{"id":542282,"date":"2026-01-16T05:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/crypto-plumbing-policy-improved-in-2025-but-prices-did-not-cooperate-binance\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T05:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T05:52:47","slug":"crypto-plumbing-policy-improved-in-2025-but-prices-did-not-cooperate-binance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/crypto-plumbing-policy-improved-in-2025-but-prices-did-not-cooperate-binance\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto plumbing, policy improved in 2025, but prices \u2018did not cooperate\u2019: Binance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDEvMDE5YmM0OGMtNGJkMC03MDdhLTljMTYtYjhiZjU5OTJkYmJiLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Crypto plumbing, policy improved in 2025, but prices \u2018did not cooperate\u2019: Binance\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Regulated investment vehicles such as exchange-traded funds expanded in 2025, and corporations added crypto to their balance sheets, opening up more pathways for user access.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Crypto prices were a mixed bag in 2025, but behind the scenes and away from the market volatility, so-called \u201cstructural pillars\u201d like user access, settlement rails and regulations improved, says Binance.<\/p>\n<p>Prices across the crypto market fluctuated significantly throughout 2025, with Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) swinging between a low of $76,000 in April and a new all-time high of over $126,000 in October.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">Binance Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/blog\/research\/2101230134524981863\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in a report on Thursday that mark movements aside, regulatory clarity with legislation like the GENIUS Act in the US and Europe\u2019s MiCA framework, helped establish stablecoins as \u201cessential global settlement infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-2025-volatility-regulation-stablecoins-institutional-adoption\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regulated investment vehicles such as exchange-traded funds expanded in 2025, and corporations added crypto to their balance sheets, opening up more pathways for user access. Crypto prices were a mixed bag in 2025, but behind the scenes and away from the market volatility, so-called \u201cstructural pillars\u201d like user access, settlement rails and regulations improved, says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":542283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-542282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}