Dash core member Joël Valenzuela outlined why privacy-focused assets are drawing users amid tighter KYC and surveillance concerns. He cited growing legal clarity, AI-related anxieties, and Bitcoin’s transparency, and referenced Tyler Winklevoss’s $50m Zcash investment while highlighting Dash’s 2014 focus on instant, low-cost private payments and upcoming feature work.

Solana's price has slipped below the $132 level and is now trading under $128 and the 100-hourly simple moving average while consolidating recent losses. The SOL/USD pair is seeing resistance near $125, $128 and $131, with key support highlighted around $122 and $120, and a potential slide toward $112 or $105 if $120 fails.

Veteran trader Peter Brandt has warned that XRP's chart may be forming a double-top pattern, with price action now threatening a key neckline support. If this classical setup completes, XRP could slide back toward the $0.50 area, while a sharp move above $2.00 would invalidate the bearish scenario Brandt is tracking.

World Liberty Financial has put forward a governance proposal to allocate 5% of its WLFI token treasury, valued at about $120 million, to drive adoption of its USD1 U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin. The plan would channel additional USD1 supply into integrations and incentives across centralized and decentralized platforms, while WLFI holders are currently voting on whether to approve the deployment.

On December 18, 2025, Ava Labs CBO John Nahas said the network’s future lies in sovereign, purpose‑built chains rather than monolithic block space. He noted nearly 80 Avalanche layer‑one chains are live and more than 100 are in testing, with deployments by Toyota, FIFA, and SMBC aimed at finance, identity, and enterprise workflows.

World Liberty Financial, a firm linked to the Trump family, has proposed deploying 5% of its WLFI token treasury, worth about $120 million at current prices, to expand the supply and adoption of its USD1 stablecoin. The live governance vote offers for, against or abstain options, while early community feedback appears slightly tilted against the plan despite USD1 already holding a $2.74 billion market cap.

Hyperliquid's HYPE token traded below $30 while still posting an intraday gain of over 3% after a proposal to burn 1 billion tokens from its Assistance Fund. The planned burn, which validators will vote on between 21 and 24 December, could tighten supply even as upcoming December unlocks of 10 million tokens threaten additional sell pressure. With price already down about 56% from recent levels and approaching the $20 support area, traders are watching whether changing supply dynamics can stabilize the market.

Mantle’s MNT token gained 9.13% over the past week and 1.37% in the last 24 hours while daily trading volume slid 13%, as Bitcoin dropped toward the $85.7k area. Technical indicators on the daily chart signaled steady capital inflows and a bullish bias in December, but the $1.375 resistance and possible invalidation below $1.21-$1.23 kept traders cautious.