The financial entity Sberbank announced this Monday the successful execution of the first crypto-backed loan in Russian territory for the mining company Intelion Data. This strategic move represents a firm first step toward the banking integration of digital assets. Anatoly Popov, executive vice president of Sberbank, confirmed that the operation will serve as a pilot to expand this financial product to other corporate clients soon.
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Olivia reports on regulation, compliance, and policy developments shaping the crypto industry. Her coverage examines how legal and regulatory decisions influence market structure, project development, and industry behavior.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
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The Japanese government recently presented the master plan for the tax reform in Japan during the year 2026. According to the Nikkei report, this initiative proposes a flat 20% rate on profits obtained from digital assets. Currently, traders must face taxes that reach a maximum of 55 percent on their annual profits.
The XRP asset price is going through a decisive moment after recording a drop of 11.4% during the month of December. According to data analyzed by Kamina Bashir, this negative trend could break a streak of two consecutive years of annual gains. The weakening of momentum in the market is evident given the increase in selling pressure across various platforms.
Mirae Asset Group recently initiated strategic talks to finalize the acquisition of the Korbit exchange in South Korea. According to reports from The Chosun Daily, the financial firm seeks to strengthen its digital infrastructure in the Asian ecosystem through this move. The operation directly involves the current major shareholders of the commercial platform.
Sui closed 2025 with measurable institutional traction and growing payments and Bitcoin-DeFi activity, highlighted by a peak DeFi TVL of $2.17 billion in July 2025 and network throughput of 297.000 TPS with 400ms finality.
China’s DeepSeek AI has published algorithmic price forecasts for XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) with a horizon at the end of 2026. The model presents bullish and bearish ranges for each token and links upside scenarios to regulatory clarity, ecosystem growth and delivery of protocol milestones.
Uniswap token burn and protocol fee proposal won near-unanimous approval, reshaping UNI’s economic design. The governance vote approved a one‑time 100 million UNI burn and activated a protocol fee switch, changes that aim to tie protocol revenue directly to token scarcity and value.
The TRON network has registered historical growth in its active user base during this month of December 2025. However, the TRX price is currently undergoing its worst performance for a fourth quarter, according to recent reports by analyst Kamina Bashir. The ecosystem shows an unusual divergence between the massive adoption of its infrastructure and its native asset’s market value.
The market observes a new Bitcoin price prediction today after recently reaching $89,160. Analyst Arslan Butt reported a 1.5% daily increase for the leading coin. Likewise, the asset maintains its absolute dominance over other current cryptocurrencies.
Aptos’ native token APT fell as part of a wider crypto retreat in late December 2025, reversing a short-lived outperformance earlier in the week. The move underlines APT’s sensitivity to macroeconomic shifts and market-wide flows as well as to token-specific supply dynamics.
