Happy new year all!🥳 If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here’s your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

- U.S. stock market gained more than $9 trillion in value in 2025.

- S&P 500 ends the year up 16.39%, hitting 39 all-time highs.

- Bitcoin down 6% in 2025.

- Gold had its best year since 1979, up over 64%.

- Michael Saylor’s Strategy $MSTR plunges 66% to $154 since July.

- Warren Buffett steps down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after 60 years.

- Five out of the seven Magnificent Seven stocks underperformed the S&P 500 this year, with only Google and Nvidia outperforming.

- Combined annual revenue of the seven largest U.S. semiconductor companies increased by 93% over the last two years to a record $451 billion.

- OpenAI is paying $1.5 million per employee in stock-based compensation.

- China to impose 55% tariffs on imported beef from the U.S.

- China to suspend silver exports, taking 13% of global silver supply offline.

- UK begins crackdown on crypto tax evasion.

- Trump Media to launch and airdrop new token to shareholders, with benefits for Trump products such as Truth Social.

- Binance global user base surpassed 300 million in 2025, with total trading volume of about $34 trillion.

- $325 billion wiped out from the total crypto market cap in 2025.

- Tether purchased 8,888.88 Bitcoin worth $779 million in Q4 2025.

- BlackRock clients buy $143.49 million worth of Bitcoin.

- Bitcoin ETFs bought $355 million worth of Bitcoin yesterday.

- Senator Cynthia Lummis says proposed Bitcoin legislation will allow major banks to offer digital asset custody and payments under proper supervision.

- Congressman Warren Davidson praises Bitcoin as a permission-less, peer-to-peer payment system.

- Robinhood gives away $1.5 million worth of Bitcoin for the New Year.

- Giant Bitcoin advertisement at Times Square, New York: "No man should work for what another man can print."

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

- ETF clients buy $15.55 million worth of XRP, bringing total ETF-held net assets to $1.27 billion.

- Ethereum set to end the year with the highest net inflows among all blockchains, followed by Hyperliquid.

- Vitalik Buterin updates profile to Milady PFP.

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Credit to the following X accounts for key insights & updates: @whaleinsider @bitcoinmagazine @watcherguru

@degeneratenews @charliebilello @economyapp @earnings_time

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