Into the week's close, XRP is still trading above its monthly mid Bollinger Band, leaving a potential move toward about $3.6 on the table while defending the $1.82 area. Midnight (NIGHT), often framed as a "new Cardano" narrative play, has climbed roughly 40% over the past week, and Vitalik Buterin-linked wallets have been offloading BNB and other tokens into USDC and ETH amid a wider "crypto winter" tone. Traders are watching whether XRP can maintain this structure, NIGHT can clear $0.10 without losing key supports, and Buterin's wallets keep a defensive posture.

Canton Network's CC token climbed 36% in the last 24 hours, with trading volume up 307% as the price broke above local resistance. Since Thursday, 18 December, CC has gained 54.3% and flipped the $0.079–$0.082 zone into support while its 12-hour market structure turned bullish. A potential retest of the $0.01 support and a drop below $0.095 are seen as key levels for traders watching the current uptrend.

On December 20, quant trader CryptoOnchain outlined a bearish Bitcoin setup on X, citing price stalling near the Point of Control and RSI divergence. The analyst said a drop toward $70,000–$73,000 is likely, with potential reversal signals around $72,000. Bitcoin trades near $88,330, and holding that zone could be crucial to avoid deeper correction.

Bitcoin is trading in a tight range around the $88,000 level while derivatives positioning builds a concentrated pocket of short liquidations overhead. Recent liquidation data indicates many leveraged traders are betting against further gains, creating conditions where a modest price increase could trigger a sharp, cascading move higher.

Bitcoin Munari will conclude its BTCM presale on December 23 before listing the token on the public market on December 28. The team advanced this schedule after completing internal launch milestones ahead of time, keeping the fixed supply at 21 million BTCM and moving initially as a Solana SPL token with a later Layer-1 transition planned. The final presale round runs at a fixed price of $0.015 and includes an allocation without vesting, with remaining tokens reserved for validators, liquidity, the core team, and ecosystem growth.

Two Canadians from Ontario and Prince Edward Island lost a combined $2.3 million to an AI-enabled deepfake cryptocurrency investment scheme. The Ontario victim lost $1.7 million after being deceived by a fake Elon Musk video, while the other victim lost $600,000 after watching a clip falsely linked to Dragon's Den. The report was updated on December 21, 2025.

MSCI is reviewing whether to remove MicroStrategy and dozens of other listed companies with large digital asset holdings from its indices, with a decision expected by January 15. Analysts estimate this move could trigger up to $2.8 billion in outflows from MicroStrategy-linked funds and as much as $10–15 billion across affected firms, potentially impacting Bitcoin volatility and the viability of crypto-heavy treasury strategies.

On 21 December 2025, XRP exchange-traded funds had already accumulated about $1.12 billion in assets under management during a broadly weaker crypto market. Asset managers argue this trajectory differs from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, with institutions testing XRP for its perceived infrastructure role and diversification potential rather than pure cycle-driven speculation.