The SEC’s Crypto Task Force scheduled a four-hour roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy for Dec. 15, bringing together zero-knowledge proof developers, civil liberties advocates, and protocol executives to debate whether blockchain privacy tools can coexist with anti-money laundering enforcement.The timing is deliberate. Two months ago, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet received five- and four-year prison sentences for operating what prosecutors called an unlicensed money transmitter that facilitated $237 million in illegal transactions.Three months before that, a jury convicted Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm on unlicensed money-transmitting charges but deadlocked on money-laundering conspiracy and acquitted him on sanctions violations.FinCEN’s proposed…
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Crypto Journalist Anas Hassan Crypto Journalist Anas Hassan About Author Anas is a crypto native journalist and SEO writer with over five years of writing experience covering blockchain, crypto, DeFi, and emerging tech. Share Last updated: December 6, 2025 Bitcoin may be holding slightly below $90,000, but data imply that the $100K year-end target is still alive as analysts point out that three Bitcoin Price Prediction indicators are flashing a green signal.The 3-Key Drivers For Bitcoin $100k Year-end TargetThe first and most critical driver is the shift in Federal Reserve monetary policy. After months of reducing liquidity through quantitative tightening,…
Pi Network continues to struggle for momentum even as major cryptocurrencies rebound. While Bitcoin has climbed back above $94,000 and Ethereum has moved beyond $3,200 in early December, PI has gone in the opposite direction. The token is down about 12% this week and is trading slightly above $0.22, highlighting weak sentiment in the short term.But behind the scenes, the Pi team is rolling out one of its most significant upgrades yet—an improvement they believe will finally ease verification delays and help millions move toward Mainnet.Pi Network AI Upgrade Cuts KYC Delays To help users who are stuck in the verification…
Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan Crypto Journalist Amin Ayan About Author Amin Ayan is a crypto journalist with over four years of experience in the industry. He has contributed to leading publications such as Cryptonews, Investing.com, 99Bitcoins, and 24/7 Wall St. He has… Share Last updated: December 6, 2025 MetaMask, the most widely used Ethereum wallet, is moving directly into the prediction market arena through a new integration with Polymarket, giving users the ability to trade event outcomes from inside their wallets. Key Takeaways: MetaMask has integrated Polymarket, allowing users to trade real-world event outcomes. The integration adds one-tap funding from…
If you’re hunting for the next big altcoin in 2025, you’ve surely heard the buzz around PEPE and now some of those same spotters are zeroing in on Remittix. PEPE price predictions have dominated headlines this week, but as whales rotate out, many early buyers now believe Remittix could be the high-growth crypto project to watch next. The sudden soft shift in capital from meme coins to payment-oriented crypto has created serious FOMO among smart money and retail alike. With Remittix now launching its wallet and raising more than $28.4 million, and PEPE showing cracks in momentum, the mood feels…
An evening star candle pattern at the resistance trendline of the falling wedge pattern signals a potential downswing in Ethereum price. The 1,000–10,000 ETH cohort made the heaviest selling at the peak and continues to distribute coins at the current market. A potential death crossover between 100-and 200-day EMA slopes could accelerate the market selling pressure. ETH, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, slips over 3.5% during Friday’s U.S. market hours to trade just above $2,000. The broader crypto market shows a similar downtick, as it seems that the early weeks recuperated the exhausted bearish momentum. However, the Ethereum…
Whales and sharks have accumulated Bitcoin for nearly a month, yet the BTC price has broken below $90K—showing the market is no longer treating whale activity as a leading bullish signal.This divergence suggests structural weakness: accumulation is happening, but it’s being absorbed by broader sell pressure, thinning liquidity, or leveraged unwinds.Whales Are Accumulating Bitcoin—But the Market Doesn’t Care AnymoreBitcoin’s latest correction has revealed an uncomfortable truth for traders: whale buying is no longer functioning as a bullish leading indicator. For nearly a month, whale and shark wallets (10–10,000 BTC) have steadily increased their holdings, as shown in the Santiment chart.…
Author Simon Chandler About Author Simon Chandler is a Brighton-based writer and journalist with over ten years of experience writing about crypto, technology, politics and culture. He has written for Cryptonews.com since late 2017,… Share Last updated: December 5, 2025 The crypto market has dipped by 1.5% today, as investors remain nervous ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next FOMC meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday.Bitcoin and Ethereum are down by just under 2% in 24 hours, while XRP and Solana have suffered falls of around 4%.Yet the market’s total capitalization ($3.2 trillion) has risen by 5.5% since Tuesday and by 7%…
Analytics platform Nansen has indicated a dramatic increase in the activity on the Monad network, making it the fastest growing of the week. Based on the recently published metrics, Monad experienced a drastic 59% growth in active users in the past 7 days, which is equal to 529,928 newly active wallets during the week. The information, published in the analytics dashboard of Nansen and mentioned in a social media post, describes a collection of powerful signs that indicate the further growth of adoption and increased attention of advanced market actors. Nansen describes these developments as being seen as bullish signs,…
XRP is showing one of the clearest splits in crypto this quarter between what people say and what they do with their money.Social data tracking bullish and bearish commentary indicates that the mood around the asset has entered a new Fear zone, even as the XRP Ledger (XRPL) logs its most active stretch of 2025 and regulated products continue to attract inflows.The split recalls late November, when a similar spike in retail pessimism preceded a brief rebound. However, the current backdrop features heavier selling pressure and larger flows through institutional channels, widening the gap between user sentiment and observable market…
