PEPENODE’s presale has entered its final 24 days, with the project raising over $2.3 million and pricing the token at $0.0011968. The Mine-to-Earn meme coin pairs a gamified mining system with staking yields of up to 554%, and more than 1.4 billion tokens are already staked.

Tesla's long-serving directors realized more than $3 billion from legacy option awards as shares surged. The board halted new stock grants in 2020 and froze compensation in 2021 amid litigation. Reported pay from 2018–2024 remained far above peers, while a spokesperson said directors attended 58 meetings in 2024.

Rocket Lab stock advanced in premarket at 7:29 AM EST on December 15, 2025, to $62.80, up $1.31 or 2.13% from the prior close of $61.49. The move followed the company's first dedicated JAXA mission, RAISE And Shine, which lifted off from New Zealand on December 14 and deployed the RAISE-4 satellite.

MANTRA plans to upgrade its OM token to MANTRA on 19 January 2026 with a 1:4 non-dilutive split at target block 11,888,888. On-chain OM holders on MANTRA Chain will be converted automatically, while off-chain EVM holders must migrate to avoid stranded balances. The upgrade is designed to simplify tokenomics, support governance Proposal 26, and strengthen the project's institutional positioning.

Since February 2025, OM has fallen about 99% from its all‑time high while a months‑long dispute between Mantra and OKX has intensified into legal threats. In December, the two sides clashed over the timing and terms of OM’s migration from Ethereum to the Mantra mainnet, alleged market manipulation linked to loan collateral, and warnings that unmigrated ERC‑20 tokens could be treated as forfeited in early 2026.

Digital asset ETPs logged $716 million in weekly inflows, lifting assets under management to $180 billion. The US led with $483 million, followed by Germany at $96.9 million and Canada at $80.7 million. Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP attracted $352 million, $338 million and $245 million respectively.

On December 15, 2025, markets prepared for a backlog of U.S. data delayed by a prolonged government shutdown. The week's schedule features October retail sales and the November jobs report on Tuesday, November CPI and the December Philly Fed index on Thursday, and October PCE, November existing home sales, and Michigan surveys on Friday.

Metaplanet will hold an online extraordinary general meeting on December 22, where shareholders will vote on proposals shaping its Bitcoin strategy and capital structure. The stock has been consolidating around ¥430–440, with RSI in the upper‑50s and MACD turning positive as investors wait for clarity.