Bhutan has committed up to $1 billion in Bitcoin from its sovereign reserves to support the long-term development of Gelephu Mindfulness City in Southern Bhutan. The government plans to allocate as much as 10,000 BTC over time, with the vision guided by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and backed by state-run mining, renewable energy, and a partnership with Cumberland DRW. Additional renewable projects, including a 120-megawatt solar tender under the Solar Farm Expansion Project, are being advanced to reinforce the kingdom's clean energy-based digital asset strategy.

On December 17, 2025, security firm PeckShield reported an exploit against Yearn Finance V1's legacy TUSD vault, with losses of about $300,000. The attacker swapped the proceeds for 103 ETH held at address 0x0F21…4066 and allegedly used flash loans and price distortions on a misconfigured vault. A researcher linked the method to a similar 2023 Yearn vulnerability.

Invesco and Galaxy Digital launched the staked Solana ETP QSOL on Monday, listing it on the Cboe BZX U.S. equities exchange with 17,500 SOL in custody valued at $2.19 million and a 0.25% total expense ratio. Crypto ETF flows diverged the same day, with Bitcoin spot ETFs seeing $357.69 million in outflows and Ethereum $224.78 million, while Solana products recorded $35.2 million in net inflows.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slid to 16, close to 2025's low of 10, while Bitcoin trades around $88,900, about 30% below its $126,000 peak from October. Ethereum remains 36% under its August high and XRP has surrendered more than 40% of its value, even as spot XRP ETFs log 19 straight days of inflows totaling about $990.91 million. Despite extreme fear dominating sentiment, some traders are watching support between $80,000 and $85,000 for BTC as macro policy moves and liquidity shifts continue to drive volatility.

On December 13, 2025, Juventus said it declined Tether's all‑cash bid to buy Exor's entire holding in the club. The offer targeted Exor's 65.4% stake at €2.66 per share, implying about €1.1 billion for 100% of Juventus; according to reports, the Agnelli family does not intend to sell, and the stock rose 2.3% to €2.23 ($2.62).

Singapore Gulf Bank has introduced a Solana-based service that lets corporate clients mint and redeem major stablecoins such as USDC and USDT directly on-chain, with transaction and gas fees waived during an initial launch phase. The bank, which announced the product at Solana Breakpoint 2025 in Abu Dhabi, says the corridor runs under Singapore’s Payment Services Act and MAS's single-currency stablecoin rules, and has internally cut transfer costs to under 0.3% while settling in seconds.

Kenya's Directorate of Criminal Investigations has set up a specialised unit to investigate cryptocurrency fraud after local investors reportedly lost up to KES5.6 billion ($43.3 million) in 2024. Authorities say crypto-related cybercrime losses rose 73% year on year, while Kenya's parliament has moved ahead with a Virtual Asset Service Provider Bill and new blockchain investigation training to strengthen oversight and enforcement.

Ribbon Finance, formerly Aevo, saw $2.7 million drained from an old contract after an attacker manipulated oracle-linked expiry pricing, including a stETH call option expiring on December 12, 2025. The funds were routed through fifteen wallet addresses and partially consolidated, with movements spanning ETH, wstETH, USDC, and WBTC.

On December 12, 2025, the front-end of the ZEROBASE zero-knowledge proving network was hijacked, leading to more than 270 users losing over $240,000 in USDT via a phishing smart contract on BNB Chain. One victim alone lost 123,597 USDT, while security teams later identified the malicious contract, blocked related domains and blacklisted approvals to limit further damage.