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Cryptocurrency News 15 December 2025 - 16 December 2025

UK Crypto Regulation 2025: FCA Launches Sweeping Rules Consultation for Exchanges, Staking and Lending Ahead of 2027 Rollout

UK Crypto Regulation 2025: FCA Launches Sweeping Rules Consultation for Exchanges, Staking and Lending Ahead of 2027 Rollout

LONDON — On December 16, 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the most comprehensive set of proposals yet for how Britain intends to regulate crypto markets — covering everything from token listings and market abuse to staking, crypto lending and decentralised finance (DeFi). The consultation marks a major step toward a full UK “crypto regime” that the government says will begin taking effect from October 2027. FCA+2Reuters+2 The FCA is positioning its approach as a familiar one for the City: bring crypto closer to traditional financial regulation by focusing on clear consumer information, market integrity and financial safeguards
16 December 2025
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Crypto Market Update – December 16, 2025

Crypto Market Update – December 16, 2025

Crypto Prices Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP As of December 16, 2025, the cryptocurrency market is trading cautiously after a volatile fourth quarter. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering around $86,500 – well off its autumn peak but still up significantly year-to-datehome.saxo. Ethereum (ETH) changes hands near $2,940, holding above key support levels despite recent pullbackshome.saxo. Top altcoins mirror the softer tone: Solana (SOL) trades around $127, and Ripple’s XRP is near $1.90, having slipped below the psychological $2 markhome.saxo. These prices reflect a market that has cooled from earlier highs but remains far higher than a year ago, with total crypto
16 December 2025
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XRP Price Today Breaks Key Support Below $2 as Crypto Sell-Off Deepens — What’s Driving the Drop on Dec. 16, 2025

XRP Price Today Breaks Key Support Below $2 as Crypto Sell-Off Deepens — What’s Driving the Drop on Dec. 16, 2025

December 16, 2025 — XRP (the token closely associated with Ripple’s ecosystem) slid further Tuesday, extending a multi-week soft patch and turning a familiar psychological line in the sand — $2 — into a fresh point of market anxiety. In early trading, XRP fell into the $1.80s, with multiple reports placing the move around $1.87–$1.88, as the broader crypto market flipped risk-off and leveraged positions were forced out. MEXC+2Stocktwits+2 The headlines may look like “just another down day” in a volatile asset class. But beneath the surface, Tuesday’s slide has a clear structure: a technical break of a widely watched
16 December 2025
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Texas Bitcoin ATM Expansion: Bitcoin Bancorp Plans Up to 200 Licensed Machines Starting Q1 2026

Texas Bitcoin ATM Expansion: Bitcoin Bancorp Plans Up to 200 Licensed Machines Starting Q1 2026

Texas is poised for another wave of cryptocurrency cash access after Bitcoin Bancorp (OTC: BCBC) announced plans to deploy up to 200 licensed Bitcoin ATMs across the state beginning in Q1 2026—a move that underscores how quickly the Lone Star State has become a focal point for the U.S. crypto economy. GlobeNewswire+1 The planned rollout is being framed by the company as a “compliant growth” push into what it calls one of America’s most crypto-forward jurisdictions, but it also lands at a time when crypto ATMs are facing growing consumer-protection scrutiny nationwide—with regulators, lawmakers, and law enforcement increasingly focused on
16 December 2025
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Bitcoin Slides Toward $85,800 as Year-End Caution Deepens in Crypto; Ethereum, XRP and Solana Extend Losses

Bitcoin Slides Toward $85,800 as Year-End Caution Deepens in Crypto; Ethereum, XRP and Solana Extend Losses

Crypto markets continued their December pullback on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, with traders dialing down risk ahead of fresh macro signals and thinner year-end liquidity. In Asian trading, Bitcoin fell toward $85,800, while Ether hovered around $2,930 and other major tokens—including XRP, Solana and Dogecoin—showed broad weekly declines that point to a market-wide retreat rather than any single-token shock. Futu News The move comes after a week of chop that followed last week’s Federal Reserve 25-basis-point rate cut, and it highlights a recurring theme for late 2025: policy easing has not been enough to restore sustained risk appetite, as investors
16 December 2025
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BNB Price Drops Below $850 Support as Crypto Market Cap Nears $3 Trillion — What Happened on Dec. 15, 2025

BNB Price Drops Below $850 Support as Crypto Market Cap Nears $3 Trillion — What Happened on Dec. 15, 2025

December 15, 2025 — Binance Coin (BNB) came under renewed pressure on Monday as a failed breakout attempt gave way to a sharp downside move, pushing the token below a closely watched technical zone around $850. The slide unfolded against a broader pullback across digital assets, with market watchers pointing to thinning year-end liquidity, fragile risk appetite, and a total crypto market capitalization hovering around the $3 trillion mark. coinglass+2MEXC+2 BNB breaks down after a brief push toward $888 According to CoinDesk Research’s technical analysis model (as republished by CoinGlass), BNB dropped more than 3% in 24 hours, sliding to
16 December 2025
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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Stock After Hours: Ethereum Treasury Update, CFO Separation Filing, and What to Watch Before the Dec. 16 Market Open

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Stock After Hours: Ethereum Treasury Update, CFO Separation Filing, and What to Watch Before the Dec. 16 Market Open

Dec. 15, 2025 — BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BMNR) ended Monday’s regular session sharply lower, then steadied slightly in after-hours trading as investors digested a fresh Ethereum (ETH) treasury update and a new SEC filing detailing the company’s CFO transition. Google+1 BMNR stock after hours today: where it closed and where it’s trading now BMNR finished the regular session at $30.95, down $3.92 (-11.22%) on the day, with roughly 61.3 million shares traded. In extended trading, BMNR was last indicated around $31.22 (about +0.87% versus the close) as of roughly 6:21 p.m. ET. Google Monday’s regular-session range was
16 December 2025
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Visa Stock After Hours (Dec. 15, 2025): V Holds Near $347 as Stablecoin Push Collides With Swipe-Fee Legal Fight — What to Watch Before Tuesday’s Open

Visa Stock After Hours (Dec. 15, 2025): V Holds Near $347 as Stablecoin Push Collides With Swipe-Fee Legal Fight — What to Watch Before Tuesday’s Open

Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) finished Monday’s session slightly lower, then traded essentially flat after the closing bell—ending a day where investors had to weigh two very different storylines: Visa’s fresh stablecoin initiative and a renewed legal overhang tied to U.S. “swipe fee” litigation. Reuters+3StockAnalysis+3MarketScreener+3 The broader market backdrop was cautious. Major U.S. indexes drifted down as traders positioned ahead of a key jobs report due Tuesday morning, a release that can move Treasury yields and risk sentiment—two macro inputs that often ripple into payment leaders like Visa. AP News+1 Below is a detailed, publication-ready breakdown of what happened to Visa
16 December 2025
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Coinbase (COIN) Stock After Hours Today (Dec. 15, 2025): Shares Slide on Crypto Weakness, Analyst Target Cut — What to Know Before Tuesday’s Open

Coinbase (COIN) Stock After Hours Today (Dec. 15, 2025): Shares Slide on Crypto Weakness, Analyst Target Cut — What to Know Before Tuesday’s Open

Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) ended Monday’s session sharply lower, tracking a broad pullback in crypto-linked assets as Bitcoin fell back below $86,000. After the closing bell on December 15, 2025, investors are weighing a fresh analyst price-target cut, an operational status update involving the Axelar network, and a looming catalyst: Coinbase’s “System Update 2025” product showcase on Wednesday, December 17. MarketScreener+2Coinbase Investor Relations+2 Below is what happened to Coinbase stock after the bell today—and what matters most before the U.S. stock market opens tomorrow (Tuesday, December 16, 2025). Coinbase stock price after the bell: where COIN closed and where
15 December 2025
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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Stock: 3.97M ETH Treasury Update, CFO Exit Filing, and Analyst Price Targets (December 15, 2025)

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) Stock: 3.97M ETH Treasury Update, CFO Exit Filing, and Analyst Price Targets (December 15, 2025)

BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BMNR) is having one of those “welcome to crypto equities” days: a big headline about a growing Ethereum treasury… paired with a red ticker as the broader crypto market slides. As of the latest available trade on Monday, December 15, 2025, BMNR was $31.90, down $2.96 (-8.49%) on the session, after trading between roughly $30.78 and $35.93 with very heavy volume (about 43.5 million shares). That drop is happening alongside weakness in the underlying assets BMNR is effectively “wrapped around”: Ethereum (ETH) is down ~4.65% and Bitcoin (BTC) is down ~2.73% on the day,
15 December 2025
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Galaxy Digital Stock (GLXY) Today: Solana ETF Launch, JPMorgan’s Tokenized Debt Deal, and Wall Street Price Targets

Galaxy Digital Stock (GLXY) Today: Solana ETF Launch, JPMorgan’s Tokenized Debt Deal, and Wall Street Price Targets

Galaxy Digital stock (NASDAQ: GLXY; TSX: GLXY) is having one of those very “crypto-adjacent equities” days: big headlines, big ambitions, and a share price that refuses to behave like a polite utility stock. As of 19:27 UTC on Monday, December 15, 2025, GLXY traded around $24.80, down about 7.3% on the session, after swinging between roughly $24.17 and $27.10. So what’s going on? Two forces are colliding: Below is a complete, up-to-date read on today’s Galaxy Digital stock news (Dec. 15, 2025), current forecasts, and the most widely cited analyses shaping sentiment. Why Galaxy Digital stock is down today When
15 December 2025
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Strategy Inc (MSTR) Stock Drops After $980M Bitcoin Buy: SEC Filing Details, Nasdaq 100 Impact, and Wall Street Forecasts (Dec. 15, 2025)

Strategy Inc (MSTR) Stock Drops After $980M Bitcoin Buy: SEC Filing Details, Nasdaq 100 Impact, and Wall Street Forecasts (Dec. 15, 2025)

December 15, 2025 — Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR)—the company formerly known as MicroStrategy—was back in the spotlight Monday after disclosing another near–$1 billion Bitcoin purchase. The twist: despite the buying spree, Strategy stock fell sharply alongside Bitcoin, underscoring the market’s growing focus on how the company funds its crypto accumulation—and what index providers may do next. As of late Monday trading, MSTR was around $164, down roughly 7% on the day, while Bitcoin traded near $86,200, down roughly 3%. What happened on Dec. 15: Strategy discloses another 10,645 BTC purchase In a Form 8‑K filed December 15, Strategy reported that
15 December 2025
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Stock Market Today

Northern Star Resources share price dips into weekend as $50m Central Tanami deal closes

Northern Star Resources share price dips into weekend as $50m Central Tanami deal closes

7 February 2026
Northern Star Resources fell 1.7% to A$26.77 Friday, extending losses as gold miners and the broader market declined. MGX Resources completed its A$50 million purchase of a 50% stake in the Central Tanami Gold Project from Northern Star. The All Ordinaries Gold index dropped 3.24%. CME Group raised COMEX gold futures margin requirements to 9% amid volatility.
PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

7 February 2026
PLS Group shares closed at A$4.12 Friday, down 1.2% after a 3.7% drop Thursday. Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group disclosed increased voting power in the lithium miner, both citing changes dated Feb. 2. The moves came as lithium prices fell and Australian equities posted their sharpest drop in months. PLS reports interim results Feb. 19.
Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

7 February 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares closed at A$158.91, down 0.23% Friday, as the S&P/ASX 200 fell 2.03% and nearly A$70 billion was wiped from the market. The bank reports half-year results and an interim dividend on Feb. 11, with shares going ex-dividend Feb. 18. CBA flagged a A$68 million provision linked to ASIC’s Better Banking review. The RBA raised rates to 3.85% on Feb. 3, with CBA passing on the increase from Feb. 13.
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