The digital asset market has suffered a sharp setback following President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of tariffs on eight European nations. This unexpected geopolitical event triggered massive cryptocurrency liquidations totaling 875 million dollars in just 24 hours, severely impacting price stability across the board.
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Chloe Adams writes about the infrastructure layer of crypto: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Layer 1 networks, stablecoins, DeFi and the regulation shaping how these systems are used. At BlockchainJournal, she pays close attention to protocol upgrades, network activity and adoption claims, separating meaningful ecosystem progress from technical noise or premature conclusions.When relevant, she also tracks regulatory developments and market reactions tied to core blockchain systems.
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BTCC closed 2025 with $5.72 billion in tokenized gold trades, driven by a dramatic fourth-quarter surge that produced $2.74 billion of volume alone. This concentration of activity reflected a rapid shift in demand toward gold represented on-chain, according to the exchange’s Growth Report for Q4 2025.
Hedera’s HBAR suffered a roughly 40% decline after the launch of the Canary HBAR ETF, a reversal that market analysts attributed to fleeting demand and weak capital flows. The drop exposed a short-lived rally that failed to convert speculative interest into sustained institutional commitment.
Nexo Capital has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine following investigations by the California financial regulator this week. The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) claimed that the firm issued thousands of crypto-backed loans without holding a valid license.
Citrea announced the launch of ctUSD, a dollar‑pegged stablecoin fully backed by short‑term U.S. Treasury bills and cash, aimed at supplying native, regulated liquidity to Bitcoin layer‑2 applications.
Dash (DASH) posted a 102.5% weekly gain to become the strongest performer among privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, driven by a spike in trading volume and new fiat on‑ramp access.
Decentralized finance teams have been withdrawing from public Discord channels after a surge of phishing, impersonation and social-engineering attacks made the platform a persistent security liability.
Coinbase’s sharp fall in Q4 2025 knocked ARK Invest’s flagship ETFs off course, delivering the largest single-stock detraction to ARKK, ARKF and ARKW and deepening losses across the firm’s crypto-linked positions.
SWIFT and Societe Générale–FORGE (SG‑FORGE) carried out a successful trial in which tokenized bonds were settled using a MiCA‑compliant euro stablecoin alongside cash. The experiment, conducted in January de 2026, tested delivery‑versus‑payment (DvP) flows and demonstrated that regulated stablecoins can interoperate with legacy payment rails via SWIFT’s orchestration layer.
The CEO of Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, recently issued a strong warning about the traditional financial system in the United States. Moynihan claimed that a mass migration to stablecoins could withdraw trillions of dollars from commercial banks. This statement comes during the entity’s latest earnings call, highlighting the tension between lenders and digital assets.
