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Founded in 2018, Cryptopolitan has grown from a popular blog into a trusted source of news and analysis for millions of readers worldwide. Over the years, we have expanded our coverage to include a wide range of topics, from market trends and technological innovations to regulatory changes and industry events.
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China built a secret prototype EUV lithography machine in Shenzhen using former ASML engineers
China just pushed the semiconductor fight into a new chapter. Inside a sealed compound in Shenzhen, scientists built a prototype EUV lithography machine that Washington has tried to block for years. The machine was finished in early 2025, takes up almost an entire factory floor, and is now in testing. It already generates extreme ultraviolet […]
Wed, Dec 17
Bitcoin jumped +$3,000 in one hour, reclaimed $90,000, then flipped to $86,000
Bitcoin jumped +$3,000 in one hour, reclaimed $90,000, then flipped to $86,000 after $120M in shorts and $200M in longs were liquidated, creating a $140B market-cap swing in under two hours. Metals ripped higher, with silver up 5% to a new record above $66, while gold and copper each gained more than 1%. U.S. stocks […]
Wed, Dec 17
Binance Wallet announced DeFi loans as part of a partnership with Venus Protocol
Following the launch of its institutional loans program on its centralized platform, offering up to 4x leverage and potential zero-interest terms for high-net-worth customers, Binance has launched a Web3 loan feature within its self-custody wallet. The world’s largest exchange has spread its tentacles across the decentralized finance space with its expansion into lending. Ethereum protocols […]
Wed, Dec 17
BlackRock to match $1,000 per child under Trump-backed savings plan
BlackRock, the largest asset manager on the planet, said on Wednesday that it will give eligible U.S. workers $1,000 for each child, lining it up with Trump’s early-childhood savings program. The plan ties directly to the federal seed funding under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which puts the same amount into new “Trump accounts” […]
Wed, Dec 17
Best Cryptos to Buy Now for Q1 2026? One New DeFi Crypto Under $0.05 Stands Out
With the market prospecting to the first quarter of 2026, the investment behavior is beginning to alter. Cryptocurrencies in the large cap sector are gaining less speed, and the tide is shifting towards those projects that are still in early stages but evidently advancing. This is usually the point where the focus starts accumulating, and […]
Wed, Dec 17
Senate Banking chair meets crypto executives as market structure bill slips to 2026
Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott and his staff met privately with crypto executives from Coinbase, Kraken, Chainlink, a16z, and Ripple to refine market structure legislation, ahead of the delayed formal markup, which is now expected in early 2026. This news follows confirmation from a committee spokesperson on Monday that the Banking Committee will not hold […]
Wed, Dec 17
Ondo Bridge taps Layer Zero tech for cross-EVM tokenized securities transfers
Ondo Bridge launched between Ethereum and BNB Chain, with the potential to bring more EVM-compatible chains in the coming weeks.
Wed, Dec 17
Vitalik Buterin pushes back on claims of a U.S.–China AI arms race
Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, engaged in a debate on X regarding the narrative of China and the U.S. being neck and neck in the AI war. Through a series of posts and responses on the social media platform X, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, challenged the current popular narrative that the United States is locked in […]
Wed, Dec 17
EquiLend bets on Digital Prime as institutions push into tokenized lending
EquiLend made a minority investment in Digital Prime Technologies to address client demand for governed and transparent workflows.
Wed, Dec 17
The 3 Best Cryptos To Buy Now Before 2025 Ends
What are the best cryptos to buy now? This question is fast becoming a hot topic in light of the crypto market entering the final leg of 2025 amidst new pressure. Bitcoin is below $90,000, and leading altcoins are struggling to regain strength against the US dollar. Nevertheless, money is not leaving this market. Instead, […]
Wed, Dec 17
CZ is pushing for a Binance return to the US market after his Trump pardon
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is back on top, talking up President Donald Trump’s crypto stance and pointing directly at the US as the center of where this whole industry goes next. As you should know, CZ was pardoned by Trump in October, and even though he has no position at the exchange, his voice is loud […]
Wed, Dec 17
Oracle shares slide after Blue Owl exits talks on $10B Michigan data center
Oracle watched its stock sink about 6% on Wednesday after news broke that talks with Blue Owl Capital over funding a $10 billion data center in Michigan had collapsed. The deal was tied to a 1-gigawatt site for OpenAI in Saline Township, but then a report from the Financial Times landed like a hammer with […]
Wed, Dec 17
Hut 8 stock rises 21% in premarket trading amid Google-backed AI deal
Hut 8 has signed a multi-year contract worth $7 billion to lease a data center in Louisiana in a deal backed by Google.
Wed, Dec 17
Tether launches PearPass, a peer-to-peer password manager with no cloud storage
Tether has announced the launch of PearPass, an innovative peer-to-peer password manager. The company says that it keeps credentials directly on users’ devices, bypassing standard cloud servers and intermediaries. Tether claims that PearPass eliminates cloud-based storage and server vulnerabilities that have plagued traditional password managers for over a decade. Tether stated that existing password management […]
Wed, Dec 17
What's behind Musk's surprise SpaceX IPO decision?
SpaceX has started a regulatory quiet period, a sign the rocket company is getting serious about going public in 2026, people familiar with the matter said. The company sent a message to workers telling them to stop talking about the planned stock market listing. Staff got instructions to avoid discussing things like how fast SpaceX […]
Wed, Dec 17
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 […]
Wed, Dec 17
KuCoin and Tomorrowland lock in exclusive deal through 2028
Global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has partnered with Tomorrowland, one of the world’s premier electronic music festivals, becoming the exclusive crypto exchange and payments partner for Tomorrowland Winter and Tomorrowland Belgium from 2026 to 2028. The partnership bridges culture and technology, according to BC Wong, KuCoin’s CEO who stated, “Tomorrowland unites the People of Tomorrow through […]
Wed, Dec 17
JPMorgan pulls $350B from the Fed as rate cuts trigger treasury pivot
JPMorgan Chase moved almost $350 billion out of its Federal Reserve account and pushed most of that money into U.S. Treasuries, as the bank reacted to interest rate cuts this year. JPMorgan’s SEC filings on Wednesday showed that its Fed balance dropped from $409 billion at the end of 2023 to $63 billion in the […]
Wed, Dec 17
Next Big Cryptocurrency Forms as This Coin’s Phase 6 Reaches 99%, Top Analysts Watch Closely
Initial DeFi assets tend to take the same route. They take a long time to mature, gather initial users quietly and then a turning point when actual use starts to determine their value is achieved. This stage normally comes right before wider publicity. Mutuum Finance (MUTM) has just entered that window, and this is why […]
Wed, Dec 17
Indian MP: Tokenization is the solution to owning too “expensive assets”
India’s Parliament listened to a crypto-focused appeal on Tuesday as Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha urged the government to bring forward a “Tokenization Bill.” The proposed legislation, Chadha said, would allow middle-class Indians to own fractions of expensive assets like office buildings, highways, and intellectual property, through digital tokens. Speaking in the upper house of […]
Wed, Dec 17
