On December 22, 2025, Ghana’s parliament approved the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, effectively legalizing cryptocurrency-related activities under a new regulatory framework. The Bank of Ghana will license and oversee exchanges, wallets, and custody providers, while crypto remains non-legal tender and the cedi stays the only official currency. The move follows rapid growth in Ghana’s crypto usage and aligns the country with other Sub-Saharan African markets advancing formal regulation.

On 22 December, analysts pointed to XRP, Solana and Ethereum as standout crypto opportunities ahead of a potential 2026 uptrend, with technical gauges showing oversold or corrective conditions. XRP has corrected around 50% from its peak, SOL trades well below Ethereum's valuation despite higher reported revenue, and ETH remains significantly off its 2025 highs while holding key support zones.

Bitcoin has been confined to a tight $87,500–$89,000 band after a dip toward $85,000 last week. According to analyst DrBullZeus, a decisive move above resistance just below $90,000 could open a run to $92,000, while a loss of $87,000 support may revisit $85,000. At press time, BTC trades at $89,690, up 1.1% in 24 hours.

Bitcoin Munari's presale at $0.015 closes on December 23, ahead of public trading targeted for December 28. The project says supply terms are locked, with 11,130,000 BTCM entering circulation at launch, 1,680,000 BTCM reserved for liquidity, and validators set to earn from a 6,090,000 BTCM pool over 10 years.

A pseudonymous analyst has highlighted a descending resistance trendline and horizontal support on the XRP/WTI crude oil chart, with major resistance around 0.0440 and key support in the 0.0270–0.0290 area. XRP, which has been in a sharp three-month decline against oil, is now trading near 0.0335, just above an intermediate support level, and the analyst suggests a breakout above the diagonal line could trigger a strong rebound.

On December 23, 2025, decentralized exchange Aster will begin Stage 5 of its ASTER buyback program, channeling up to 80% of daily platform fees into token repurchases. The plan combines an automatic on-chain daily buyback with a flexible strategic reserve, and follows recent price volatility that has left ASTER under pressure despite a brief rebound around $0.725.

Shiba Inu's price advance is struggling as about 81.5 trillion SHIB remain on exchanges, keeping strong sell pressure in place. Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin has removed 500,000 tokens from circulation via an on-chain burn, while Cardano-based NIGHT has posted 24-hour trading volume of roughly $4 billion after its Dec. 8 launch. These moves highlight contrasting supply and trading dynamics across major altcoins in the current market.

On December 22, 2025, Flare launched earnXRP, an XRP-denominated yield vault that uses FXRP and is built on Upshift’s infrastructure with a strategy curated by Clearstar Labs. The product deploys FXRP across multiple on-chain smart contracts, combining carry trades, staking via Firelight, and concentrated AMM liquidity to generate return. Users receive earnXRP tokens when they deposit FXRP and later burn them to withdraw compounded XRP back to self-custodial wallets.