Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar

Articles by Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar

From stablecoins to incumbents, VCs map crypto value in 2025

Crypto December 25, 2025

After a year of regulatory change and uneven market performance, crypto investors are reassessing where value accrued in 2025.Β  In a recent podcast, Pantera Capital partner Mason Nystrom, Hash3 co-f...

Binance lists som-pegged stablecoin as Kyrgyzstan deepens crypto push

Crypto December 25, 2025

Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov said a recently launched stablecoin pegged to the countrys fiat currency has been listed on cryptocurrency exchange Binance. In a Wednesday X post, Japarov said KyοΏ½...

Crypto heads into 2026 with privacy, decentralized identity on the line

Crypto December 25, 2025

For years, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has advocated for privacy in the crypto space.Β Buterin argues that onboarding users alone is not enough, cautioning that widespread use of walled garden...

NFTs shifted to utility and culture as price faded in 2025

Crypto December 25, 2025

In 2021, a non-fungible token (NFT) by digital artist Beeple was sold for a staggering $69.3 million at a Christie's auction. Roughly a year later, blockchain entrepreneur Deepak Thapliyal bought a CοΏ½...

Brazil's live orchestra to turn Bitcoin price moves into music

Crypto December 24, 2025

An experimental orchestral project in Brazil aims to convert Bitcoin price data into live music, after receiving approval to raise funds through one of the countrys tax-incentive programs for culturaοΏ½...

Cipher enters US wholesale power market with Ohio data center acquisition

Crypto December 24, 2025

Cipher Mining has acquired a 200-megawatt power site in Ohio called Ulysses, marking its first expansion outside of Texas and entry into the PJM wholesale electricity market, the largest power marketοΏ½...

OKX reports trading increase after expansion into US, EU

Crypto December 24, 2025

Crypto exchange OKX said volume in its licensed and regulated markets increased 53-fold in 2025, driven by its expansion into the United States and the European Economic Area. Citing internal data, οΏ½...

ETHZilla liquidates $74.5M in Ether to redeem convertible debt

Crypto December 23, 2025

Crypto treasury company ETHZilla said in a filing with US regulators that it sold part of its Ether holdings to repay outstanding convertible notes amid a broader market downturn. The company discloοΏ½...

Strategy boosts USD reserve with $748M stock sale, skips Bitcoin purchases

Crypto December 23, 2025

Strategy added $747.8 million in net proceeds from the sale of common stock last week to its cash reserves and paused its Bitcoin purchases, as the company rebalances its assets amid the crypto downtοΏ½...

Galaxy predicts stablecoins will overtake ACH transaction volume in 2026

Crypto December 20, 2025

Stablecoins could process more transaction volume than the US Automated Clearing House system in 2026, as regulatory clarity and rising adoption expand their usage, according to a new forecast. GalοΏ½...