Polygon's proof-of-stake chain has seen daily transactions climb back to multi-year highs, driven mainly by Polymarket activity and peer-to-peer USDC payments. A recent upgrade increased Polygon's throughput by 30% to about 1,400 transactions per second, while the POL token continues to trade near its all-time low around $0.11 with open interest close to $35M. Despite losing most play-to-earn traffic from the 2021 bull market, the network now functions primarily as a settlement layer for prediction markets and stablecoin transfers.

On December 16, 2025, Solana announced a partnership with Project Eleven to develop and test quantum-resistant digital signatures on a Solana testnet. The initiative includes a full quantum-readiness assessment of wallets, validators, and transaction flows. Solana's founder Anatoly Yakovenko has previously cited a 50% probability of quantum attacks against Bitcoin in the coming years, while current threats remain theoretical.

PIPPIN jumped to a fresh all‑time high on December 16 following a sharp squeeze in derivatives. Shorts dominated open interest, while on‑chain whales executed coordinated spot orders on Raydium and PumpSwap. The team made no new announcements during the move.

Solana faced a sustained DDoS campaign over the past week, with peak traffic reaching 6 Tbps. Despite the pressure, Solana's block production and consensus remained stable. SUI encountered a smaller attack in the past day, which briefly degraded performance before being resolved.

Tokenized commodities reached $3.7B in December 2025, while tokenized stocks were around $808M. Tether's gold-backed tokens led commodity issuance, and platforms including Ondo ($368M) and XStocks ($300M) expanded supply. On December 12, 2025, XStocks introduced XBridge to link Solana and Ethereum for tokenized equities.

On December 15, 2025, Binance recorded the fewest BTC deposits from wallets holding at least 1 BTC, reaching lows not seen since 2018. According to Bitcoin Magazine Pro, retail inflows slowed throughout 2025 while miners increased deposits. CryptoQuant reported that over 6,400 BTC moved into accumulation addresses around December 10 as more users shifted to self custody.

On December 12, 2025, Kamino said it is rebranding from a lending-only app and introducing six products, including a fixed-rate market, an RWA DEX, off-chain collateral, and a developer SDK. According to DeFi Llama, Kamino's TVL is $2.59B, representing up to 75% of Solana's $3.6B lending liquidity.

The BTC trader known as the "1011 whale" reappeared with a combined long exposure above $500M across BTC, ETH, and SOL, and placed limit buys for ETH at $3,030–$3,150 and SOL at $138.6. On December 11, he moved 5.152K BTC to a new address, while BTC later reclaimed levels above $92,000 amid cautious derivatives positioning.

On December 11, 2025, Bitcoin dropped below $91,000 after the Singapore trading session saw a 2.7% intraday decline from a prior peak near $94,490. The pullback came as Asian hours, which had been driving gains since August 2025, briefly weakened and left BTC trading just above $90,000 while triggering $175M in long liquidations across the market.