On 15 December 2025, digital asset manager Hashdex released a market outlook arguing that crypto's next expansion phase will be led by stablecoins, tokenized securities, and AI-related projects. The firm expects stablecoin circulation to roughly double by 2026 and sees tokenized stocks, bonds, and government securities growing multiple times from current levels, while also projecting AI-crypto networks could reach about $10 billion in value by that year.

A dense slate of U.S. economic releases from Dec. 15 to 19 has traders bracing for turbulence, while Bitcoin briefly dipped below $88,000 in a late Sunday slide. Tuesday features October retail sales and the November jobs report; Thursday brings CPI and the Philly Fed index; Friday includes Core PCE, housing, expectations, and sentiment.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov has filed a proposal for a 17.45 million CRV grant, valued at about $6.6 million, to fund Swiss Stake AG. The plan covers research, development, infrastructure, and security for Curve’s lending stack and a 2026 roadmap, including upgrades to Llamalend. The proposal appeared on the Curve DAO forum on Sunday.

Monero [XMR] fell 4.09% over the weekend from Friday’s $419.4 high as price met resistance near $418–$420. According to XMR/USDT data on TradingView, the weekly structure remains bullish, but OBV shows a 7‑month bearish divergence. The analysis points to $400–$395 as nearby support, with a move toward $450 unlikely unless $420 is convincingly reclaimed.

According to officials, Japan will begin selling more than $500 billion in ETFs next month and will proceed at an unusually slow pace to avoid market stress. The Bank of Japan set the annual sale at ¥330 billion at its September board meeting, a rate that would take around 112 years if left unchanged.

On the daily timeframe, Solana is consolidating as downside momentum eases while price remains below short‑ and medium‑term averages. Key levels are support at $131.37 and resistance at $132.24 and $135.86, with a higher barrier near $139.02. Liquidity clusters include mid‑$120s bids and mid‑to‑high $130s asks.

Cardano's ADA is consolidating on the daily chart after a decline from the mid-$0.42 region into the low $0.40s, with price still suppressed beneath short- and medium-term moving averages. Bearish momentum is easing as the MACD narrows and the RSI holds in the low-40s, but resistance around $0.4356, $0.4499 and $0.4697 continues to cap upside while support in the $0.38–$0.40 band underpins the downside risk. Order book liquidity clusters near $0.45 on the sell side and in deeper bid zones below spot, shaping both potential recovery attempts and the threat of further weakness.

Barclays, in a year-end report published Friday, projects a subdued 2026 for crypto markets as spot trading volumes decline and retail engagement wanes. The bank expects few immediate catalysts, noting any regulatory progress could take time to influence activity. It also lowered its Coinbase price target to $291 amid near-term earnings pressure.