🇯🇵 Japan Sends Interest Rate Signal to Global Markets! Japan's 2-year US Treasury yield rose to 1.18% this week, reaching its highest level since 1997.
▪️ Binance will remove the following trading pairs from its platform on 03/01/2026: $AI /$BNB , $ETC /BNB, FLOW/BTC, LPT/BNB, SFP/BTC, VET/BNB, WCT/FDUSD, WIF/BRL, and WLFI/BRL.
On the last day of 2025, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a total net outflow of $348 million. None of the 12 funds experienced any inflows. Spot Ethereum ETFs also saw outflows of $72.06 million. Spot Solana and XRP ETFs, however, stood out positively, attracting net inflows of $2.29 million and $5.58 million respectively.
According to Coinglass data, Bitcoin finished the fourth quarter of 2025 with a 23.07% drop. Following the sharp 42.16% loss seen in the fourth quarter of 2018, this stands out as the second worst fourth quarter on record.
According to the Financial Times, the UK and more than 40 countries began implementing new crypto tax reporting rules under the OECD's Crypto Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) from January 1st.
🥇 Gold & Silver
Spot gold surged over 64% in 2025, marking its best year since 1979. The World Gold Council reported that official reserves reached their highest level since the 1950s.
Spot silver recorded its strongest annual performance in history, rising 147%. Inflows into ETFs also indicate a reversal of a four-year outflow trend.
📈 US Stock Markets / Technology & Company News
The S&P 500 index officially closed 2025 with a 16.6% increase, completing its third consecutive year of double-digit gains. The Nasdaq rose 20%, and the Dow 13%. AI stocks stood out in 2025: Three of the top four S&P 500 stocks were data storage companies benefiting from AI investments. Sandisk led the way with a 559% increase, followed by Western Digital (284%) and Seagate (225%).
🌍 Geopolitical / Political Headlines
Following recent contacts with Putin and Zelenskyy, US President Trump is sending the message that "the final stage of peace is approaching" for Ukraine.
In the technology and trade tensions between the US and China, Washington plans to impose new tariffs on semiconductors imported from China starting in 2027;
📅 Today's Highlights (January 2, GMT+3)
There are no headline-level data releases from the US & Europe today.
BREAKING NEWS: 🇺🇸 The Fed has injected the largest amount of liquidity into the market since the Covid period.
🔎 What does this mean?
• The Fed is providing short-term cash to the banking system (repo operations). • The aim: to prevent a cash crunch in the market and to prevent sudden stress on interest rates. • Such actions generally indicate an increased need for liquidity in the system.
📊 Greetings everyone, and happy new year! I hope 2026 will be a year of great success for the Coin Engineer family. After two years, 2025 ended with a red candle. In previous years, every year after a red candle close, the next two years ended with a green candle. If these cycles repeat in 2026-2027, it can be interpreted as an upward trend.
Our $90,000 resistance is still holding. Bitcoin, which has been rejected in every attempt, is not making a new low after these rejections. These are positive things, but it still remains weak enough to not rise. It needs a catalyst for an upward move. A news flow could strengthen the price. We will continue to monitor closely.
It continues to hold the $83,700 support. This area has not yet been tested a second time. If it is tested, it will receive a reaction. The lower band of the range is our current major support area.
🔸 Binance is removing the $BTC /$RON trading pair ▪️ Based on its latest reviews, #Binance will remove the BTC/RON spot trading pair on January 2, 2026.