Evans S.

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.

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.

In 2025, Nvidia is no longer just a capitalization machine. The company has found another acceleration, this time political. Donald Trump, against part of his own camp, chose to open a very costly door for it.

There are companies that enter an index like entering a club. And others that enter like triggering an awkward conversation at the table. Strategy clearly belongs to the second category: a listed company, ex-MicroStrategy, becoming primarily a bitcoin accumulation machine. However, during the annual Nasdaq 100 rebalancing announced on December 13, 2025, it did not drop out. The first real test passed since its arrival last December.

Crypto markets have started coughing again. No spectacular crash this time, but a slow loss of breath: crypto trading volumes are declining, prices are correcting, and even spot bitcoin ETFs are turning red. For JPMorgan, the picture is clear: the appetite for risk is fading, and the market stalls just as it was supposed to confirm its strong comeback.

Suspicions turn into numbers. Two studies published in Science and Nature confirm that AI chatbots, similar to those everyone uses, can shift voting preferences by several points, up to about 15% in controlled scenarios.