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[LIVE] Crypto News Today, December 17 – Bitcoin Price Holds $86K as Extreme Fear Deepens Into Holiday Season: Best Crypto to Buy During The Dip?
The crypto market opens December 17 under caution, with Bitcoin BTC $86,840.58 0.89% Bitcoin BTC Price $86,840.58 0.89% /24h Volume in 24h $35.85B <!– ? –> Price 7d Learn more hovering near $86,000 and traders viewing the latest bounce with suspicion. A retest toward $80K isn’t off the table, especially as market liquidity thins into […]
Best Altcoin To Buy Today That Could 100x in 2026 – 17 December 2025
The cryptocurrency market has failed to move in the past 24 hours, with its total cap sticking to $3.032 trillion as investors nervously await the release of key U.S. economic data. Bitcoin has remained at the $86,300 level, while today’s biggest winners are Midnight (5%), Monero (4%), Sky (4%) and Pi Network (4%). The following […]
Elizabeth Warren Is Drawing The Knife on Trump’s Crypto Circus
Senator Elizabeth Warren is escalating her long-running war with crypto, this time zeroing in on decentralized exchanges and singling out PancakeSwap as a potential national security risk. Warren literally once tried to stop two sandwich companies from merging. People couldn’t afford both rent and food under Bidenflation, and she was out fighting Big Sandwich. Total […]
Bitcoin ‘Death Cross’ Panic Returns: History Says It’s A Late Signal
Bitcoin’s “death cross” is back in the group chat. And yes, the emails too. Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck, said he’s been “getting questions from clients” about the latest death cross print — the 50-day moving average slipping under the 200-day — and answered with the kind of data dump that […]
5,606 Bitcoin: Lightning Network Sets Fresh Capacity Record
Lightning Network capacity hit a new high this week as major exchanges put more Bitcoin into off-chain channels, boosting the network’s total liquidity and changing how users move BTC. Exchange Support Drives Capacity According to reports, the Lightning Network’s public capacity climbed to about 5,606 BTC, with some trackers briefly showing a peak near 5,637 […]
UK FCA Launches Comprehensive Consultation on New Rules for Crypto Markets and Digital Assets
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened three consultations on proposed rules for digital asset markets. The proposals cover exchanges, intermediaries, staking, lending, borrowing, market abuse, disclosures, and decentralized finance (DeFi). Responses to the consultation will be accepted until February 12, 2026. ✦ UK regulator initiates consultations on comprehensive crypto regulations for exchanges and […]
Gold, Silver Hit Record Highs as Bitcoin Price Slips Below $90K
Precious metals are stealing the spotlight as investors rush to safety. Silver has hit a new all-time high, while gold jumped 16% in a day, trading near its October all-time high of $4,381. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is falling behind, struggling to break above $90,000 as money shifts away from crypto. Gold and Silver Hit Record High […]
CAR’s crypto push fueled ‘state capture’ by elites, criminal networks: Report
A new report warns that the Central African Republic’s crypto push favored elites and exposed the country to foreign criminal networks, rather than boosting financial inclusion.
ETFs bleed, keeping bitcoin in stasis: Crypto Daybook Americas
Your day-ahead look for Dec. 17, 2025
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund supports Metaplanet bitcoin plan ahead of EGM vote
Norges Bank, which holds a 0.3% stake in Metaplanet voted in favor of for all five proposals ahead of the Dec. 22 EGM.
Bitcoin price at ‘critical’ point as whale moves $348M BTC to exchanges
A whale moved 4,000 Bitcoin to Binance, sparking fresh fears of a deeper BTC price drop if the $81,500 support level is lost.
Ripple’s Asia venture looks to make XRP a yield-bearing asset
SBI Digital Markets, a unit regulated by Singapore’s Monetary Authority, has been appointed as the institutional custodian, offering segregated custody for client assets.