Fascinated by Bitcoin since 2017, Evariste has continuously researched the subject. While his initial interest was in trading, he now actively seeks to understand all advances centered on cryptocurrencies. As an editor, he strives to consistently deliver high-quality work that reflects the state of the sector as a whole.
The capitalization of memecoins jumped by more than 23% in early 2026, with a trading volume that almost quadrupled. In short, "hot" money is back, the kind that tests limits. According to data relayed around CoinMarketCap, the sector went from about $38 billion on December 29 to over $47.7 billion a week later, while volumes climbed towards $8.7 billion.
At the end of 2025, Ethereum didn't just finish the year well. It accelerated, then it broke the crypto counter. On December 29, 2025, the network validated 2.23 million transactions in a single day. A historic peak, supported by numbers.
There are days when the crypto market looks less like a stock exchange and more like a playground. On Friday, memecoins reignited the traders' cheeks: in 24 hours, the sector regained about 3 billion dollars in capitalization. So, meme season or just a spark? The answer rarely fits in a single number. It is rather hidden in a mix of attention, leverage, and timing.
Metaplanet just signed an end-of-year move that looks less like a "trade" and more like a statement. The Tokyo-listed company added 4,279 bitcoins for an acquisition cost of about $451 million, bringing its treasury to 35,102 BTC, around $3 billion at the current rate.
We've seen louder trends pass by. But rarely such a corporate trend. In 2025, the CTAs, those companies that put Bitcoin or other crypto-assets at the heart of their treasury, multiplied at an almost suspicious speed. And already, some leaders in the sector are talking about 2026 as a narrow corridor where many will not pass.
Regulation sometimes looks like a room too neatly arranged. Nothing sticks out. Not a draft. And that's precisely what Vitalik Buterin criticizes about the European Union: wanting a "clean" internet, without rough edges, to the point of reducing the oxygen available for crypto innovation. In a long message posted on X, the Ethereum co-founder points to the sore spot: the Digital Services Act (DSA) wouldn't just try to contain the damage, it seeks to eliminate the very space where controversial ideas are born.
Hyperliquid progresses as a crypto desk that doesn't want to waste time with slogans. No big speeches "DeFi for all." Instead, two very concrete levers in pre-alpha: portfolio margin and BLP Earn vaults. Translation: more flexible risk management, and a yield and borrowing component directly connected to Hypercore. The kind of addition that makes no noise, until the day traders understand what it changes.
Bitcoin did not offer a gift this year. On December 25, in full "holiday" liquidity (that is to say almost empty), the price slipped below $87,000 before bouncing back timidly. And the market’s psychological gauge hardened: fear shifted into extreme mode.
Binance has exceeded 300 million registered users, eight years after its launch. In crypto, this milestone matters as much for the symbol as for what it reveals. It tells a story of a liquidity machine, solid technical execution, and the ability to survive storms.
There are alerts that slam like a door. And then there are those that creak, slowly, until they become impossible to ignore. Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, clearly places his message in the second category: for him, 2026 could resemble a big end-of-cycle decompression. Not just a “pullback”. A broader, dirtier, more contagious move.
The topic of “bitcoin versus quantum” comes up in waves. This week, it is no longer just a debate among researchers. Part of the ecosystem is pushing to accelerate a concrete update. And another is resisting strongly, considering the alert premature.
Brazil did not wait for crypto to fall in line. It simply decided to open the official path for it. With the arrival of the Solana (VSOL) product on the B3, the country’s main stock exchange, the Brazilian market takes a step forward, that of assumed regulated crypto. And for Valour, the DeFi Technologies subsidiary, this is much more than a simple launch. It is a signal addressed to an entire continent.
Solana is not collapsing but shows a clear cooling in the crypto market. SOL lost 52% between September 18 and November 21, in a context where altcoins have dropped. The key point is not just the price drop towards a possible 80 dollar scenario, it is the simultaneous decline of on-chain indicators, which suggests a real decrease in usage and engagement on the network.
Bitcoin made no noise. It simply resisted. In a crypto market that crumbled silently, the leading crypto fell, yes, but it fell less than the rest. And in this kind of quarter, "less worse" becomes a performance. The data cited by Glassnode mention a persistent relative weakness in almost all segments against BTC, as if liquidity, instead of exploring, had regrouped around the main mast.
MetaMask has reached a long-awaited milestone: the wallet, long associated with Ethereum, now natively supports bitcoin. The announcement was made official on December 15, 2025, with the promise of further blockchain integrations in 2026.