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The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin holds steady near the 88,000 dollar mark, following the opening of Asian markets with a positive risk sentiment. According to reports from Shalini Nagarajan this Monday, investors are adjusting their portfolios before the end of the year 2025. The digital currency shows remarkable resilience this Monday while the global market seeks to define its final path.

The European Central Bank plans to enable onchain settlements in central bank money as soon as 2026 while the final legal framework for the digital euro remains under debate in Brussels. The digital euro is positioned as both a modernization of euro-area payments and a strategic layer for sovereign settlement, but lawmakers are pressing the ECB on privacy and the risks of disintermediating commercial banks.

Zcash price is consolidating after a rapid rally as the market digests former exchange executive Arthur Hayes’s public endorsement of Zcash’s privacy model and a $10,000 price target. The divergence between Hayes’s bullish thesis and short-term technical signals has left ZEC trading in an indecisive pattern, with falling volumes and regulatory concern compounding uncertainty.

Aptos has filed a proposal (AIP-137) to implement SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s as an optional quantum-resistant signature scheme. This NIST-standardized stateless hash-based signature would allow users to opt in voluntarily, protecting accounts against future quantum computing threats while maintaining backward compatibility with existing systems.

Pi Coin continues to trade under pressure, while a closer read of available market and on-chain indicators shows contrasting signals that complicate a simple bearish narrative. Traders and managers should weigh liquidity and derivatives positioning against technical structure before adjusting risk, as positioning and flows may drive outcomes as much as spot direction.

The quantum computing threat is forcing major networks to quietly prepare for an uncertain and complex digital future. Recently, projects such as Aptos and Solana have initiated tests of digital signatures resistant to these advanced attacks. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin noted that the risk requires immediate engineering solutions that must be implemented well in advance today.

Malaysia presented its new RMJDT stablecoin today to transform regional trade through asset tokenization in Malaysia. The official source, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, Regent of Johor, highlighted the importance of this advanced technological launch. This initiative seeks to consolidate an efficient payment system based on the ringgit to facilitate onchain transactions.

Jurrien Timmer, Global Macro Director at Fidelity, announced today the potential end of the positive trend within the cryptographic market. According to the expert, the final phase of the Bitcoin bull cycle was completed after the historical peak recorded last October. Timmer highlights that current cycle follows very precise historical patterns. The financial industry cautiously observes these macro-scale projections today. Likewise, this perspective suggests that the buying euphoria of recent months has reached a point of technical saturation.

The SEC issued clarifying guidance on crypto custody under Rule 15c3-3 in a Division of Trading and Markets statement explaining how broker-dealers can meet customer protection obligations when holding crypto asset securities.

BONK fell 6.2%, pressured by a surge in trading volume that flagged aggressive repositioning around recent lows, CoinDesk reported. The memecoin now trades near $0.000008331 and sits below its short- and long-term moving averages, a configuration that underscores persistent selling pressure.