Tuesday Top Crypto News In one short thread….

Yesterday, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $8.48 million, marking four consecutive days of inflows. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $79.06 million, ending a five-day inflow streak. XRP spot ETFs posted $89.65 million in net inflows, while Solana spot ETFs saw $13.55 million in net outflows.

Coinbase Institutional announced that in the fourth-quarter rebalancing, six assets were added to the Coinbase 50 Index (COIN50): Hedera (HBAR), Mantle (MANTLE), VeChain (VET), Flare (FLR), Sei (SEI), and Immutable (IMX). At the same time, six tokens — SKL, AKT, LPT, SNX, HNT, and CVX — were removed from the index.

Grayscale Research expects Bitcoin to set new all-time highs in 2026, pushing back against the widely held “four-year cycle” narrative. The firm said this cycle has not seen the usual parabolic surge driven by retail traders, with institutional inflows, potential rate cuts, and progress on U.S. crypto legislation all supporting a break from the traditional cycle.

Cantor Fitzgerald has disclosed stakes in a Solana exchange-traded fund in its latest Form 13F filing with the SEC, the first time it has reported exposure to a regulated Solana product.

According to Miner Weekly, Bitcoin miners are now in their most difficult profitability environment ever, as November’s sharp BTC pullback pushed hashrate revenue down from roughly $55/PH/s in Q3 to about $35/PH/s, below the $44/PH/s median all-in cost for major public miners…

With network hashrate nearing 1.1 ZH/s, cost-per-hash better reflects true earnings under current difficulty, leaving even the latest mining rigs facing payback periods over 1,000 days, longer than the roughly 850 days until the next halving.

Kalshi told CNBC that support for tokenized wagers linked to its event contracts is now live on Solana, enabling users to buy and sell the tokenized versions on-chain with additional anonymity while functioning the same as the regular contracts. DFlow and Jupiter will act as institutional clients, bridging the exchange’s off-chain orderbook to Solana’s liquidity.

Crypto majors trade at the following levels BTC 86,440 (down 0.2% in 24 hours) ETH 2,790 (down 1.6%) XRP 1.998 (down 2.7%) SOL 126.28 (down 0.8%) Have a great day!