The sports-betting giant enters the growing world of event contracts with CFTC-registered DraftKings Predictions in 38 states.

The Ethereum Foundation’s new leaders hope to bring in a new era for the second-largest cryptocurrency.

The veteran Bitcoin developer is at the forefront of one of the most hotly-discussed debates in crypto — what the original blockchain network should be used for.

Jeff Yan, founder of Hyperliquid, has quietly built a $308 billion volume DEX with over half a million users, influencing DeFi while avoiding public attention.

Solana’s 2025 has proven that its builders and its culture continue to keep its ecosystem in crypto’s cultural zeitgeist.

The Aave founder is bringing DeFi to the masses.

The crypto industry is ever-growing and ever-changing. It would be difficult to summarize it in 50 names. Here are a few final individuals and entities we wanted to make note of this year.

Circle remains the bank's top pick in the sector, with Bullish and Coinbase following.

Hyundai Group evacuated staff from two Seoul offices after receiving a bomb threat email demanding bitcoin.

Three of Sam Bankman-Fried's top lieutenants atop the former FTX empire — Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh — agreed to consent judgments.

The most tireless advocate of digital assets issues in the U.S. Senate said she's grown too tired to keep at it, leaving her Republican seat in play next year.

The UK’s crypto regulatory regime is taking shape as the FCA opens new consultations for markets, stablecoins and institutional adoption.

Bitcoin (BTC) corrected 36% from its October all-time high, while U.S. spot bitcoin ETF holdings declined by only about 3.6%

Quantum computing is not currently an existential threat to Bitcoin, but as capital becomes more institutional and long-term, even distant risks require clearer answers.

"If you can do $25 billion in bad year, imagine the flow potential in good year," said Bloomberg's Eric Balchunas

The director of global macro at the asset management giant remains a secular bull on bitcoin, but isn't optimistic about the next year.

Digital fixed-income products are growing rapidly, with $325 million distributed in 2025 on the platform. Competitors including Liqi, AmFi, and others distribute similar offerings.

The scammer sent a small "dust" amount to the victim's transaction history, causing the victim to copy the address and send $50M to the scammer's address.

Tom Lee weighed in after X users questioned whether Fundstrat analysts were contradicting each other on bitcoin, pointing to differences in role, timing and risk management.

The Maple Finance CEO says institutions will stop distinguishing between DeFi and TradFi as private credit moves onchain, and stablecoins process $50 trillion in payments.

"My base case is that we can stay here for some period of time," Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack told the WSJ.