Token launches in 2025 have handed investors a cold wake-up call. Data compiled by Memento Research shows that the vast majority of new tokens are trading below their Token Generation Event (TGE) valuations, reinforcing growing skepticism around whether “early” still means opportunity in today’s market. It’s as if the market has declared war on optimism, with every token launch a doomed romance between hope and a brick wall.
At press time on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, defillama.com stats show the stablecoin sector is hovering just shy of the $310 billion threshold, clocking in at $309.294 billion. Tether ( USDT) continues to hold the crown by market cap with $186.288 billion, accounting for 60.23% of the total. USDT posted a barely-there 0.01% weekly uptick, with an additional $14.68 million tacked on. 🎯
Behold, XRP, that enigmatic entity, has surged with a vigor that would make even the most stoic observer raise an eyebrow. A gain of 2.57%-trifling to some, yet a veritable triumph in the eyes of its devotees. 📈
In the grand ballroom of Polish politics, the Sejm has once again waltzed the Crypto-Assets Market Act onto the Senate’s stage, undeterred by President Nawrocki’s earlier veto. A second act, no less daring than the first, with 241 lawmakers swooning in favor and a mere 183 resisting the allure. The bill, unchanged in its text, now awaits the Senate’s judgment-a plot twist as predictable as it is riveting. 🕵️♂️
BlackRock’s ETHA was the star of this tragic opera, accounting for all the redemptions, while the other eight Ethereum ETFs just twiddled their thumbs, posting zero flow activity. 🎭🤡
In a chinwag with CNBC, Lakos let slip that this rosy scenario hinges on the Fed chaps not being too stingy with their monetary policy. “We’re thinking of [8,000 points] more as an upside scenario, old sport, and that would be contingent upon the Fed easing more than just one more time, which is part of our base case…
The settlement, which resembles the sort of financial largesse one might expect from a benevolent uncle after a particularly raucous family gathering, amounts to a cool $400,000. This princely sum is destined for those poor souls whose personally identifiable information was unceremoniously laid bare-things like names, social security numbers, and even account numbers, all thanks to an unauthorized individual who, in a burst of sheer audacity, accessed a bank email account between May 13th and May 16th of 2024. One must wonder what this individual was thinking: perhaps they fancied themselves a modern-day Robin Hood, but without the charm or the noble intent.
Now, however, the price has retreated some forty percent from that peak, causing many a nervous investor to clutch their pearls. Mr. Ali Martinez, a gentleman of some repute in these financial circles, has kindly provided his observations, highlighting certain price levels upon which the hopes of the bullish speculators now rest. One wonders if such prognostications are worth the paper they are written on… or, rather, the digital space they occupy.
In the frozen tundra of the digital age, where trust is currency and hope is a deprecated protocol, a man of hubris sent his life’s savings into the void. With the precision of a gulag accountant and the faith of a Soviet dissident, he copied a wallet address-nearly, but not quite, the one he intended-and … Read more
On Friday, the SEC rolled out the big guns-proposed final consent judgments in a New York court, which basically means they’re about to tell these guys, “You’re guilty, but let’s make it official.” The charges against Ellison and Wang actually first appeared around Christmas 2022 (cheerful holiday news!), while Singh’s got his name in the mix since February 2023. Santa definitely dropped the bad news this year. 🎅🕵️♂️
