BF196 - Top Bitcoin News - 12/28/25

🎙️ The Bitcoin Fortress Podcast — Episode 196

Date: December 28, 2025
Block Height: 929,911
Moscow Time: 1142
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📰 News & Analysis (Dec 21 – Dec 28, 2025)

1) Bitcoin stays near $89K in thin year-end trading (Economic Times)
https://m.economictimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-stays-near-89000-amid-thin-year-end-trading-here-is-what-experts-say/articleshow/126184544.cms

 

2) Bitcoin slips near $88K as fear rises (Economic Times)
https://m.economictimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/crypto-news/bitcoin-slips-to-88000-as-fear-tightens-its-grip-is-this-just-a-pause-or-the-next-big-move/articleshow/126135795.cms

 

3) “Bitcoin buzz is gone” / gold narrative (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2025/dec/23/bitcoin-buzz-gone-investors-chose-real-gold-in-2025

 

4) Bitcoin & Ether ETFs outflows into Christmas (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/12/25/bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-see-outflows-ahead-of-christmas-led-by-ibit-and-ethe

 

5) ETF daily flow data (Farside Investors)
https://farside.co.uk/btc/

 

6) Spot BTC & ETH ETF outflows (The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/383717/spot-bitcoin-ether-etfs-outflows-christmas

 

7) Strategy pauses bitcoin buys (Barron’s)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/strategy-stock-bitcoin-crypto-ad16e5d5

 

8) Corporate crypto/bitcoin treasury plays of 2025 (Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/352827/biggest-bitcoin-crypto-treasury-plays-2025

 

9) Bitcoin mining stocks in 2025 (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/12/26/bitcoin-mining-in-2025-iren-claims-the-crown-as-bitdeer-s-stock-trails-the-pack

 

10) Mining stocks recap (Yahoo Finance mirror)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-mining-2025-iren-claims-160000621.html

 

11) VanEck Mid-December 2025 Bitcoin ChainCheck (Seeking Alpha)
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4855296-vaneck-mid-december-2025-bitcoin-chaincheck

 

12) 2025 crypto theft hits record levels (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/hackers-stole-over-2-7-billion-in-crypto-in-2025-data-shows/

 

13) Reuters: Bitcoin 2025 volatility + rise of private litigation (Reuters Legal)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/bitcoin-2025-volatility-rise-private-litigation--pracin-2025-12-24/

 

14) Square bitcoin payments roadmap (Block press release)
https://squareup.com/us/en/press/block-to-roll-out-bitcoin-payments-on-square

 

15) Square “Accept Bitcoin” product page
https://squareup.com/us/en/bitcoin

 

Bonus: Shift4 stablecoin settlements (Investor’s Business Daily)
https://www.investors.com/news/shift4-payments-stablecoin-settlement-launch-merchants-four-stock/

 

PODCASTS / THEMES REVIEWED
- TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast (Apple Podcasts listing for recent episodes)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tftc-a-bitcoin-podcast/id1292381204

 

- The Jack Mallers Show — “Bitcoin And The Missing Volatility” (Apple Podcasts)
https://podcasts.apple.com/na/podcast/bitcoin-and-the-missing-volatility/id1695949365?i=1000742435962

 

- The Bitcoin Matrix — “Jeff Booth” (Apple Podcasts)
https://podcasts.apple.com/ee/podcast/jeff-booth-the-real-reason-why-bitcoin-will-never-fail/id1534519469?i=1000742329120