On December 24, the People’s Bank of China and seven other departments released opinions to expand digital finance cooperation and RMB use in cross-border payments along the Western Land-Sea New Corridor. The plan centers on testing the digital RMB in trade and payment scenarios with partners such as Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the UAE, while also building digital platforms for cross-border e-commerce.

Bitcoin finished 2025 as the market’s main liquidity anchor but entered a pronounced post-peak cooldown after briefly trading above $126,000 before sliding into the mid-$80,000s. Several institutional forecasts still see scope for BTC to reach six figures in Q1 2026, with targets between roughly $120,000 and $150,000 as ETF demand and regulatory clarity potentially improve. In parallel, the Bitcoin Hyper Layer 2 project has raised about $29.7 million at a token price of $0.013475 and offers 39% staking APY, attracting traders seeking higher-upside exposure to the broader Bitcoin narrative.

On Wednesday, December 24, BlackRock moved 2,292 Bitcoin worth about $200 million and 9,976 Ethereum valued around $30 million to Coinbase Prime before partially buying back 499 BTC and 1,511 ETH. The asset manager currently holds roughly $77.6 billion in crypto, mostly in Bitcoin and Ethereum, while both coins trade below key resistance levels during a broader market downturn.

Large Ether holders increased purchases while price remains below $3,000. Since Nov. 4, one "66k ETH Borrow Whale" accumulated 569,247 ETH ($1.69 billion), and in the past 24 hours Bitmine bought 67,886 ETH ($201 million). About 70% of derivatives positions are net long, and ETH's leverage ratio hit 0.611 last week.

Binance will remove five spot trading pairs — BIO/FDUSD, ENS/FDUSD, INJ/ETH, TREE/BNB and VTHO/TRY — on Dec. 26 at 3:00 a.m. (UTC). The exchange also scheduled Ethereum network wallet maintenance for Dec. 25 at 6:00 a.m. (UTC), temporarily pausing deposits and withdrawals.

In the last 12 hours, according to CoinGlass, Solana saw an 8,392% liquidation imbalance as $4.94 million in long positions were erased. SOL tested the $124.11–$125.42 death cross zone at $125.28 before sliding to $120.78, and it now trades at $121.43 with volume down 14.93% to $2.74 billion. RSI between 37 and 39 signaled mild oversold conditions, while short liquidations reached $58,170.

Vitalik Buterin backed EIP 7864, aiming to lift Ethereum's smart contract size cap. In 2025, Layer 2 activity concentrated around leading rollups such as Base, while ETH stalled below $3,000 with a noted support area near $2,800. A recent chart snapshot showed price around $2,931 amid defined resistance bands.

On December 24, 2025, HashKey Capital announced the first close of its HashKey Fintech Multi-Strategy Fund IV, securing $250 million in commitments. The firm is targeting a $500 million final fund size and drew interest from institutional allocators, family offices, and high‑net‑worth investors.