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Tron (CRYPTO: TRX) defied the negatives plaguing the more popular cryptocurrencies to emerge as one of the market’s top performers in 2025.
TRX’s Resilience Amid Market Turmoil
The Layer-1 blockchain token has lifted over 12% year-to-date, making it the tenth-largest cryptocurrency gainer this year.
TRX, currently valued at over $27 billion, surged to its yearly high of $0.36 in late August before sliding to $0.28 in the broader crypto downturn in the last quarter.
Yet, the token was not nearly as badly impacted as blue-chip currencies such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), which traded down 6.54% and 11.64%, respectively, year-to-date.
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The bitcoin price continued to swing around the $90,000 level during thin holiday trading, rising and falling in sharp moves that lacked any volume needed for a sustained breakout.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency rose about 2.6% during low-liquidity sessions and held above $86,000 over the week, but was unable to sustain its $90,000 level in Monday’s Asian trading hours, according to market data.
At time of writing, the bitcoin price was trading at $87,465 on Tuesday, with a 24-hour volume of about $52 billion and little change over the past day.
The cryptocurrency sits roughly 3% below its recent day high of $90,230, with a market capitalization of about $1.75…
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A South Korean crypto exchange employee was sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to recruit a military officer to sell classified secrets to North Korea in exchange for Bitcoin, the Supreme Court ruled on December 28.
The ruling also imposes a four-year ban on the employee from financial sector activities.
Court documents revealed that North Korean hackers paid the exchange staffer $487,000 in Bitcoin to recruit a 30-year-old army captain, who received $33,500 in Bitcoin in return, according to the South Korean media outlet Dailian.
The staffer approached the officer through a Telegram chat, offering cryptocurrency for access to sensitive military data.
The…
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Sberbank has issued Russia’s first loan backed by crypto, extending financing to Intelion Data, one of the country’s largest bitcoin mining companies, in a pilot transaction that signals growing institutional interest in crypto-collateralized lending.
The bank, Russia’s largest lender, said the loan was secured using digital assets mined directly by Intelion Data. Sberbank did not disclose the size, duration, or exact type of cryptocurrency used as collateral, describing the transaction as an experimental pilot rather than a full commercial rollout.
“We believe this product will be relevant not only for cryptocurrency miners, but also for companies that own…
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Happy Monday, and hope you all had a merry Christmas! We’re back with updates on recent crypto performance as we move into the New Year.
Gold led traditional benchmarks higher this week while BTC slipped nearly 1%, diverging from the broader risk-on mood. Solana ecosystem tokens outperformed, with JTO and DRIFT posting double-digit gains as L2s and Ethereum-linked sectors bled. Aave still dominates DeFi lending with 86% of protocol revenue, but its grip has loosened from 91% in January as Fluid and newer entrants chip away. Meanwhile, Lighter continues to beat out Hyperliquid on weekly…
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Strategy, the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin, has resumed accumulating bitcoin, purchasing 1,229 coins for approximately $108.8 million during the week ended December 28.
The acquisition was made at an average price of $88,568 per bitcoin and lifts the company’s total holdings to 672,497 BTC, according to a regulatory filing released today. Strategy has now spent roughly $50.44 billion acquiring bitcoin at an average cost basis of $74,997 per coin.
The latest purchase was funded through the sale of 663,450 shares of Class A common stock under the company’s at-the-market (ATM) equity program, generating $108.8 million in net proceeds.
Strategy said it did not…
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