Ripple is steering the XRP Ledger toward institutional-grade, protocol-native lending focused on fixed-term, fixed-rate facilities with isolated risk. The architecture centers on Single Asset Vaults for assets such as XRP and RLUSD, enabling yield generation tied to payments and trading workflows. Amendments for governance are expected to enter validator voting in late January.

As the year closes, PEPENODE promotes a mine-to-earn model that gamifies rewards without hardware and emphasizes staking and gameplay. Its presale highlights a deflationary mechanism that burns tokens used in upgrades and transactions, targeting meme coin and GameFi audiences through a virtual mining dashboard and node progression. The project's flow centers on user engagement via leveling, rewards, and leaderboards.

Ethena Labs transferred 101.79 million ENA worth $20.9 million to several centralized exchanges while ENA price held above the $0.20 support and traded around $0.2127. Despite the weekly decline and structurally bearish setup, on-chain data showed sustained whale participation and spot buying that temporarily absorbed sell pressure.

CryptoWzrd's latest daily update notes that Litecoin closed with a bullish candle while broadly mirroring Bitcoin's market trend, with intraday action staying volatile around key supports and resistance. The analyst highlights $75.20, $79.60 and $80 as crucial boundaries that separate bullish continuation from renewed downside, with a drop below these levels turning the outlook bearish and opening room for a move toward $68. Traders are encouraged to wait for clear confirmation at these price zones, especially during lower-liquidity weekend sessions.

Whale-driven exchange inflows have kept XRP under pressure near $1.95, with key support around $1.82–$1.87 and risk toward $1.50–$1.66 if inflows continue. Despite this, XRP ETFs have recorded net inflows for 30 consecutive trading sessions. Spot demand has not yet offset the expanding available supply on exchanges.

On December 20, 2025, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko shared data indicating Solana's annual revenue has overtaken Ethereum's. The projections point to $1.4 billion for Solana versus $522 million for Ethereum. He also argued Layer-1 relevance hinges on the execution layer as debates over sustainable protocol revenues intensify.

Canton Network’s CC token climbed 11% in the last 24 hours amid new institutional partnerships and regulatory progress enabling tokenized treasuries. Bullish sentiment and positive funding rates supported the move, but liquidity maps pointed to downside clusters that could trigger a short-term pullback.

Ethereum's Estimated Leverage Ratio on Binance reached 0.611, a new all-time high, while the taker buy/sell ratio climbed to 1.13, signaling firmer demand. ETH fell to $2,781 on December 18 and remains below $3,000 as traders position for a potential breakout. One analyst highlights $3,100–$3,200 if the $2,700–$2,800 support area holds.