Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham is leaving the commission after nearly four years to become MoonPay's Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. The article says crypto lawyer Mike Selig is set to succeed her, with a Senate confirmation vote expected early next week. Pham will oversee global legal and administrative functions and lead policy strategy in Washington.

On December 16, 2025, MP Raghav Chadha urged India's government in the Rajya Sabha to introduce a Tokenization Bill enabling fractional ownership of real estate, infrastructure, and intellectual property. In November, Maharashtra's chief minister said digitizing asset transfers could unlock an estimated ₹50 trillion in idle capital, while regulators continue limited pilots and caution.

On December 17, Ripple and AMINA Bank unveiled a partnership to integrate Ripple Payments for 24/7 real-time cross-border settlement, with AMINA described as the first European bank to adopt the service. The collaboration seeks to reduce correspondent-banking friction and improve stablecoin settlement capabilities for crypto-native enterprises.

Senators Elissa Slotkin and Jerry Moran introduced the bipartisan SAFE Crypto Act to strengthen federal responses to crypto fraud. The move follows the FBI's finding that U.S. residents lost about $9.3 billion in 2024, a 66% rise year‑over‑year. The bill would require the Treasury to convene a cross‑agency task force within 180 days.

U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin and Jerry Moran introduced the SAFE Crypto Act, proposing a Treasury-led task force to coordinate law enforcement and financial regulators against crypto scams. The bill centers on prevention and local enforcement support rather than market rules. Bitcoin traded at $89,337.71 at the last update on December 17, 2025.

Uniform Labs has introduced Multiliquid, an institutional liquidity layer designed for tokenised financial markets that enables atomic swaps between stablecoins and blue-chip tokenised money market funds or other real-world assets. The protocol, live on Ethereum with a Solana deployment planned, currently supports stablecoins such as USDC and USDT alongside tokenised Treasuries and other regulated RWA portfolios.

DTCC partnered with Digital Asset Holdings and the Canton Network to tokenize U.S. Treasury securities custodied at DTC, marking its first step to bring custodial assets on-chain. Following an SEC No-Action Letter earlier this month, the parties are targeting a minimum viable product in the first half of 2026, with DTCC's ComposerX platforms supporting tokenization and interoperability.

Stani Kulechov outlined a multi-decade roadmap centered on Aave V4, Horizon, and the Aave App, with a Dec. 16 post highlighting Horizon's role. The plan seeks to onboard the next trillion dollars in assets and millions of users while the DAO debates fees and revenue alignment. He also said the SEC ended its years-long Aave inquiry without enforcement.