Ripple said on Dec. 15 it will expand RLUSD to Ethereum Layer 2 networks including Optimism, Base, Ink and Unichain, CoinDesk reports. The pilot uses Wormhole's Native Token Transfer for native cross-chain transfers; a broader rollout next year is pending NYDFS approval, the company said.

BitMine's combined cryptocurrency, cash and potential investment assets totaled $13.2B as of 6 p.m. Eastern Time on December 14, the company announced December 15. The portfolio included 3,967,210 ETH, 193 BTC, $38M in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) equity, and $1B in cash. The firm added 102,259 ETH over the past week, chairman and Fundstrat analyst Tom Lee said, noting that stabilizing crypto prices during the period support the view that the market has begun recovering from the October 10 price shock. Lee said favorable 2025 developments—including U.S. congressional legislation, improved regulation and stronger Wall Street support—reinforce BitMine's conviction in a future crypto "golden age" and its continued ETH accumulation toward the firm's "5% alchemy" target.

A whale address closed a 20x leveraged long position in Bitcoin after 35 days, realizing a $7.79 million loss, Onchain Lens data show. The holder simultaneously opened a new long position in ZEC with 2x leverage, BlockBeats reports on Dec. 15.

Strategy purchased 10,645 Bitcoin last week for about $980.3 million at around $92,098 per coin, BlockBeats reports. As of December 14, 2025, Strategy held 671,268 Bitcoin acquired for a total of about $50.33 billion, at an average cost of around $74,972 per coin.

Binance announced on Dec. 15 that users holding at least 230 Alpha points can claim 160 AIOT tokens in the second phase of the OKZOO airdrop on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool remains undistributed, the points threshold will automatically drop by 5 every 5 minutes, with each claim consuming 15 Alpha points. Users must confirm their claim within 24 hours on the Alpha campaign page or forfeit their allocation.

Funding rates across major centralized and decentralized exchanges indicated broad bearish sentiment on Dec. 15, Coinglass data show. Funding rates in perpetual contracts help align futures and spot prices, with 0.01% as the baseline, above 0.01% signaling bullish sentiment, and below 0.005% signaling bearish sentiment, BlockBeats reports.

Visa launched a stablecoin consulting service for banks and fintechs on Dec. 15, Fortune reports. The company serves dozens of clients and processes approximately $3.5 billion in annual stablecoin settlement, following a USDC settlement pilot in 2023.

Markets have shifted focus to U.S. economic data including Retail Sales, Jobless Claims, CPI and PCE following the final FOMC meeting of 2025, with risks of rate expectations being repriced rising, BRN research head Timothy Misir said on Dec. 15, BlockBeats reports. Misir noted inflation prints will be decisive: any upside surprise could strengthen a "hawkish rate cuts" narrative, while softer readings may reopen an upside path for risk assets into year-end. CryptoQuant data show inflows to Binance from addresses making single transfers of more than 1 BTC have fallen to the lowest since 2018, with the yearly average around 6,500 BTC and the weekly average near 5,200 BTC. CryptoQuant analysts said this trend points to reduced willingness to sell among large BTC holders, while Misir said collapsing inflows to Binance suggest weakening intent to offload despite underwhelming price performance.

Digital asset investment products drew $864M in net inflows last week, CoinShares said on Dec. 15. The US led with $796M, followed by Germany at $68.60M and Canada at $26.80M, accounting for 98.6% of year-to-date inflows. Bitcoin attracted $522M while short-bitcoin funds saw $1.8M in outflows, and Ethereum added $338M.