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In 2025, many newly issued altcoins traded below their token generation event prices amid a broader risk off phase. As the year closed, investors focused on selective themes, while most assets struggled to recover previous levels.

XRP closed December under pressure, trading near $1.86 after a 0.35% dip and a 15% monthly slide. Analyst Zach Rector links looming volatility to a $7.1 trillion global options expiry and warns of a brief sweep to $1.60–$1.70. Spot XRP ETFs launched on 13 November have attracted $1.14 billion in inflows and hold $1.25 billion in assets.

On Dec. 26, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell three points to 20/100, extending an ‘extreme fear’ streak that began on Dec. 13. Bitcoin traded at $88,650, nearly 30% below its Oct. 6 all-time high of $126,080, as tariff concerns and rate-cut uncertainty weighed on sentiment.

Uniswap governance approved the "UNIfication" plan with 99.9% support on Thursday, Hayden Adams said on X. The proposal redirects part of trading fees from liquidity providers to the protocol to fund ongoing UNI burns, with an initial 100 million to be retired after a two-day timelock. UNI was $5.92 at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, up 18.9% in the past week.

On December 26, 2025, a governance vote on Aave's forum rejected a proposal to transfer the protocol's brand assets under DAO control, with 994,800 votes against from roughly 1.8 million cast. Following the failed proposal and resulting governance concerns, around 230,000 AAVE were reportedly sold, triggering an estimated 10% price decline and heightened volatility for the token.

On December 26, 2025, China’s central bank set the yuan’s daily fixing at ¥7.0358 per dollar, 301 pips below market estimates. The decision followed the offshore yuan’s dip below ¥7 per dollar on Thursday for the first time since September 2024, with the offshore rate around ¥7.0024 at press time and near-term resistance seen near ¥6.9.

Bitcoin is hovering near $89,160 after a 1.5% gain in the last 24 hours, with daily volume around $24.3 billion and market cap roughly $1.78 trillion. According to the Crypto Fear and Greed Index, sentiment is at 27 and the Altcoin Season Index at 16; the 4‑hour chart highlights $90,500, $92,650 and $94,600 on the upside, and $88,000, $86,300 and $83,800 on the downside.

Recent on-chain and derivatives metrics indicated that Bitcoin's sell pressure has reached a three-year high, while spot ETF flows have remained negative. Analysts highlighted liquidation clusters around $83.5k and between $90k and $94.7k, with expectations of a possible BTC move down toward $82k followed by a bounce toward $95k linked to a large options expiry.

On 25 December, a long-dormant Bitcoin whale and BlackRock reportedly transferred a combined 2,692 BTC, worth about $234.7 million, to Coinbase and OKX while BTC’s price remained range-bound. At the same time, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw five straight days of net outflows and futures open interest declined, signaling reduced leverage and cautious sentiment around key support near $86,000.

Analyst Steph said on X that XRP’s 3-week chart shows the Stochastic RSI at 0.00, a reading previously seen only at the 2022 bear‑market low. CryptoXLarge flagged $1.95 as a pivotal zone on the weekly chart, while ETF products have logged daily inflows since November 13 and hold over $1.1 billion, with XRP trading near $1.87 at the time of writing.