The Solana Foundation has launched Kora, a new infrastructure tool that relays fees and manages signing to simplify onboarding on the Solana network. Kora lets applications sponsor transaction costs in SOL or tokens like USDC while shifting signing to secure external environments. At the same time, SOL is trading around $121.96 and is testing the $120 support area after failing to break above the $128–$130 resistance range.

On December 24, 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia, Streamflow unveiled USD+, a Solana-based stablecoin backed by short-term U.S. Treasury Bills. The token is designed to distribute variable daily yield on-chain, cited at approximately ~3.6% APY, without staking or lockups. A waitlist is open ahead of launch, targeting Web3 treasuries and crypto-native capital managers.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) traded at $0.00000711, down 0.2% over 24 hours, with weekly losses above 10% following a year-to-date decline near 70% and its first weekly death cross. An AI model forecasts an average $0.0000072933 on the first day of 2026, about 2.6% higher, with scenarios ranging from $0.00000705 to $0.00000768.

As crypto moves toward 2026, market conditions are turning more optimistic, with improving liquidity, rising adoption and greater institutional involvement. Against this backdrop, three presale projects – Bitcoin Hyper (HYPER), PEPENODE (PEPENODE) and Maxi Doge (MAXI) – are being positioned as candidates for significant upside if a strong bull market emerges. These early-stage tokens advertise large fundraising totals and high staking APYs, appealing to traders seeking higher-risk opportunities beyond large-cap assets.

According to the article, large crypto holders and experienced traders are actively buying Pepe, Fartcoin, Bitcoin Hyper and Pepenode as they position for a potential meme coin breakout expected around early January 2026. On-chain data highlights rising whale accumulation, multi-million dollar token purchases from exchanges and strong presale demand, with Bitcoin Hyper reportedly raising nearly $30 million and Pepenode more than $2.5 million so far. The publication is sponsored and emphasizes that investors have previously seen returns ranging from 100x to 1000x in similar cycles, while cautioning readers to conduct their own research.

On Wednesday, the Trump family-associated USD1 stablecoin saw its market capitalization rise by $150 million to $2.89 billion after Binance launched a booster program with yields of up to 20% APR for large deposits. The promotion, which runs until Jan. 23, 2026, targets USD1 flexible products above $50,000 and distributes tiered bonus rewards directly to users' earn accounts.

On December 24, Solana (SOL) fell 2.26% over 24 hours and traded near $122.16. The hourly chart showed a false break of $121.14, with a daily close away from that level potentially opening a retest of $124. If pressure persists, downside targets include $116.88 and, on a weak weekly close, $100–$110.

On December 24, 2025, Midnight developer Sebastien Guillemot said the team completed a key cryptographic step to enable direct interoperability between Ethereum and Cardano wallets. He cited support for Ethereum’s Keccak and Cardano’s Blake2b as the basis for a privacy-first layer that validates ownership without exposing user data.