Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

On December 26, 2025, the blockchain industry achieved a literal "moonshot" with the successful deployment of the DeStarlink Genesis-1 satellite.

Solstice and Cor Prime successfully executed the first-ever institutional stablecoin-for-stablecoin repurchase agreement (repo) on a public blockchain, marking a massive leap forward for decentralized wholesale banking.

As the world prepares for the holidays, the relentless upward momentum of the 2025 bull market has hit a significant roadblock.

While Bitcoin captures the geopolitical headlines, Ethereum has achieved a technological milestone that many skeptics thought was years away.

The U.S. Senate has reached a historic consensus by confirming Mike Selig as the new Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and elevating Travis Hill to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a pivotal Interpretive Letter on December 17, 2025, authorizing national banks to engage in riskless principal transactions involving crypto-assets.

The Marshall Islands move toward becoming a digital welfare state.

On December 15, 2025, the UK Treasury announced the finalization of new legislation that will bring the cryptoasset sector under the same regulatory umbrella as traditional financial products, with the rules slated to fully come into force from 2027.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a top U.S. banking regulator, granted preliminary approval for several major crypto firms to establish national trust banks.