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📊 WALL STREET GIANTS LOWER BITCOIN PRICE TARGETS Bitcoin price predictions are being revised lower, with cuts reaching 50%. - Citi's 12-month target: $143K from $181K - Standard Chartered's 2026 forecast: $150K from 300k - Cathie Wood's 2030 projection: $1.2M from $1.5M

👀 TOM LEE’S FUND SEES BITCOIN BACK TO $60K SOON Fundstrat, led by Tom Lee, told clients to expect a major crypto correction in H1 2026. In an internal report, crypto head Sean Farrell said his base case points to $BTC at $60K–$65K, $ETH at $1.8K–$2K, and $SOL at $50–$75.

🐋 WHALE BUYS THE DIP: SCOOPS $221M BTC Three fresh wallets snapped up 2,509 BTC worth ~$221M over the past 24 hours from FalconX, indicating a single whale aggressively accumulating the dip.

👀 $50 MILLION LOST FROM A COPY-PASTE MISTAKE An analyst spotted a user lost ~$50M $USDT after copying the wrong wallet address. Victim tested with $50 USDT to their own wallet. Scammer instantly created a look-alike address with the same first & last characters. The victim copied the poisoned address from transaction history and sent $49.9M $USDT straight to the scammer.

⚠️ ALERT: THE CRYPTO BEAR MARKET HAS BEGUN CryptoQuant now says Bitcoin has likely entered a bear market phase. The report says $BTC could drop to $70K in 3–6 months, and as low as $56K later in H2 2026.

▶️ PRO-BITCOIN SENATOR ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT 🇺🇸Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a top U.S. crypto supporter, says she won’t run again for reelection. This adds uncertainty to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and market structure bill.

🚨AAVE HOLDS $52B CRYPTO LENDING DEPOSITS As per Token Terminal, around 60% of all crypto lending deposits worth 52 BILLION are currently held on $AAVE.

🚨 POLYMARKET OUTPERFORMS MOST CRYPTO PLATFORMS ON USER RETENTION Polymarket now outperforms 85% of crypto platforms on user retention, according to a new report by Dune and Keyrock. The prediction market has seen 1.75M+ unique addresses, with the last 8 consecutive months recording 215K+ active users, and 75–90% returning participation each month.

🚨$7.1 TRILLION AT STAKE FOR WITCHING DAY! About $7.1 TRILLION in stock, ETF, and index options expire today, the largest on record. These mass expiries can cause market swings, but Citi says "volatility is usually lower than feared."

Our 2025 Predictions Reviewed ⭐️ Every December, crypto timelines flood with bold predictions. But very few people go back and audit what actually played out. So, here’s a clean review of how our 10 predictions for 2025 performed. Scorecard: ✅ 3 right 🟨 4 partially right ❌ 3 wrong Overall, we were directionally right on most calls - but the timing, scale, or specifics didn’t always land. ✔️ Predictions We Got Right 1️⃣ Crypto will achieve mass adoption via stablecoins & payments Stablecoins became one of the fastest-growing niches in 2025. They accounted for ~30% of crypto transaction volume early in the year, hit record annual volumes, and their market cap doubled YoY. Crypto cards also surged; volumes grew ~5x from January to November. Big TradFi names like Stripe, Klarna, and Cloudflare entered the space. 2️⃣ More countries mining Bitcoin State-linked BTC mining expanded beyond El Salvador & Bhutan. Japan launched a grid-stability mining initiative, and France proposed using surplus nuclear power for BTC mining. 3️⃣ A major crypto hack will cause market stress Bybit was hacked for ~$1.5B (the largest crypto hack ever) accounting for nearly half of 2025’s total losses. 🟨 Partially Right Predictions 4️⃣ Big 2025 rally driven by structural changes Spot ETFs and US exchange listings expanded, but timing was off. Altcoin ETFs came late, and BTC dominated gains while altcoins lagged. 5️⃣ The market will top in H1 2025 or H1 2026 Altcoins topped early 2025, but BTC and total market cap hit new ATHs in H2. A potential H1 2026 top is still possible. 6️⃣ A major central bank will buy BTC The Czech Central Bank bought BTC; but it wasn’t a major central bank and was framed as a test allocation. 7️⃣ Privacy & identity as key narratives Privacy absolutely hit. Zcash went mainstream and rallied ~10x, with institutional backing (Gemini, Cypherpunk). Identity, however, didn’t follow through. ❌ Predictions We Got Wrong 8️⃣ DEXs flipping CEXs Didn’t happen. But DEX volumes hit ATHs and UX improvements (trading bots, new platforms) drove strong growth. 9️⃣ >50% of BTC hash rate from the US US dominance rose above 40%, but didn’t cross 50%. 🔟 Non-sanctioned country using crypto for trade Didn’t materialize. However, BRICS launched a gold-backed trade currency prototype, signaling movement in that direction. ——— ⚡️ Final Takeaway 2025 wasn’t a perfect year for predictions, but the big themes played out - just slower or differently than expected. Onward to 2026. 🚀 Checkout the original predictions video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HvSFVJgXNQ

🚨 ARTHUR HAYES OFFLOADS MORE ETH Arthur Hayes continues trimming his holdings, sending over 500 ETH (~$1.5M) to Galaxy Digital today. Over the past month, Hayes has sold more than $40 million worth of altcoins.

🪙 SOLO MINER TURNS $86 INTO 3.12 BTC JACKPOT A solo Bitcoin miner rented under $100 worth of hashpower via NiceHash’s EasyMining platform and successfully mined an entire block, earning 3.12 BTC, worth roughly $271,000!

‼️ SEC LAWSUIT CLAIMS THIRD-PARTY BITCOIN MINING SERVICES ARE SECURITIES OFFERINGS The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Danh C Vo, the founder of Bitcoin mining company VBit, accusing him of operating an illegal securities scheme by selling unregistered securities in the form of third-party Bitcoin mining hosting services.

🚨 COINBASE SUES THREE U.S. STATES Coinbase has sued Michigan, Illinois, and Connecticut, escalating a legal fight to clarify that prediction markets fall under CFTC jurisdiction, not state gaming regulators.

🚨 JUMP TRADING SUED FOR $4B OVER ROLE IN TERRA/LUNA $40B COLLAPSE! The administrator overseeing the wind-down of Terraform Labs has filed a $4 billion lawsuit against Jump Trading, its co-founder William DiSomma, and former president Kanav Kariya. The lawsuit accuses them of contributing to the 2022 collapse of Do Kwon's crypto empire through manipulation, concealment, and self-dealing. Key allegations include secret 2019 agreements granting Jump discounted Luna token options, a covert "gentlemen's agreement" to prop up TerraUSD's dollar peg in May 2021, and false public claims of algorithmic recovery among others.

🔴CRYPTO THEFT TOPS $3.4B IN 2025 Crypto losses have surpassed $3.4B this year, exceeding 2024 levels, per Chainalysis. 📈 The $1.5B Bybit breach accounted for ~44% of total losses. While DeFi exploits remain muted, large-scale exchange and personal wallet hacks are accelerating, concentrating risk in centralized infrastructure.

🚨 SOFI LAUNCHES THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK-ISSUED STABLECOIN SoFi has launched SoFiUSD, a fully reserved U.S. dollar stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank. The company claims this is the first time a national bank has issued a stablecoin on a public, permissionless blockchain.

⚡️ JUST IN: BYBIT RETURNS TO UK AFTER 2-YEAR HIATUS Bybit has relaunched services in the UK after a two-year hiatus. The re-entry follows its partnership with London-based Archax, which holds a specialised FCA authorization for approving financial promotions.