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Ethereum continues to struggle near the $3,000 level as repeated recovery attempts lose momentum. ETH trades just below this psychological barrier, reflecting cautious sentiment. While investor interest is rising, on-chain activity remains muted. This imbalance is raising concerns that Ethereum’s price may be overheating without sufficient network usage to sustain gains.Ethereum Holders Are RisingEthereum is recording a steady rise in new wallet creation. The network now averages about 163,000 new addresses per day. This compares with roughly 124,000 daily additions during July, previously considered a peak period for network growth.Sponsored SponsoredThe increase highlights strong investor curiosity around Ethereum despite weak price performance.…

Galaxy Digital’s head of firmwide research, Alex Thorn, says 2026 may be one of the most difficult years to forecast for bitcoin, even as the firm maintains a bullish long-term outlook.In a Dec. 21 post on X, Thorn said the coming year is “too chaotic to predict,” pointing to a mix of macro uncertainty, political risk and uneven crypto market momentum. Thorn said the comments were based on Galaxy Research’s Dec. 18 report, “26 Crypto, Bitcoin, DeFi, and AI Predictions for 2026,” which outlines the firm’s expectations for crypto markets and institutional adoption.At the time of writing, Thorn said the…

In brief An estate sued OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging ChatGPT reinforced delusions before a murder-suicide. The case marked the first lawsuit to link an AI chatbot to a homicide. The filing came amid growing scrutiny of AI systems and their handling of vulnerable users. In the latest lawsuit targeting AI developer OpenAI, the estate of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman sued the ChatGPT developer and Microsoft, alleging that the chatbot validated delusional beliefs that preceded a murder-suicide—marking the first case to link an AI system to a homicide.The lawsuit, filed last week in California Superior Court in San Francisco, accused OpenAI…

Bitcoin’s inability to reclaim $90,000 is looking less like a debate about narratives and more like a test of market plumbing.For the better part of 2025, the surface story was institutional momentum. The US moved toward a workable regulatory perimeter, capped by President Donald Trump signing the GENIUS Act to federalize payment stablecoins.At the same time, spot Bitcoin ETFs normalized exposure within brokerage channels, and the broader crypto economy traded as if it had finally graduated into the asset-class mainstream.This resulted in a rally that drove Bitcoin to a new all-time high of $126,223 in early October.However, by Oct. 10,…

Uniswap’s UNI token rallied about 19% over the past 24 hours as on-chain voting began on a major governance proposal that would activate protocol fees and introduce a long-discussed UNI burn mechanism.UNI began climbing shortly after the voting period opened at 03:50 UTC on Dec. 20, according to Uniswap governance data. A one-day UNI-USD chart from TradingView shows the sharpest leg of the rally unfolding during the early hours of the voting window, with the price breaking out from the $5.40–$5.50 range and continuing to trend higher throughout the day, alongside rising trading volume.UNI-USD 24-Hour Chart From TradingView By around…

A debate on X over whether Fundstrat analysts are sending mixed signals on bitcoin intensified over the weekend, prompting a response from the firm’s co-founder that appeared to endorse a more nuanced explanation of the differing views.The discussion began after an X user known as “Heisenberg” (@Mr_Derivatives) shared screenshots that he said showed contrasting outlooks from Fundstrat’s leadership. One highlighted comment attributed to Sean Farrell, Fundstrat’s head of digital asset strategy, outlines a base case in which bitcoin could retrace toward the $60,000–$65,000 range in the first half of 2026. Another pointed to Lee’s recent public comments suggesting bitcoin could…

In brief The Marshall Islands used Stellar for universal basic income disbursements last month. It sent citizens USDM1 as a savings and payments vehicle. The island nation is currently reliant on physical cash. Access to financial services is shifting in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), as the island nation begins using digital assets to support its citizens.Late last month, some Marshallese accepted paper checks under ENRA, the RMI’s universal basic income program, while others saw a token called USDM1 appear in Lomalo, a Stellar-based “digital citizen wallet” developed by enterprise blockchain platform Crossmint.As a fully collateralized sovereign bond,…

Bitcoin (BTC) demand growth has slowed significantly since October 2025, signaling that Bitcoin has entered into another bear market cycle, according to analysts at crypto market analysis platform CryptoQuant.Investor demand for BTC came in three waves during the current market cycle, with the first wave landing in January 2024, CryptoQuant analysts said. The first wave followed the launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US, the second wave followed the results of the 2024 US presidential election, and the third was a BTC treasury company bubble. According to CryptoQuant:“Demand growth has fallen below trend since early October 2025. This indicates…

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, who has arguably been the closest friend to the crypto sector in Congress, won’t seek another term, she said in a statement on Friday.The first-term lawmaker will call it quits after her six-year term ends in January 2027, leaving a Republican seat open in extremely red Wyoming, but also removing a major ally for the digital assets industry. Lummis has been the inaugural chair of the first subcommittee dedicated to crypto matters at the U.S. Banking Committee, where she’s pushed crypto-friendly legislation as a top priority.Even now, she’s among the leading negotiators for the crypto market…

The next chapter of Web3 Summit unfolds in Berlin this June.On June 18–19, 2026, the global web3 community will gather once again in Berlin for a new kind of Summit, one designed from the ground up to feel truly web3. While we’re keeping many details under wraps for now (more on that in January), we are excited to share the first look at what’s ahead.This year’s edition embraces a reimagined format, a refreshed vision, and an entirely new experience for builders, researchers, founders, and creators shaping the next era of the decentralized web.A New Format, A New ExperienceWeb3 Summit 2026 explores what…