The $ASTER token, native to the Aster decentralized perpetuals exchange (DEX), has fallen sharply in recent weeks, dropping over 70% from its September 2025 peak near $2.50 and trading around $0.69.

As 2025 draws to a close, a powerful theme has emerged across social conversations: consistency quietly outperforms fleeting motivation when it comes to real, lasting success.

OpenMind—an open-source robotics operating system—announced a major integration with NEAR AI Cloud to enable secure, off-device AI model execution for home robots.

Bitcoin experienced a sharp 4% drop, shortly after MicroStrategy announced yet another massive accumulation—$980 million worth of BTC added to its treasury.

Moto, a innovative fintech project building native credit card solutions on the Solana blockchain, announced on December 18, 2025, the successful closure of a $1.8 million Pre-Seed funding round.

$ZKP is the native ERC-20 utility token of zkPass, a privacy-preserving protocol that enables verifiable proofs of private Web2 data (e.g., financial records, identity, learning streaks, travel history) without revealing the underlying information.

VOOI is a next-generation perpetual DEX aggregator designed to streamline leveraged trading in decentralized finance (DeFi) by leveraging chain and account abstraction.

The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets issued a significant staff statement clarifying the application of Rule 15c3-3(b)(1)—the "possession or control" requirement—to broker-dealers holding crypto asset securities for customers.

ETHGas, a novel derivatives platform for Ethereum blockspace, announced on December 18, 2025, the close of a $12 million seed funding round as it launches what it describes as the first futures market for Ethereum blockspace.

Report from The Information, BN—the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange—is actively exploring options to re-engage with the U.S. market more directly, potentially including a reduction in founder CZ’s stake in the separate U.S. entity, BN.US.

The Federal Reserve announced a significant policy reversal by withdrawing its 2023 guidance that had effectively prevented uninsured (non-FDIC-insured) banks from becoming Federal Reserve members or engaging in cryptocurrency activities.

Blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps which posted highlighting concerns over the PIPPIN token's supply distribution amid its ongoing price rally.

Visa announced the rollout of a new service enabling select U.S. banks to settle VisaNet payments directly in USDC stablecoin on the Solana blockchain.

NYSE-listed BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), chaired by Fundstrat's Tom Lee, continued its aggressive Ethereum accumulation with a major purchase, acquiring approximately 48,049 ETH across two new wallets.

CZ encouraged cryptocurrency investors during the ongoing market downturn, reminding them to focus on long-term discipline rather than short-term pain.

In a bold and unconventional holiday move, the White House under the Trump administration released a parody video of the classic Christmas song "Jingle Bells" , focusing on its immigration enforcement achievements.

In a shocking tragedy that has stunned Hollywood and the nation, acclaimed director and actor Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

Blocto—the leading multi-chain smart wallet and key infrastructure provider in the Flow ecosystem—announced it will cease operations for its core wallet, swap, and cross-chain bridge services effective December 18, 2025, at 7 PM PST.

Markets reacted to the delayed November U.S. nonfarm payrolls report—released the previous day—with a notable shift in Federal Reserve rate cut expectations. Fed funds futures now price in a 31% probability of a 25 basis point cut at the January meeting, up from 22% prior to the data.