World Liberty Financial's USD1 saw its market capitalization increase by about $150 million on Wednesday after Binance announced the limited-time "USD1 Boost Program" offering up to 20% APR on Simple Earn Flexible products. The campaign runs from December 24, 2025 to January 23, 2026, with first‑come‑first‑served subscriptions, a per‑user cap of 2 million USD1, and bonus tiers up to 50,000 USD1.

This week, internet service providers in the Philippines began blocking access to 50 online crypto trading platforms, including major U.S.-based exchanges Coinbase and Gemini, after orders from national regulators. The National Telecommunications Commission acted on a request from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to restrict unlicensed virtual asset service providers under BSP Circular No. 1206, leaving many local traders facing frozen accounts and disrupted withdrawals.

Crypto.com is expanding its US prediction market platform by recruiting a quantitative trader for an internal market‑making desk that will trade event contracts, including sports outcomes. The company says the desk is designed to improve liquidity and that it remains risk‑neutral, stressing that the market maker has no special access to customer order flow and operates under rules disclosed to the CFTC, even as critics warn such structures can resemble sportsbooks and raise conflict‑of‑interest concerns.

Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers prefiled SB 1044, SB 1045, and SCR 1003 with the Arizona Senate late last week, aiming to exempt virtual currency from state and property taxes and to bar local taxes on blockchain node operators. The node-focused bill could be enacted by the legislature, while broader exemptions would require voter approval in November 2026.

ETHZilla disclosed in a late Friday filing that it sold 24,291 ETH at an average price of about $3,068, raising roughly $74.5 million to redeem senior secured convertible notes, with early redemptions set for Dec. 24 and Dec. 30. After the sale, holdings fell to about 69,800 ETH, and the company retired its mNAV tracker to emphasize balance sheet strength, revenue, and tokenization cash flow.

Ghana legalized cryptocurrency trading under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025. The Bank of Ghana will license and oversee platforms, meaning only approved providers may operate. Governor Johnson Asiama announced the change on December 19, highlighting consumer protection, compliance, and formal supervision of the sector.

US-focused digital asset funds logged $952 million in weekly outflows, with most withdrawals concentrated in Ethereum and Bitcoin products as the CLARITY Act faced fresh delays. Solana and XRP funds bucked the trend with tens of millions of dollars in inflows, even as total crypto ETP assets under management fell compared to the same point in 2024. Lawmakers now expect the Senate markup for the CLARITY Act in January 2026, pushing back earlier hopes the bill would be signed by the end of 2025.

On December 19, 2025, the Federal Reserve launched a public consultation on a proposed 'payment account' model offering limited access to its payment services. The accounts would not earn interest or provide credit, and the Fed is considering overnight balance caps of the lesser of $500 million or 10% of assets. The comment period runs 45 days after Federal Register publication.

The Uniswap community is on track to approve the UNIfication proposal, which will burn 100 million UNI from the Uniswap Foundation treasury and activate fee switches on mainnet after a two-day timelock. Voting began on December 20 and is scheduled to end on December 25, with over 69 million UNI cast in favor and the token trading near $6.08 after a recent recovery from $4.88.