Earlier this month, Ellison agreed to a 10-year ban on serving as an officer of public firms of crypto exchanges.

The plant is located in Ukraine and has been under Russian control since 2022, with its future management a key issue in peace talks.

Polymarket and Kalshi achieved multi-billion dollar valuations as investors bet the companies will scale exponentially.

Regulators are entering a second year of sweeping change under the Trump administration, with the SEC and CFTC set to have a busy 2026.

The privacy narrative is positioned for continued relevance into 2026, driven by practical adoption needs rather than speculative momentum.

Investor flows continue to favor traditional hedges and equities, as bitcoin ETFs extend outflows despite broader markets rising.

This year also saw the launch of networks like Aztec's Ignition chain, apps like Privacy Pools, and corporate experiments like Circle's USDCx.

The news comes one week after a Brooklyn man was indicted on 31 counts for allegedly stealing $16 million from Coinbase customers in a separate scheme.

An onchain analyst speculated that a private key compromise may have allowed an attacker to mint millions of FLOW tokens. 

Trust Wallet has pledged to compensate all users after an unknown hacker injected malicious code into its Chrome extension, stealing $7 million in crypto.

The hacker, who has already bridged the $3.9 million worth of stolen tokens to other chains, will not be affected by the network's planned rollback.

The deal to acquire South Korea's fourth-largest crypto exchange by daily volume is valued at around $70 to $100 million, per local reports.

China's central bank will allow commercial banks to pay interests on digital yuan holdings in a new framework taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

Bitcoin climbed to $90,200 at one stage late Sunday, a move analysts attributed mainly to technical factors rather than fresh catalysts.

North Korea is constantly evolving its tactics and will continue to use crypto hacks as a main source of revenue, Chainalysis said.

The purchase brings Strategy’s total bitcoin holdings to 672,497 BTC, acquired at an average price of about $74,997 per bitcoin.

Bitmine has started staking ETH, with more than 400,000 ether tokens now generating yield ahead of its planned MAVAN rollout in 2026.

The lone bright spots were XRP and Solana funds taking in a relatively meager $70 million and $7.5 million, respectively.

Hyperliquid Labs is set to receive its first major allocation of HYPE tokens, worth about $31.2 million, on Jan. 6.

The SEC’s deputy director of the Division of Corporation Finance is retiring after playing a key role in shaping the SEC's crypto approach.

South Korean regulators remain deadlocked over who can issue stablecoins, delaying progress on a new comprehensive digital asset framework.