On December 16, 2025, BGD Labs co-founder Ernesto Boado submitted an ARFC proposal to transfer Aave’s brand assets from entities such as Aave Labs to a DAO-controlled structure. A vote on this "Transfer of Brand Asset Control" will be held on Snapshot starting December 23, 2025, potentially granting AAVE token holders direct influence over domains, social platforms, and naming rights. Ahead of the vote, AAVE trades at $161.35 with a market cap of $2.47 billion and has seen a 9.12% price drop in 24 hours, reflecting heightened volatility.

On 22 December 2025 at 09:44, XRP was reported to be pressing into a critical decision zone after years of moving within a long-term structure. Analysts note alignment between momentum and structure, while U.S. spot XRP ETFs have taken in more than $1 billion in net inflows, with no outflow sessions since launch.

On 22 December 2025, a new trading week begins with a broad set of token unlocks increasing altcoin supply across the market. Several projects, including GateToken, Humanity, Plasma, Jupiter, and Grass, will release tokens worth hundreds of millions of dollars in total, with some unlocks exceeding 5% of circulating supply. These events are spread from early week to the weekend and may heighten short-term volatility in an already fragile market.

Ripple's XRP rebounded from a multi-week low near $1.77 on Friday to trade around $1.92, briefly reclaiming the $1.90 level seen as key support by traders. The TD Sequential indicator, cited by Ali Martinez, now signals a potential local top after this roughly 10% bounce, raising concerns for bulls. Analysts note XRP's price is tracking bitcoin's broader sentiment, while a clear break below $1.90 could open the way toward the $1.55–$1.70 area and possibly down to $1.00.

A bipartisan bloc of 18 members of the US House of Representatives has asked the Internal Revenue Service to revise how crypto staking rewards are taxed before 2026. Their letter argues that current rules amount to double taxation, discouraging staking participation and potentially undermining both blockchain security and US leadership in digital assets.

Decentralized perpetual futures exchange Hyperliquid stated that a wallet flagged by the community for shorting and selling $HYPE is controlled by a former staff member dismissed in Q1 2024. On-chain observers had tracked the address’s large $HYPE balance, alleged TWAP-style selling and links to HyperEVM after the token’s launch. In response, Hyperliquid reiterated its code of conduct, including a ban on team trading $HYPE derivatives and a zero-tolerance policy toward insider trading.

Uniswap’s UNI surged past $6 after a governance proposal focused on protocol fees and token burns reached quorum ahead of the 25 December voting deadline. UNI climbed from $5.30 when voting opened at 3:50 UTC on 20 December to $6.16, with traders watching the $5.60-$5.86 liquidity band as a potential pullback zone.

On December 21, 2025, Litecoin's official X account rejected a viral claim that Charlie Lee regrets creating LTC, saying a CoinDesk interview was clipped and misrepresented. The account posted again on December 22. According to CoinGecko, LTC traded around $77.99 in the past 24 hours and sits at rank 30 by market capitalization.