Digital bank Erebor Bank has quietly raised $350 million at a multibillion-dollar valuation, signaling renewed investor appetite for regulated institutions willing to bank crypto, artificial intelligence (AI), and defense-sector firms, according to reporting from Axios citing “multiple sources.”

As 2025 winds down, plenty of chatter is swirling around the idea that bitcoin and other crypto assets have gone their own way, drifting apart from precious metals (PMs) like gold and silver — and even U.S. equities — as stock indexes and PMs notch record highs while crypto prices sit idle, looking oddly pinned in place.

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It’s been pretty boring on the bitcoin front, and the king of crypto seems stuck in a range tighter than a miser’s wallet. After teasing bulls and bears alike with a high near $90,353, bitcoin has retreated into a well-worn channel, leaving analysts decoding tea leaves and trendlines for a clearer direction.

Companies controlled by senior executives at Tether were reportedly among the buyers of Peak Mining, the bitcoin mining arm sold by Northern Data, which is majority owned by the stablecoin giant.

The Milwaukee-based company that offers payment solutions to millions of customers worldwide will implement QR payments in Argentina through its Clover platform. Fiserv becomes the first company of its kind to reach this milestone in Argentina, allowing customers to pay in crypto and merchants to receive pesos.

The regulator unveils a draft framework imposing a 100 % risk charge on crypto assets and offering incentives for infrastructure investments.

An undisclosed source revealed that in the weeks leading up to the launch of Libra, Hayden Davis signed an agreement to become Argentina’s blockchain advisor. The agreement had not been disclosed by President Milei, who has stated that his participation was merely incidental.

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The EU Council has agreed its negotiating stance on introducing a digital euro and reinforcing the legal tender status of cash.

Ghana has officially legalized cryptocurrency trading following the passage of the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, 2025. Bank of Ghana Governor Johnson Pandit Asiama said the law ends years of regulatory uncertainty, giving youth and entrepreneurs a safe framework to trade digital assets.

ETHzilla sold $74.5 million worth of ether in December to retire debt, marking its second major crypto liquidation since October and signaling a clear pivot away from the digital asset treasury (DAT) playbook.

Coinbase is pushing prediction markets into the mainstream, moving to acquire The Clearing Company as it deepens regulated, onchain event trading and advances its vision of a unified, multi-asset Everything Exchange.

Asset tokenization is nearing a breakthrough moment as institutional adoption accelerates, with Grayscale signaling the sector could scale 1,000-fold by 2030 and become a core pillar of global capital markets.

Crypto market optimism is surging as unified SEC and CFTC leadership points to clear rules, lighter friction, and stronger U.S. backing, accelerating expectations for institutional adoption and a decisive regulatory turning point for digital assets.