Bitcoin Put to the Test — and According to Critics, It Failed
The Bitcoin News 14 Dec 2025
Bitcoin is once again under pressure, and while many crypto investors are growing increasingly anxious, one long-standing critic is celebrating the latest correction ... economist and outspoken precious metals advocate Peter Schiff, the recent market reaction is clear evidence that Bitcoin’s time may be running out ... “There was no exodus into Bitcoin, which actually depreciated even more than the U.S.
Firedancer is live, but Solana is violating the one safety rule Ethereum treats as non-negotiable
Cryptoslate 14 Dec 2025
After three years of development, Firedancer went live on Solana mainnet in December 2024, having already produced 50,000 blocks across 100 days of testing on a handful of validators. The milestone, announced Dec ... Solana has spent years marketing sub-second finality and four-figure transaction-per-second throughput, but speed means little when 70% to 90% of the network's consensus power runs the same software ... However, only modestly ... .

