Tuesday, Solana Labs co-founder and president Raj Gokal suggested that the attack was still ongoing. Cointelegraph could not independently verify the attack or its magnitude.On the same day, the CEO of the Solana-based decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) project Pipe Network, David Rhodus, pointed…
The number of cryptocurrency holders in the U.K. has decreased this year compared to last, while the “average value held by investors” has grown, according to a report from the country’s financial authority.This decline resulted in a drop in crypto owners from approximately 7 million last year to about 4.5 million this year. Nevertheless, awareness of cryptocurrencies among the U.K. populace stayed at 91%, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) indicated in its Cryptoassets Consumer Research 2025 report.“The share of the U.K. adult population currently holding cryptoassets has decreased from 12% in 2024 to 8% in 2025,” the FCA stated.The results…
Political narratives significantly influenced the rise of memecoins to unprecedented heights before prompting a sudden downturn, as reported by crypto price tracker CoinGecko.In its 2025 State of Memecoins Report, CoinGecko detailed how speculation driven by election events has altered the memecoin landscape. The report highlighted that the overall memecoin market cap hit a peak of $150.6 billion in December 2024, exceeding previous highs from 2021.CoinGecko linked this surge to a combination of new token launchpads, experimentation within Solana, and increasing political narratives associated with the United States elections.The data aggregator observed that the excitement surrounding President Donald Trump’s reelection coincided…
A recent report from Delphi Digital indicates that crypto platforms are gradually evolving into distribution layers for a wide range of services, including trading, payments, onchain apps, and yield.The “superapp” concept that transformed consumer finance in Asia is now intersecting with Western user experience preferences and more explicit regulations, prompting exchanges to bet that controlling the primary interface will dictate who captures the next generation of users.The aggregation era arrivesThe report concludes that crypto is entering an “aggregation era,” wherein the true power no longer resides with base protocols but rather with those who possess the user relationship. Essentially, it’s…
Frontera Labs, a research and development firm specializing in blockchain, has secured a $3 million seed round led by Maven 11 Capital, with Lightspeed Faction also investing significantly, as stated in a press release on Tuesday.Participating in the funding round were Halo Capital, Heartcore Capital, Anchorage Digital Ventures, Nayt Technologies, Split Capital, along with several angel investors.Frontera Labs is developing Strata, a generalized risk-tranching protocol that consolidates on-chain and off-chain yield strategies into tokenized senior and junior tranches, each featuring unique risk-return profiles.This design seeks to provide capital allocators with enhanced precision in risk exposure while optimizing capital efficiency and…