Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

The current macro backdrop is supportive of risk assets, though the crypto market is currently showing a lag in positive momentum. Inflation and Employment Stability: Unexpectedly cooling CPI and a decline in jobless claims reinforce expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2026. For crypto,...

Cooling U.S. Inflation Lifts Risk Assets, Bitcoin Pulls Back After a Failed Rally Amid Elevated Volatility Summary Macro Environment: U.S. CPI unexpectedly cooled, strengthening expectations for rate cuts next year. Initial jobless claims declined last week, reversing the prior spike, signaling e...

Introduction: The Global "Inflation Watershed" On December 19, 2025 (late evening of Dec 18, Beijing Time), Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications officially released the Nationwide Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November. Coming just hours before the Bank of Japan's year-end inter...

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has officially released its quarterly report for the third quarter of 2025 (July to September). The report highlights a period of explosive growth in the digital asset sector, driven by increasing institutional participation and a maturing re...

Geopolitical Risks and AI Headwinds Converge, Pressuring Risk Assets Summary Macro Environment: The U.S. government restricted sanctioned cruise ships from entering and exiting Venezuela, while Russia may again face additional U.S. sanctions, significantly heightening geopolitical uncertainty. Me...

On December 17, 2025, the Hong Kong financial market reached a historic milestone: HashKey Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 03887.HK) officially commenced trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). Valuation and Market Heat: The Logic Behind the 393x Oversubscription HashKey priced its IPO at...

Flash News: On December 16, 2025, Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of the decentralized lending protocol Aave, disclosed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally concluded its four-year investigation into the protocol. In its official correspondence, the SEC stated that it...

Week's Focus: The cryptocurrency market maintained rangebound trading under the combined influence of the FOMC decision's macro backdrop and institutional capital flows. The sustained low volume of ETF inflows, coupled with macro policy guidance, contributed to ongoing market liquidity challenges. ...

Mixed Nonfarm Payrolls, Bitcoin Remains Range-Bound Summary Macro Environment: U.S. November nonfarm payrolls exceeded expectations, but the unemployment rate climbed to a four-year high, presenting a mixed picture. Combined with the U.S. December Markit Composite PMI hitting a six-month low and ...

Last week, the central theme of the cryptocurrency market revolved around the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, with the market trend largely consistent with prior predictions. Bitcoin oscillated within a range, reflecting the current market's sensitivity to liquidity and macro policy. ...

Abstract: The crypto market currently faces a dual challenge driven by the macro environment: policy uncertainty from the U.S. Federal Reserve is escalating global caution, while the AI stock sell-off affects risk assets. With Bitcoin hovering near critical support levels and altcoin trading pickin...

MetaMask's formal announcement of native support for Bitcoin (BTC) is not just a breakthrough for its own product boundaries, but a significant move that has implications for the entire Web3 landscape, especially its traditional stronghold: the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem. While this s...

AI Stocks Extend Selloff, Bitcoin Pulls Back in Tandem Summary Macro environment: Market expectations for the next Fed chair shifted as Jim Walsh’s nomination probability on Polymarket overtook Kevin Hassett’s, adding short-term uncertainty to monetary policy expectations. Ahead of th...

AI Concerns Weigh on U.S. Equities as Bitcoin Tests 88k Support Summary Macro Environment: Last Friday, hawkish signals from Fed officials opposing rate cuts, combined with market rumors that Oracle may delay the completion of OpenAI’s data center, prompted traders to reassess expectations ...

Overall Market Interpretation This news signals that Stripe, the world's leading payment giant, is making a strategic expansion from being purely fiat payment infrastructure toward stablecoin and blockchain settlement services. By acquiring the Valora team, which possesses Web3 technical expertise,...