Marshall Islands Launches World’s First Crypto-Powered UBI

Marshall Islands Launches World’s First Crypto-Powered UBI

Published: Dec 17, 2025 at 17:39 The Marshall Islands move toward becoming a digital welfare state. In a global first, the Republic of the Marshall Islands has officially launched a national Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme that utilizes cryptocurrency to distribute wealth across its remote archipelago. The program, announced on December 16 and fully…

Japan Rate Shock Ahead? Analysts Warn of a 20–30% Bitcoin Price Drop

Japan Rate Shock Ahead? Analysts Warn of a 20–30% Bitcoin Price Drop

Advertisment Markets are bracing for a critical week for Bitcoin as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) prepares to announce its next interest rate decision on December 18–19. With expectations heavily skewed toward a rate hike, macro analysts warn that Bitcoin could face renewed downside pressure driven by tightening global liquidity. Macro strategists and prediction markets…

Binance Considers Multiple Avenues Back to the United States

Binance Considers Multiple Avenues Back to the United States

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is considering a strategic reshuffling to strengthen its presence in the US market, a move that could see Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s majority stake in the company reduced. Zhao’s controlling stake in Binance has been a “major hurdle” to the company expanding to strategically critical…

Aptos (APT) drops 5% to $1.50 as volume spikes above monthly average

Aptos (APT) drops 5% to $1.50 as volume spikes above monthly average

APT$1.5253 dropped 5% to $1.50 over the past 24 hours. The token established lower highs and lower lows within a $0.1429 range, according to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model. The model showed that APT spiked to $1.64 on heavy volume before crashing back down. This created strong resistance at that level. Volume hit 258% above…

ChangeNOW Brings Back $NOW Burns

ChangeNOW Brings Back $NOW Burns

December 17th – ChangeNOW, a crypto management platform with an expanding range of products, announced that it is resuming its regular $NOW token burn program as outlined in its whitepaper. The latest burn occurred on December 17th, permanently removing 210,018 tokens from circulation. The transaction record is available at https://etherscan.io/tx/0x3055a647299dc6dab78e2159450f03937b420befdfea75ee4c286348a8d4b8ab. This marks the fifth scheduled…

Hut 8 And Fluidstack Sign $7B Lease Agreement With Google As Backstop

Hut 8 And Fluidstack Sign $7B Lease Agreement With Google As Backstop

Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8 entered into a $7 billion lease agreement with Fluidstack to expand its data center in Louisiana. The miner expects the River Bend campus to generate $454 million in annual net operating income. Hut 8 announced on Wednesday that it has signed a $7 billion lease agreement with Fluidstack. The move…

Falling Bitcoin Prices and Index Exclusion Weigh on the Stock

Falling Bitcoin Prices and Index Exclusion Weigh on the Stock

Advertisment MicroStrategy, one of the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holders, is facing mounting pressure as declining Bitcoin prices and potential changes to MSCI index inclusion cloud the company’s outlook. These developments threaten not only the stock’s visibility among institutional investors but could also trigger significant capital outflows. The implications may extend well beyond the current…

Bitcoin Institution Demand Returns as BTC Supply Dynamics Shift This Week

Bitcoin Institution Demand Returns as BTC Supply Dynamics Shift This Week

Bitcoin (BTC) institutional demand is finally outpacing new supply as the market hits a key pivot point. Key points: Bitcoin institutional demand is now 13% higher than the amount of newly mined BTC on a rolling daily basis. New data shows institution-fueled supply reduction returning for the first time since early November. ETF outflows pass…