Franklin Templeton's Solana exchange-traded fund received listing approval from NYSE Arca, completing the final regulatory step before trading commences. The fund will trade under ticker SOEZ and track the CF Benchmarks Solana Index. Solana traded at $141.57 with a 10.30% daily gain following the approval.

The cryptocurrency sector recorded mergers and acquisitions exceeding $12.9 billion in 2025, with U.S.-based deals alone surpassing $8.60 billion by November 20, according to PitchBook data. Major transactions included Coinbase's $2.9 billion acquisition of Deribit and Ripple's $1.25 billion purchase of Hidden Road. The surge reflects growing institutional confidence driven by reduced interest rates and clearer regulatory frameworks in the United States.

MetaMask launched Transaction Shield on December 3, 2025, a paid security feature offering up to $10,000 in monthly coverage for losses from approved transactions. The $9.99 monthly subscription targets signature-based scams across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Base.

Bitcoin climbed 11% from $83,822.76 on December 1 to surpass $93,000 as the Federal Reserve formally concluded quantitative tightening and injected approximately $38.5 billion in liquidity through repo operations. The rally gained momentum after Vanguard opened its platform to crypto ETFs for the first time, while weak manufacturing data pushed rate-cut expectations above 85%. The price movement reflected multiple converging factors including the Fed's policy shift, Vanguard's distribution milestone, and short-covering from oversold levels.

Large-value transaction activity on the Dogecoin network has dropped sharply, falling to just 4 transactions of $1 million or more in a single day, according to data from analytics platform Santiment. This marks the lowest level of whale participation recorded in two months. The decline contrasts with October 11, when the network processed 212 whale transactions in a single day.

Ethereum maintains $174.95 billion in stablecoin supply, representing 63% year-over-year growth, data show. Layer 2 solutions Arbitrum One and Base Chain hold $7.84 billion and $4.53 billion respectively. Competition intensifies across secondary networks as total stablecoin supply reaches an all-time high of $283.2 billion.

Binance elevated co-founder Yi He to co-CEO on December 11, establishing a dual leadership structure with Richard Teng. The appointment, announced at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai, marks the exchange's most significant executive restructuring since Teng assumed the CEO role in November 2023. Yi He previously served as Chief Customer Service Officer and has been with Binance for over eight years since its 2017 founding.

Bitcoin climbed back above $93,000 on Wednesday as XRP exchange-traded funds approached $1 billion in cumulative net inflows since their November 13 launch. The XRP products have recorded positive flows in every trading session, with $157 million added in the first two days of this week alone. Shiba Inu showed technical signals indicating potential upside movement, while Bitcoin's monthly chart structure suggests further upside targets.