MetaMask has added BTC support. Now, Bitcoin can be used directly in the wallet without third-party services.
What is available to users:
- purchasing BTC with fiat; - sending and receiving BTC; - exchanging EVM and Solana assets for BTC; - managing all networks in a single multi-chain account.
MetaMask Rewards are awarded for BTC swaps via MetaMask.
Every time the crowd was in extreme fear, a Bitcoin pump followed.
😳 Right now, the Fear and Greed Index is at 16, which falls into the Extreme Fear zone - 0-25. The current situation fits very well into the historical pattern.
However, the scale of the pump has also been decreasing, so there's still a chance of a dead cat bounce 😬
🔴 Macroeconomic analysts believe that Bitcoin will "fall below $70,000" due to Japan's strict policies. According to data published by AndrewBTC, every increase in the Bank of Japan's interest rate since 2024 has coincided with a drop in Bitcoin's price by more than 20%.
In his post on X-Stop on Saturday, the analyst highlighted a drop in BTC's exchange rate of about 23% in March 2024, 26% in July 2024, and 31% in January 2025.
It is expected that the Bank of Japan will raise its base interest rate on Friday, which is historically a negative signal for riskier assets such as Bitcoin.
🪙 Ripple Executive Explains $XRP Vision at Solana Event: Details
Ripple Global Partner Success Lead Luke Judges recently took the stage at the Solana Breakpoint event, explaining XRP's multichain vision.
In breaking news from the event, it was announced that XRP was coming to Solana, as Hex Trust and Layer Zero will bridge and issue wXRP, a 1:1-backed representation of the native XRP asset designed to support DeFi activity and cross-chain utility.
💬 "New users, new demand, and market depth. Phantom users can now access XRP, and financial primitives like prediction markets and perps can now deeply embed XRP."-@Ripple exec @luke_judges on why Solana is an exciting place to launch XRP — Solana (@solana) December 13, 2025
This move allows traders, holders and institutions to be able to utilize XRP within leading Solana DEXes, lending markets and liquidity protocols, while maintaining exposure to the underlying asset.
In addition, wXRP’s use case will expand beyond XRP Ledger and will be tradable with RLUSD on Ethereum and other chains that support RLUSD. WXRP expands XRP’s DeFi utility by making it usable on supported blockchains, starting with Solana, Optimism, Ethereum, HyperEVM and additional chains for future integration.
In today's session at the Breakpoint event, Judges puts the icing on the cake: "Phantom wallet's 20 million users can now access XRP, and perps can now deeply embed XRP."
The recent step comes in response to growing demand to use XRP across the wider crypto ecosystem and institutions.
🔸 XRP Ledger multichain vision
In a recent tweet, RippleX Head of Engineering J. Ayo Akinyele reveals his thoughts on XRP Ledger, saying that for years, his discussions with Ripple CTO David Schwartz had focused on building toward a multichain future.
According to Akinyele, the blockchain ecosystem is shifting, and it has become clear that assets and applications naturally operate across many networks. No single environment is where all activity will happen, and that is simply how crypto has evolved.
🤔 What’s the Latest on Chainlink ($LINK )? Analysis Firm Assesses the Likelihood of a Recovery
In its latest technical analysis of Chainlink (LINK), cryptocurrency analytics company MakroVision stated that the asset is seeking a recovery after a sharp correction, but a strong trend reversal has not yet been confirmed.
According to MacroVision's assessment, LINK has begun to show signs of stability for the first time after the significant pullback in recent months. The fact that the price is holding above the critical support zone, particularly in the $12.6–$12.9 range, indicates that selling pressure is weakening in the short term. Analysts also believe that candlestick patterns now point to a consolidation process rather than an aggressive decline.
However, MakroVision emphasizes that the current recovery is still technically fragile. As long as the LINK price remains below the main resistance zones, any upward attempts are likely to be limited and temporary.
The analysis highlights the $17.2 level as the upper band of the price movement. According to the company, a sustained break above this level could significantly improve the technical outlook for Chainlink and re-establish upward momentum. Such a scenario could also pave the way for a broader recovery.
In its conclusion, MacroVision stated that Chainlink is currently searching for direction.
The BTC/GOLD pair has just shown the second lowest RSI value on the 2-week chart, a situation that happens very rarely. This level means that Bitcoin is currently significantly cheaper than gold than usual, and the market is in a strong oversold zone relative to XAU.
❗️What does this mean? Historically, such imbalances have led to reversals in favor of BTC as capital gradually flows from safe-haven assets back into risk assets. This is not a guarantee of growth, but an indicator that the room for recovery for Bitcoin is becoming significantly wider.
The CIO of Bitwise presented a valuation model in which the $1.3 million price for #BTC is a conservative plan until 2035.
📈 This is based on the assumption that Bitcoin's share of the gold market capitalization will grow from 9% to 25%.
We are hoping to see Bitcoin above $100k here, because even the announcement of QE launch on December 12 did not help it reach that value, and here they promise us $1.3 million within 10 years 😁
🤝 $SEI partners with Xiaomi to expand global user base through pre-installed app initiatives
Sei is expanding its reach to Xiaomi’s global user base through a partnership that embeds its blockchain wallet and discovery platform directly into new smartphones, with plans to develop a new payment system to support the collaboration’s future growth.
The initiative prioritizes regions with strong crypto adoption and aims to simplify onboarding while enabling peer-to-peer transfers, decentralized app access, and stablecoin payments across Xiaomi’s retail and digital ecosystem.
By pre-installing the app on Xiaomi’s devices and promoting it to existing users, the companies are creating a major new channel for mainstream crypto adoption.