Bitcoin miner Cango secured a fresh $10.5 million commitment from Enduring Wealth Capital Limited and saw its shares up more than 3% in pre‑market ahead of its first full trading day. The deal supports Cango's 50 EH/s operations and 2026 AI/HPC expansion, with analysts assigning $3–$4 targets and citing significant undervaluation.

On December 31 2025, the Reserve Bank of India used its Financial Stability Report to warn that risks from stablecoins to macrofinancial stability exceed their benefits and to strongly advocate for central bank digital currencies instead. India has been piloting its own digital rupee since December 2022, while maintaining strict tax rules on crypto and refusing to recognize private coins as legal tender. The report also outlined expectations for lower gross bad loans in banks by March 2027 and highlighted rising stress among non-banking financial companies under various stress-test scenarios.

On December 31, 2025, Coinbase research head David Duong released the 2026 Crypto Market Outlook, attributing 2025 progress to clearer regulation and growing institutional build‑out. The report expects stablecoins and tokenized collateral to take bigger roles in 2026. Policy chief Faryar Shirzad warned that banning rewards on US stablecoins could cede ground to China as interest on the digital yuan starts January 1, 2026.

On December 30, the Ethereum mainnet processed about 2,201,457 transactions, setting a new all-time daily L1 record while operating with significantly reduced gas fees. Average transaction costs have fallen to around $0.17 from $2.15 six months earlier, supported by recent upgrades such as Fusaka, Pectra, EIP-7702, and other protocol optimizations. Developers are now preparing the Glamsterdam and Hegota updates planned for 2026 and beyond to further improve scalability, costs, and censorship resistance.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission plans to cap individual voting-share ownership at 15–20% for Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, and Korbit, with mandatory divestments above the limit. Updated December 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM UTC, the proposal would affect stakes such as Song Chi-hyung's ~25% in Dunamu and Bithumb Holdings' 73%. Industry groups warn of market and property-rights concerns.

According to a report updated on December 30, 2025, X restored the accounts of ElizaOS and founder Shaw Walters after a six‑month ban, and the token surged more than 150% in the past 24 hours. Market capitalization reached about $48 million, yet the token trades near $0.0064, roughly 83.17% below its November peak around $0.039.

On December 30, 2025, Erden Timur, former Galatasaray vice chairman, was formally arrested on money laundering charges linked to Turkey's illegal betting probe. On the same day, NEF canceled a 250 million lira ($8.5 million) short-term debt sale after earlier paying 320 million lira, while Galatasaray shares fell over 20% in two months.

South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a four-year prison term for a 40-year-old cryptocurrency exchange operator in an espionage case tied to a suspected North Korean hacker. The scheme began in July 2021, involved attempts to access the Korean Joint Command and Control System, and included Bitcoin payments of 48 million won to an active-duty officer.

On December 29 2025, China’s Supreme People’s Court used the sixth 2025 edition of its "Digital Rule of Law" journal to call for stronger legal frameworks for digital transactions and virtual assets. The publication reviews foreign approaches, including U.S. commercial law reforms, and proposes new categories such as "controllable electronic records" while China maintains a blanket ban on private cryptoassets and promotes the digital yuan. Recent moves since 2024 have also expanded anti-money laundering rules to virtual asset transactions, updated unfair competition law, and created internet courts to handle data and virtual property disputes.