13 WTF Moments of the Year: 2025 Crypto Edition
The crypto industry delivered some of the most baffling, surreal, and downright degenerate moments in its history in 2025—here’s a few....
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The crypto industry delivered some of the most baffling, surreal, and downright degenerate moments in its history in 2025—here’s a few....
From McDonald’s to municipal taxes, Lugano is proving that Bitcoin adoption is not about predicting the future; it is about building the infrastructure to handle it today....
Industry figures argue that insider trading on prediction markets is a “feature, not a bug,” as they face growing scrutiny from lawmakers....
Japan’s finance minister signaled that crypto’s future lies inside regulated exchanges as Japan advances tax, disclosure and market reforms....
Lighter’s LIT token launch sparked debate over insider ownership, while prediction markets and whale trades revealed divided expectations regarding valuation....
The malicious Trust Wallet extension has also been exporting users’ personal information, pointing to potential insider activity, according to cybersecurity company SlowMist....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Hyperliquid confirmed the flagged wallet belongs to a former employee. ✓ The wallet was flagged by the community for insi...
More than $10.5mn has been wagered on contracts seeking to predict when the US will ‘invade’ Venezuela...
Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson talks hash vs lattice-based cryptography, and how November's “poisoned transaction” hack could have destroyed Cardano if they were BFT-based “Ethereum is embracing...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Strategy paused its streak of bitcoin purchases ✓ Added $748 million to its USD reserve ✓ Total f...
📋 Key Facts ✓ MoMA has added CryptoPunks and Chromie Squiggles NFTs to its permanent collection. ✓ The donation consists of 16 works. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ BitMine holds 4,066,062 ETH in its treasury ✓ The treasury is valued at around $12 billion at current prices ...
Core Scientific was a crypto mining company before repurposing its business to focus on AI. Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images A major investor in Core Scientific says the firm will lease 400 ...
Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects. Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Rippling's product chief Matt MacInnis says he deli...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Bitmine's Ether holdings exceed 4 million tokens ✓ Total value of holdings is over $12 billion ✓ ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ JPMorgan Chase is considering spot bitcoin trading and derivatives for institutional clients. ✓ Discussions are prelimina...
📋 Key Facts ✓ TD Cowen stated that added cash strengthens Strategy’s ability to operate through a prolonged crypto winter. ✓ The cash b...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Trump Media acquired 451 Bitcoin for $40.3 million, bringing total holdings to 11,542 BTC worth over $1 billion. ✓ The co...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Arthur Hayes is the co-founder of BitMex. ✓ He thinks Bitcoin will range until the end of the year. ✓ ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Bitcoin price briefly crossed $90,000 from $88,000 during Asian and European trading before retreating. ✓ Futures open in...