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.

Phantom has introduced Phantom Prediction Markets inside its wallet, integrating Kalshi so users can trade real-world event contracts using SOL or the CASH stablecoin without leaving the app. The feature delivers tokenized claims on Kalshi’s CFTC-regulated markets, with real-time odds, pricing, and settlement updates presented directly in the interface. Kalshi’s recent surge in monthly activity and new institutional funding, alongside Phantom’s large Solana user base, positions the partnership as a key onchain access point for prediction markets.

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.

In a report released this week, Global Ledger said sanctioned exchange Garantex rebuilt an on‑chain payout system, with linked Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets holding more than $34 million and at least $25 million already disbursed. Funds flow through Tornado Cash and cross‑chain bridges, while A7A5, launched in early 2025, has reportedly supported over $87 billion in volume.

Michael Selig, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CFTC, faces a full Senate confirmation following a 12–11 party-line committee approval last month. The decision comes after the CFTC's Dec 4 move to permit spot crypto trading on futures exchanges and a Dec 8 pilot allowing Bitcoin, Ether, and USDC as derivatives collateral.

On December 11, 2025, World, Sam Altman's biometric identity project, unveiled an app update adding end-to-end encrypted chat and in-chat crypto payments. The announcement said World Wallet supports USDC, EURC, wrapped Bitcoin and Ethereum, plus 100+ tokens, and introduces virtual accounts for send, deposit and withdraw. Altman and CEO Alex Blania outlined privacy features at a San Francisco event.