Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

YouTube enables PYUSD payouts for US creators, a move seen as a boost for crypto adoption in the creator economy. The platform uses PayPal’s stablecoin to process payments without directly handling crypto. In AI + crypto news, DeepSnitch AI (DSNT) surges 80% in presale, raising over $760K. The proje...

Hedera (HBAR) is among the altcoins to watch as it dropped 4% to $0.1247 on Thursday, breaking below key support levels. The bearish trend continued as the token failed to clear $0.1320 resistance. Trading volume hit 165.9 million tokens, 175% above the 24-hour average, signaling heavy selling. HBAR...

Ark Invest added $15.4 million in Robinhood shares on December 11, as the stock fell 9.1%. The bulk went to ARKK, with the rest to ARKW. This follows a $7.5 million Coinbase buy a week prior. Robinhood holds 4.4% in ARKK and 4.7% in ARKW. Altcoins to watch remain in focus as trading volume dipped. A...

YouTube now lets US creators receive payouts in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, a crypto asset with a current market cap of $3.9 billion. PayPal’s May Zabaneh confirmed the feature is live for US users, allowing YouTube to offer stablecoin options without directly handling crypto. The move could boost PY...

Ripple has secured conditional approval from the OCC to establish Ripple National Trust Bank, a major regulatory win in the digital asset market. The 12 December announcement included five new trust bank charters for crypto firms. CEO Brad Garlinghouse called out traditional banks for resisting cryp...

Altcoin news broke Thursday as HBAR fell 4% to $0.1247 following a sharp afternoon sell-off. Volatility hit 6.4%, with resistance at $0.1320 still intact. Institutional activity spiked, signaling real price movement. A lower high from the Dec. 11 peak shows bearish structure, with support now at $0....

KTA price broke out above a key descending trendline, surging over 30% amid rising RWA sector demand. Technical indicators like DMI and MACD showed bullish crossovers, supporting the upward move. The token reclaims $0.4308 support, with $0.7107 as the next resistance. Sustained volume and consolidat...

Bitcoin breaking news: Sangha Renewables has launched a 20-MW Bitcoin news mining facility in West Texas, powered by a 150-MW solar plant and supported by TotalEnergies for supplemental power and balancing. The company owns and operates the mine, using Bitcoin mining as a flexible load to monetize r...

Figure Technology is pushing forward with a second IPO, this time issuing blockchain-native equity on Solana. The company filed with the SEC to launch tokenized shares that can be traded onchain via its decentralized trading system, bypassing traditional platforms. Solana’s RWA market has grown in 2...

KTA surged over 30% amid a breakout in the RWA sector, which gained more than 5% as liquidity and demand rose. A technical breakout on multiple timeframes supports the move, with +DI above –DI and MACD crossing the signal line. The fear and greed index shows growing optimism, with buyers holding abo...

Fear and greed index signals cautious optimism as Litecoin shows early signs of a trend reversal, supported by rising whale activity and strong on-chain data. Cardano struggles to regain traction with ecosystem delays and internal conflicts, though the Midnight sidechain and possible ETF approval re...

Bitcoin Treasury President Katherine Dowling forecasts $150,000 by 2026, citing regulatory progress, including the Genius Act and potential Clarity Act passage, as well as bitcoin ETF approval. She highlights the end of quantitative tightening and Fed rate cuts as tailwinds. Despite a 25% pullback f...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has conditionally approved national banking charters for Circle’s First National Digital Currency Bank and Ripple National Trust Bank, alongside BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, and Paxos. The move, under the GENIUS Act, aims to integrate stablecoin...

VivoPower International PLC announced that its Vivo Federation unit has signed a final joint venture deal with Lean Ventures to acquire $300 million in Ripple Labs shares. Lean Ventures, a Korean government crypto regulation-compliant asset manager, will fund the purchase through a dedicated vehicle...

Ripple has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to launch Ripple National Trust Bank. CEO Brad Garlinghouse highlighted the move as a key step in bringing RLUSD under stablecoin regulation. He also criticized banking lobbyists for resisting crypto ove...