On Friday, several crypto industry groups sent a letter to the SEC opposing Citadel Securities' push to expand oversight of DeFi intermediaries tied to tokenized securities. The coalition argued the proposal misapplies securities law and risks sweeping in autonomous software and infrastructure providers. Earlier that day, the SEC granted DTC a no-action letter to tokenize select U.S. assets.

Kalshi and Crypto.com unveiled the Coalition for Prediction Markets, bringing in Coinbase, Robinhood and Underdog to press for federal oversight. The group seeks nationwide integrity standards and to counter state-level restrictions, as a Connecticut judge granted Kalshi a temporary stay pending hearings in early 2026. Executives say momentum and billions in market activity warrant a unified voice.

On December 12, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued conditional approvals for five national trust bank charters involving Ripple, Circle, BitGo, Paxos and Fidelity Digital Assets. The decision would add them to roughly 60 OCC-supervised national trust banks and permit federally regulated custody and stablecoin services, with Fidelity's coin allegedly still in testing.

On November 27, 2025, hackers breached Upbit and routed funds through over a thousand wallets before most flowed into Binance-hosted service wallets, according to KBS News. Police and Upbit asked Binance to freeze about 470 million won in SOL; Binance froze roughly 80 million won and confirmed the action around midnight the same day.

Tools for Humanity unveiled a major World App update on Thursday in San Francisco, adding end-to-end encrypted World Chat, DeFi yields via Morpho and QR-based payments at more than one million merchants in Argentina. The app also expanded stablecoin support to USDC and EURC and introduced USD virtual accounts in 18 countries powered by Bridge.

On December 12, 2025, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the seizure of about $1.5 million in cryptocurrency tied to a Citrus County investment fraud, executed under the Fugitive Disentitlement Act. Officials said the wallet held AVAX, DOGE, PEPE, and SOL and is intended for victim restitution after the legal process. The move coincides with a push for new crypto ATM safeguards following heavy U.S. losses reported this year.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency approved national bank charter applications for BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, Paxos Trust Company, Ripple National Trust Bank and First National Digital Currency Bank on Friday. BitGo, Fidelity and Paxos obtained conditional approvals to convert into national banks, while Ripple received a new de novo national trust bank charter, expanding the roster of digital asset institutions under federal oversight.

Ripple Payments has entered a partnership with Swiss crypto bank Amina to connect its fiat-to-stablecoin payment infrastructure to the FINMA-regulated lender. The collaboration, which follows Amina's integration of Ripple USD (RLUSD) in July, aims to make cross-border stablecoin transactions faster and cheaper while strengthening Ripple's presence in Europe.