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🎄 As the year comes to an end, we want to pause for a moment and say thank you. 🤝 Thank you for being part of our community, for your trust, and for sharing this journey with us. The year behind us had its ups and downs, just like the market itself. ✨ May the new year bring you peace of mind, fresh energy, and progress toward whatever matters most to you.

🎄 Christmas is a time to slow down, reconnect, and appreciate what truly matters.   🤗 Behind every screen and every transaction, there are real people, real stories, and real moments of warmth. 🪄 This season, we wish you calm days, clear minds, and a safe, steady path forward — in crypto and beyond.   ✨ May your holidays be filled with light, comfort, and time well spent with those you love.

Crypto VC strategy shifted in 2025: fewer deals, bigger checks. Illia Otychenko, lead analyst at CEX.IO: "VCs are now writing bigger checks to fewer companies rather than scattering investments across numerous small projects." Average round size jumped to $37M. This week: $313M raised. 2025 total: $25.4B - 160%+ vs 2024. https://lnkd.in/g86mCMQV

Our research shows something many people quietly recognize during the holidays: talking about crypto can still feel a bit awkward. Not because it's irrelevant or unfamiliar, but because it hasn't fully become part of everyday, safe conversation yet. Online, crypto feels everywhere. Offline, especially around the holiday table, it often feels like a topic that needs extra context. We shared a fuller reflection on this pattern and what it says about where crypto really is today in the full blog post: https://lnkd.in/g38yZdcz

⚠️ Crypto liquidity is shrinking fast ahead of the holidays. "Over the past month, stablecoin supply was essentially stuck within $285-$290 billion," says Yaroslav Patsira, CEX.IO. "This suggests that funds are still in the ecosystem, but they're just not being deployed aggressively." His take on Bitcoin: upside is "capped without renewed ETF demand or stablecoin expansion." https://lnkd.in/gWTmfN2M

Treasury Secretary Bessent is reshaping crypto regulation to remove barriers to growth. CEX.IO's Lead Analyst Ilya Otychenko on the risks: "Fewer rules can also increase the chance of blow-ups or instability. Faster innovation must be balanced with clear, basic safeguards so growth doesn't outpace risk management." Full analysis: https://lnkd.in/dFxiNgDs

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🎯 Arthur Hayes predicted Bitcoin would hit $250K this year. We're nowhere close. 💡 Our VP of Product, Alexandr Kerya, analyzed what changed: the Fed delayed rate cuts, liquidity dried up, and institutional flows turned unpredictable. 🔍 But here's the interesting part: "Nothing fundamentally changed. The technology keeps improving." 📊 Full analysis here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eiu8wHQg

Turns out, Black Friday creates very specific spending behaviors for crypto users. Some of them surprised even us. Full story in the article: https://lnkd.in/dxi9fjWA

Gold futures: $130 from record high Bitcoin: Down 6%  Crypto market cap: -$175B in 24h ⭐ Illia Otychenko, Lead Analyst at CEX.IO, breaks down the macro shift: Fed rate cut expectations are fueling gold while risk assets wait for delayed QT liquidity effects 👇 https://lnkd.in/e2KQzhFk