September 17, 2026 | 08:49 AM

Christian Encila

Articles by Christian Encila

Santa Didn’t Come For Bitcoin ETFs: $782 Million Walks Out The Door

Crypto December 29, 2025

Spot Bitcoin ETFs suffered heavy withdrawals over the Christmas week as investors pulled about $782 million from the products, according to data from SoSoValue. Bitcoins market price stayed roughly �...

XRP Supply Dwindles While ETFs Go On A Buying Spree Before 2026

Crypto December 29, 2025

XRP is slowly entering one of the most important structural phases in its history. Price action has been mostly bearish and sentiment across the broader crypto market has been cautious, but on-chain �...

Big Bet On Ethereum: CEO Sees 10X TVL Growth In 2026

Crypto December 28, 2025

According to Sharplink co-CEO Joseph Chalom, Ethereum could see a major jump in total value locked (TVL) next year if certain onchain trends pick up. Chalom put a bold number on it: 10X TVL in 2026.�...

Bitcoin Forecasts For 2026 Range From $65K To $250K As Sentiment Hits ‘Extreme Fear’

Crypto December 28, 2025

According to reports, Bitcoins outlook for 2026 is sharply divided as traders close the year. The coin was trading at $87,520 at the time of publication and is down 8% since Jan. 1, year to date. Mar�...

Bitcoin Mining Crash: Bitmain Slashes Hardware Costs To Stay Afloat

Crypto December 28, 2025

Based on reports from industry outlets and internal pricing lists, Bitmain has sharply reduced the asking prices for several of its Bitcoin ASIC models, a move tied to falling mining revenue and bloa�...

Samourai Co-Founder Writes From Prison After Surrender: ‘Confusing And Unnatural’

Crypto December 28, 2025

Keonne Rodriguez, a co-founder of the Bitcoin privacy tool Samourai Wallet, began serving a five-year sentence and wrote a letter from inside a US federal prison on Christmas Eve. The letter, shared�...

Crypto’s High-Stakes Corner Booms As Derivatives Trading Soars To $86 Trillion

Crypto December 27, 2025

According to a report by liquidation tracker CoinGlass, cryptocurrency derivatives trading hit roughly $85.7 trillion in 2025, an average of about $264 billion a day. That surge put derivatives back �...

Bitcoin’s Long Game Is Winning, Even If The Short Term Looks Messy—CEO

Crypto December 27, 2025

US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs have shown net outflows in recent days, and that pull of money has added pressure to a market already under strain. According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin traded around $88,7�...

Ethereum’s 2026 Overhaul Aims To Cut Costs, Boost Speed, Limit Censorship

Crypto December 27, 2025

According to reports, Ethereum plans two major hard forks in 2026 that aim to change how the network runs. Mid-2026 will see the Glamsterdam upgrade, and late 2026 is set for Heze-Bogota. These steps�...

Bitcoin ETFs Face $826 Million Drain As Selling Pressure Builds

Crypto December 27, 2025

According to data from Farside Investors, institutional money flowed out of US spot Bitcoin ETFs right through the last full trading day before Christmas. Net outflows on Christmas Eve reached a lit�...