2025 bows out with a new Trump coin and record cyber threats
The rise in cyber threats and digital currency innovations in 2025 highlights the urgent need for enhanced global cybersecurity measures and regulatory frameworks.
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As the ball drops on 2025, crypto markets are raising a glass—though some might prefer a stronger drink after a year of highs, hacks, and regulatory twists.
Trump Media’s teasing a new token drop, North Korea smashed theft records, and China’s digital yuan move could spark a global stablecoin showdown.
Here’s to hoping next year’s resolutions include better security and smarter regs.
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Trump Media, the force behind Truth Social, is set to launch and airdrop a fresh token to DJT shareholders as part of a loyalty program. The tokens promise perks like discounts on Truth+ streaming and the upcoming Truth.Fi finance platform, with CEO Devin Nunes hailing it as a blockchain boost for investors in a friendlier regulatory era.
No cash value, no trading, and terms subject to change—shares still climbed over 3% to $13.02 on the news, riding momentum from August 2025 Crypto.com partnerships.
This follows Donald Trump’s own $TRUMP meme coin debut on Solana in January 2025, right before his inauguration, which rocketed to major exchange listings and massive buzz.
North Korea caps 2025 with record crypto heists
2025 went out with a bang for North Korean hackers, who racked up over $2 billion in stolen crypto in the first half alone, eclipsing all of 2024 and marking the regime’s most lucrative year yet.
Lazarus and kin, funding nukes amid sanctions, hit hard with the $1.5 billion Bybit Ethereum breach in February—the biggest single theft ever—and followed up with Upbit’s $37 million loss, among others.
Chainalysis’ Andrew Fierman warns of AI supercharging future ops, urging industry-wide diligence like video ID checks and geo-monitoring.
China’s e-CNY interest play could outshine US stablecoin
Coinbase’s Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad sounded the alarm: if the US GENIUS Act bans yields on dollar stablecoins, it hands a massive edge to rivals like China’s digital yuan, which just greenlit interest payments starting Jan. 1, 2026.
The People’s Bank of China overhaul aims to juice adoption of its CBDC, already tallying 3.48 billion transactions worth $2.38 trillion by November 2025, with cross-border pilots expanding to Singapore, Thailand, and beyond.
Shirzad argues tokenization is the future, and mishandling stablecoin rewards in Senate talks could boost non-US options, protecting incumbents over dollar dominance.
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