Infinex reduced its INX token sale target from $15 million to $5 million and lowered the fully diluted valuation to $99.99 million. Registration opens on December 27, and the Sonar sale is scheduled to begin on January 3. The sale terms add a one‑year lock‑up and an extra 2% of supply for the Uniswap CCA allocation.

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao outlined new wallet security proposals after an investor lost $50 million in USDT to an address poisoning scam in December 2024. He suggested blacklist checks, warning prompts and filtering of low-value transactions to block "poison" addresses and reduce phishing risks for blockchain users.

On Thursday, December 25, CryptoQuant reported a 24-hour decline in XRP exchange reserves, while Binance's balance stood at 2,669,500,000 XRP. U.Today said XRP ETFs drew over $11 million in single-day inflows, signaling firm institutional interest even as price action remains unstable.

On 25 December 2025, commentary from Rob Hadick argued that growing tokenization will likely support a shared digital economy instead of a single dominant blockchain. He sees Ethereum evolving as a core settlement and capital layer while Solana focuses on speed and high-volume activity, with fragmentation across multiple networks expected as more assets move onchain.

XRP remains locked in a downward price channel, trading below key moving averages even as roughly one million XRP shifted across the network in the last 24 hours. On-chain activity and active address counts have risen, hinting at accumulation despite the asset's struggle to reclaim resistance near the mid-$2 area. Technical signals such as a neutral-leaning RSI and repeated holds at local lows suggest selling pressure may be easing while the market waits for a decisive breakout.

As 2025 draws to a close, Bitcoin has dropped from its October peak of $126,000 to about $88,000 while Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. pauses new purchases. The firm holds 671,268 BTC and faces fears over a potential MSCI delisting and billions in forced passive outflows, yet its long-term debt profile and more than $2.1 billion in cash suggest it may withstand pressure and that current panic could reflect broader sector stress.

India's Enforcement Directorate conducted coordinated searches on 18 December across 21 locations in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi, targeting 4th Bloc Consultants under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Investigators allege a long-running Ponzi-style crypto operation; assets and multiple wallets were identified, and a 23 December 2025 post on X noted the probe remains ongoing.

At the start of 2025, a hypothetical $1,000 split evenly across Bitcoin, Solana, Ethereum, and Avalanche was aligned with Anthony Scaramucci's stated crypto preferences. As of December 25, that mix was worth roughly $680–$710, with BTC down around 6–8%, ETH off about 12%, SOL lower by approximately 36%, and AVAX down about 66%.