Gary Gensler, the current SEC chairman and former Goldman Sachs exec, is stepping down, and Paul Atkins, chosen by President Trump, is taking over. Gensler has been tough on crypto, and Atkins, on the other hand, believes in letting the free market thrive and views crypto as revolutionary technology.

The crypto market showed signs of life yesterday after enduring weeks of persistent selling pressure, with many assets starting to recover. Solana, one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies, joined the rally, surging over 10% in just 24 hours.

TL;DR Polymarket projects a 78% chance of SEC approval for Solana (SOL) ETFs in 2025. Five asset managers, including Grayscale and VanEck, have already filed applications for Solana ETFs. Changes in SEC leadership could be crucial for unlocking the approval of these financial products.

Bitcoin's price surged past $97,000 on Thursday, climbing 2% to hit $97,011. This modest bump capped a 3% gain since the start of 2025, as the crypto markets began shaking off the losses that weighed them down at the end of last year.

The price of Solana (SOL) shows a spectacular recovery of 10% following a significant transaction of 55 million dollars made by the Pump.fun platform to the Kraken exchange. This rise comes amid a context of high volatility for the cryptocurrency.

After a prolonged two-week period of narrow consolidation, ADA, the native token of the Cardano blockchain, is poised for notable upside momentum due to a bullish price action pattern. However, since the beginning of December 2024, ADA has experienced a significant price correction.

XRP, one of the leading cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, has kicked off the year with an impressive 11% surge. The cryptocurrency's price action has placed it among the best-performing altcoins in the market, overshadowing other major coins like Ethereum (ETH) and even Bitcoin to some extent.

While late December saw Solana range-bound and down a couple of pegs, the altcoin seems to be riding the “new year, new me” wave with a major breakout. The post Solana Shatters $200 Barrier With 10% Surge – New Year New SOL High? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Solana's PumpFun has made another SOL transfer to the Kraken exchange. This marks their second deposit in as many days, raising concerns about a potential selloff just as SOL rebounds above $200.

The price of Ethereum (ETH) has held above the $3,200 support level but below the moving average lines. Cryptocurrency price analysis brought by Coinidol.com.

TL;DR XRP records a 7.65% rise, reaching $2.40 and solidifying its position as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Technical indicators, such as the golden cross and a bullish RSI, support a potential rise to $3 if the $2.59 resistance level is broken.

After struggling to end 2024, cryptocurrencies were green to start 2025, as exuberance around the sector is back on tap from several sources. Treasury yields also dipped this morning, typically a good sign for crypto.

U.S. investors are massively selling their assets, as observed in outflows from the spot Bitcoin ETF market and a plunge in the Coinbase Premium Index.

Women based in Europe and the U.S. are doing excellent work in the Bitcoin space, as CoinTelegraph pointed out, but so are women from Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia and The Middle East.

The market has been showing signs of strength, especially with the recent break rally. This suggests that the bearish trend might be losing momentum, increasing the probability of an upward breakout. Altcoins are also looking promising, with several coins potentially completing their corrections and gearing up for the next upward movement in Q1.

Demand for artificial intelligent agents has jumped in the last few months, helped by the potential market size and the hype. VIRTUAL price soared and became the best-performing cryptocurrency in 2024.

In a ranking of the top 20 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in 2024, BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, came in third. In a post shared by Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg's senior ETF analyst on X, IBIT made the top three cut with a total flow of $37 billion.

Bitcoin, the first and largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has increased by nearly 473% since Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money," labeled it a "scam" about two years ago.

US Bitcoin ETFs are nearing $110B in holdings, capturing over 5.7% of BTC supply. With BlackRocks leadership, analysts forecast a $200K BTC price by 2025, fueled by institutional adoption and market momentum.

Bitcoin is rising in the new year, propelling Solana and XRP to major gains as Dogecoin climbs—and Fartcoin blasts off again.

Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Michaël van de Poppe is leaning bullish on one Solana (SOL) competitor while offering his analysis on XRP and Chainlink (LINK). Starting with Sei (SEI), Van de Poppe tells his 759,100 followers on the social media platform X that the Solana rival is “looking juicy” at the current level.

Bulls are back in the game after a few days of a bearish market, according to CoinMarketCap.

Reece Merrick, Ripple's Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa (MEA), took to the social media platform X earlier today to reflect on a transformative year for cryptocurrency while outlining Ripple's vision for the future of digital assets in the region.

James Butterfill, the Head of Research at digital asset manager CoinShares, has made an intriguing prediction about the future price of Bitcoin (BTC). In a recent interview with CNBC, Butterfill suggested that Bitcoin could eventually reach $250,000—a more than 166% increase from its current price.

Bitcoin rallies to $96,568, edging closer to $100K. IRS tax delay boosts sentiment, while Swiss BTC reserve proposal gains traction. Key levels analyzed. The post Bitcoin Rally: $96,500 Price—Is It Heading for $100K Soon? appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto jumps as Bitcoin hits $96,711. Solana leads with 7% gains.

XRP has been making waves in the cryptocurrency market, experiencing a dramatic $13 billion inflow in just 24 hours.

December marked a significant milestone for spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S., as they recorded net inflows exceeding $2 billion, according to data from SoSoValue.

The next few weeks could see BTC fall to $70,000 or rally above $103,000 as investors either double down on demand or offload their assets more

Bitcoin could climb as high as $120,000 in January 2025, "with peaks near $120,000 likely following a potential correction," an analyst told Decrypt.

Here's how Fed's shift from QT to QE (quantitative easing) could aid BTC's growth in 2025.

Blockstream founder Adam Back has predicted that Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) might reign supreme next year.

XRP, the cryptocurrency associated with the Ripple network, has been navigating a period of consolidation. While there haven't been any major updates in recent developments, XRP's price movement remains significant for traders and investors.

Alex Krüger, an economist and popular crypto analyst, explained how the US Federal Reserve's stance in 2025 could serve as a tailwind for the ongoing Bitcoin rally. This comment from Krüger comes as BTC is up 4.34% from its January 1 swing low of $92,840.

On the first day of the year, Ripple prepared for its first token dump of 2025, reserving 300 million XRP of the 1 billion unlocked tokens, as Finbold warned on Christmas. This is part of a monthly selling pattern originated from XRP's genesis distribution, reserving 80% of its supply to Ripple.

Robinhood started 2025 with an extraordinary gesture, distributing as much as 2.5 million dollars in Bitcoin to its Gold users.

TL;DR Pump.fun has generated over $398 million to date, emerging as one of the leading memecoin platforms in the Solana ecosystem. Despite the overall decline in the memecoin market, which lost over $40 billion in December, Pump.fun continues to show strong daily performance of $14 million. Beyond controversies and regulatory warnings, Pump.

A strong break of the $202 resistance has put Solana ($SOL) back on track as far as this bull market is concerned. With the all-time high at $264 just on the horizon, can the $SOL bulls achieve this level and beyond?

The Bitcoin market continues to see a bit of bullish behavior, as the market continues to see the $90,000 level as a support region. At this point in time, the market looks like it is trying to sort out where we are going to work off the froth.

Cryptocurrency markets are surging on the first official trading day of 2025, with the top three coins by market capitalization up between 4% and 11% before U.S. markets open. CRYPTOCURRENCY PRICE 24-HOUR GAINS +/- Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) $96,595 +3.4% Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) $3,462 +4.0% XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) $2.40 +10.8% What Happened: XRP has overtaken Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) to become the third-biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, surging to $138 billion at the time of writing.

Cryptocurrency analysts of Coinidol.com report, Ripple (XRP) has remained stable, trading above the $2.00 support and below the $2.80 resistance level.

The XRP price ended the month of December at around $2.08 after a period of back and forth between gains and declines. Although it ended December just above the $2 mark, the XRP price went through a bullish period in the first half of the month, which saw it peaking around $2.9, its peak price in over six years.

US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs now hold over 5.7% of the entire Bitcoin supply, with analysts seeing it as a price catalyst toward $200,000.

Render (RENDER) joined Solana (SOL) as a top performer, gaining 7.8%.

On Thursday, XRP is currently dancing at a price of $2.36 to $2.40 in the last hour, with a market valuation soaring to $137 billion and a 24-hour trading volume hitting $9.65 billion, bouncing between an intraday range of $2.16 to $2.452.

Adam Back, a big figure in the world of cryptography and blockchain, recently shared something interesting: He did not own any Bitcoin (BTC) until 2013. Famous for inventing Hashcash in 1997, a proof-of-work algorithm designed to combat spam and denial-of-service attacks, Back's influence extends deeply into the development of modern blockchain systems.

The potential approval of Solana ETFs could signal a shift in regulatory attitudes, impacting the broader acceptance of crypto assets. The post Polymarket predicts a 78% chance Solana ETFs will secure SEC approval this year appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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