Polymarket bettors currently assign a 74% chance that gold reaches $5,000 before Ethereum. Gold trades near $4,480, about 10% from the mark, while ETH remains below $3,000 amid 2025’s shifting flows and stalled momentum. In Q3 and July 2025, BitMine’s accumulation and spot ETH ETF inflows briefly lifted prices before fading.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov faced accusations of attempting to sway governance after a $10 million AAVE purchase made before a key vote. On December 23–24, community figures questioned the intent of the buy, while a December 22 Snapshot proposal over brand assets intensified tensions around power, transparency, and DAO control.

Upexi, a Nasdaq-listed consumer products company, has filed a shelf registration that would allow it to raise up to $1 billion over the next three years while deepening its Solana-based treasury strategy. The firm already holds about 2.03 million SOL, valued near $254 million, and focuses on staking and long-term holding even as its share price has dropped sharply from this year's peak. Its recent quarterly results showed $66.7 million in net income on $9.2 million in revenue, largely driven by mark-to-market gains on Solana rather than core operations.

On 24 December 2025, President Sadyr Zhaparov stated that Kyrgyzstan's national stablecoin, KGST, is now listed on Binance and operates on BNB Chain. The token is pegged 1:1 to the Kyrgyz som and is intended to extend the national currency's role in digital payments and cross-border transactions. It is presented as a state-linked alternative to privately issued, mostly dollar-backed stablecoins.

On Tuesday, December 23, Ripple moved 65 million XRP worth over $121 million in one transaction as markets weakened. Shibburn recorded zero SHIB burns over the past 25 hours while SHIB slipped to $0.000007144. Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson and Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko signaled plans for a cross-chain bridge.

Crypto sentiment has fallen back into the fear zone, with the Fear and Greed Index sitting in the high-20s. Although similar readings have historically aligned with market bottoms, current data on altcoin performance and liquidity indicates a controlled de-risking phase rather than classic capitulation. With altcoin weakness, muted trading volumes, and limited fresh capital, fear alone may not be a strong buy signal in the present cycle.

Midnight (NIGHT) traded at $0.07326 after a 3.5% drop over the past 24 hours, while still up 12% week-on-week and 15.5% over two weeks. Technical signals point to a short-term correction near oversold levels, and potential catalysts include major exchange listings that have yet to add the token.

Anthropic's Claude AI published projections for Solana, XRP, and Sui as 2025 nears its end, flagging potential volatility around Christmas that could carry into early 2026. It sets bullish ranges at $275–$400 for SOL, $5–$8 for XRP, and $4–$7 for SUI, while mapping bearish consolidation zones linked to macro headwinds and technical levels.