Bitcoin set a new all‑time high above $126,000 in early October 2025, then slid after the October 10 crash with roughly $19 billion in liquidations. Since then, BTC has fallen over 30% and sits below $90,000. Ali Martinez’s cycle framework suggests a 364‑day bear phase with a potential October 2026 bottom near $37,500.

At Russia's State Council meeting on 25 December, Vladimir Putin was reported to have discussed U.S. interest in using a stake in the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant for large-scale cryptocurrency mining. The plant, controlled by Russia since March 2022 but still operated by Ukrainian engineers, has become a potential bargaining chip in territorial talks and could support major mining farms if ever fully restored, despite currently being shut down.

Following the latest market pullback, Dogecoin has dropped over 50% from its early October peak and is now trying to defend the $0.120 support after a 4.2% intraday slide from about $0.126 on Friday. Multiple analysts note that DOGE remains in a corrective phase, with some highlighting a fresh symmetrical triangle breakdown on the H4 chart that could trigger an additional move of around 15% toward either the $0.10–$0.11 region or a new bullish trend if price reverses.

On 27 December 2025, tensions resurfaced in the Aave ecosystem after Stani Kulechov rejected accusations that he bought about $15 million in AAVE to sway a controversial governance proposal. The failed vote, which sought to move control of Aave's brand and intellectual property to the DAO, exposed disagreements over transparency, economic alignment, and decision-making between Aave Labs and the decentralized community. Questions about procedure intensified after the listed proposal author said it had been submitted without his consent, deepening concerns over accountability.

On December 27, 2025, Fundstrat's Tom Lee reiterated a bullish path for Ethereum, targeting $7,000–$9,000 in early 2026 and a longer‑term move toward $20,000 driven by asset tokenization. Sharplink's Joseph Chalom expects Ethereum's TVL to grow tenfold in 2026 and says current TVL is approximately $68 billion as institutional adoption accelerates.

After launching in Q1 and trading near $3.00 at the end of February, PI fell over 94% to a $0.172 low in early October before stabilizing above $0.20 for the past couple of months. AI assessments say a hold could see $0.22-$0.24 tested, while a break risks revisiting the all-time low into the final week of 2025.

JPMorgan has frozen the accounts of Y Combinator-backed stablecoin startups Blindpay and Kontigo due to their business links with Venezuela, which is under extensive U.S. sanctions. The bank, which works with other stablecoin firms, says the move is driven by legal and compliance risks tied to high‑risk jurisdictions. Around the same period, the Trump administration intercepted multiple Venezuelan oil tankers and expanded sanctions on shipping companies moving the country's crude.

Analysts expect XRP’s price to mostly move sideways heading into 2026, with a more favorable setup only in the latter half of the year. At the time of publication, XRP traded at $1.84, down 14.63% since Jan. 1, while experts highlighted potential spot ETF approvals and deeper integration with global payment systems as key upside drivers.