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The market cap of bitcoin mining stocks climbed 9.43% on Friday, finishing the session with every one of the top ten publicly traded miners by market value in the green, including three names that logged double-digit advances. With just one week left on the 2025 calendar, nearly the entire mining cohort — save for two laggards — appears poised to wrap up the year on the plus side. Strong Friday Close Sets Publicly Traded Bitcoin Miners up for a Noisy Push Into 2026 Bitcoin miners trading on U.S. exchanges had a solid Friday, keeping pace with the major U.S. stock…

Crypto exchange operator Gemini reported its first financial results as a public company on Monday, revealing a deeper-than-forecast quarterly loss that pushed its stock lower in after-hours trading. The company posted a $159.5 million net loss for the third quarter, driven by higher IPO-related expenses, heavier marketing outlays, and a jump in stock-based compensation, according to its shareholder letter. On a per-share basis, that translated into an adjusted loss of $1.81, missing the consensus estimate of a $0.82 loss, according to MarketBeat data. GEMI shares fell as much as 12% in post-market trading, extending a selloff that has halved the…

ADNOC Distribution, the UAE’s largest fuel and convenience retailer, will begin accepting AE Coin stablecoin for payments across its retail network of nearly 980 service stations in the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The retailer signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Al Maryah Community Bank to enable customers to pay using AE Coin via the bank’s AEC Wallet at fuel pumps, Oasis by ADNOC convenience stores and car washes, the company said in a statement. The rollout of AE Coin provides an early example of how a sovereign-backed digital asset can be used in everyday…

Institutional crypto investors are shifting their approach to digital assets, with diversification replacing speculation as the leading investment thesis, according to Sygnum’s Future Finance 2025 global institutional investor report. The Swiss digital asset bank found that over 60% of institutional crypto investors plan to increase their crypto allocations, while just 4% plan to reduce exposure. However, bullish sentiment remains contingent on market catalysts expected in the final quarter of the year. The report, based on a late-Q3 survey of more than 1,000 institutional and professional investors across 43 countries, also concluded that for the first time, portfolio diversification (57%) had…

Crypto wallet Phantom is rolling out prediction markets for its 20 million users through a partnership with Kalshi, the U.S.-regulated event trading exchange, the firm said on Friday. The feature will allow Phantom users to trade on real-world outcomes such as U.S. elections, macroeconomic events or crypto prices without leaving the wallet interface. Phantom is also introducing chatting function to the marketplaces, adding a social element to prediction markets, the press release said. Users will be able open trades using any Solana-based tokens, including SOL, USDC and Phantom’s CASH stablecoin, or even memecoins like Fartcoin (FART), Phantom CEO Brandon Millman…

Weekly inflows into Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs) have collapsed by more than 95% over the past four months, with the decline accelerating in Q4 amid broader market headwinds. The performance has sparked growing concerns and renewed skepticism about the long-term viability of this high-profile institutional crypto strategy. What’s Behind the Collapse in DAT Inflows Digital Asset Treasuries have played a major role in the crypto market this year. Large institutions, including Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), BitMine Immersion Technologies, Metaplanet, and more, have gathered billions in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets as treasury reserves. However, recent market turbulence has tested institutional…

Leading Solana DEX Raydium has stunned the crypto community with a recent cryptic tweet that mentioned XRP. In a social media post, the official Raydium X account tweeted: “67 XRP and a dream.” The context remains unknown at press time, but the timing of Raydium’s tweet remains significant. 67 XRP and a dream — Raydium (@Raydium) December 12, 2025 Raydium’s post comes shortly after the official announcement of XRP coming to Solana. Starting with Solana, Hex Trust, a digital asset platform and custodian announced it will issue and custody wrapped XRP (wXRP), a 1:1-backed representation of the native XRP asset…

The trading platform Robinhood is preparing to open access for small investors to private artificial intelligence companies, according to remarks Vlad Tenev made in an interview with the Financial Times. Vlad said he wants “normal people” to have a chance to invest in private AI firms whose valuations have surged. He said AI will cause “widescale disruption” and that retail traders should be able to participate in whatever comes out of that change, rather than being locked out while large institutions collect the gains. The plan involves a new fund managed by Robinhood’s subsidiary, Robinhood Ventures, which will invest in…

Interactive Brokers will now allow retail investors to fund individual brokerage accounts with stablecoins, a step aimed at keeping pace with the increasingly competitive retail trading market, Bloomberg reported Friday. The Greenwich, Connecticut-based brokerage firm competes with rivals including Robinhood Markets Inc. and Charles Schwab Corp. and earlier this year expanded its cryptocurrency trading capabilities alongside its offerings of stocks, options and futures. The development highlights how traditional brokerages are increasingly incorporating crypto-linked features to hold on to retail clients as digital assets gain a firmer foothold in mainstream finance. Allowing stablecoins to be used for account funding places Interactive…

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) aims to make the yuan a global funding currency, encouraging companies and financial institutions overseas to borrow and use the yuan. The bank said it will offer overseas companies and banks loans, trade financing, and yuan bonds to make the currency easier to trade and invest worldwide. The People’s Bank of China offers funding overseas through the yuan The central bank will now offer foreign companies direct loans in yuan to help them buy domestic bonds and to cover the costs of imports or exports through trade financing. The bank aims to eliminate any…