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On Dec. 18, David Sacks said Sens. Tim Scott and John Boozman confirmed a CLARITY Act markup for January 2026. The article notes that key DeFi sections and the definition of "security" remain bracketed in Senate drafts, and most rules would be written over 360 days to 18 months after enactment.

Uniswap's UNI has recovered on the daily chart and is holding above short-term supports while pushing into the mid-$6s. Key levels include resistance at $6.49–$6.66 and supports at $6.25–$6.13, with liquidity clustered near $6.31, $6, $5, $6.41, and $7.00. Momentum and moving averages signal a cautious trend transition.

Uniswap's UNI advanced over 11% in the past 24 hours as governance activity and chart structure aligned. A vote running December 19–25 proposes burning 100 million UNI with a two‑day timelock and turning on fee switches, while AI agent payments and a KuCoin listing added catalysts. Price faces resistance near $6–$7, with potential targets at $7, $10 and $12 if buyers prevail.

Uniswap is holding a final governance vote on its Fee Switch Activation Proposal from December 19 to December 26. If approved, a two-day timelock would precede a burn of 100 million UNI and the activation of v2 and v3 mainnet fee switches, affecting LP earnings. UNI was $5.31 with a $3.35 billion market cap on December 20, 2025, per CoinMarketCap.

On December 20, 2025, Aster and Lighter were reported to be closing the gap with Hyperliquid's dominance in decentralized perpetual futures exchanges. Monthly perp volumes reached $252 billion for Lighter and $218 billion for Aster, while open interest stood at $1.7 billion, $2.4 billion, and $7 billion for Lighter, Aster, and Hyperliquid. In November, Lighter briefly led after a $68 million funding round.

TRON DAO announced a LayerZero-powered bridge that connects TRX directly to Coinbase’s Base network, giving the token new access to DeFi protocols and liquidity on the L2. TRX is still trading around $0.28 in a tight range below the $0.29–$0.305 resistance area, with weak money flow and no clear bullish breakout yet.

Hyperliquid Foundation says it will permanently remove about $1 billion in HYPE by locking 37 million tokens in an unspendable system address. Validators are voting on an Assistance Fund between December 17 and 21. The move comes amid intense competition in perpetual DEXs and aims to tighten supply while refocusing attention on cash-flow metrics.

Derivatives protocol Synthetix is migrating from Layer-2 networks back to Ethereum's mainnet after three years. Citing liquidity fragmentation, it plans to wind down deployments on Base, Arbitrum and Optimism by mid-2025, according to ainvest.com; SNX has fallen about 83% since late 2024. The return begins with a gated V3 soft launch.

On Dec. 19, 2025, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong tweeted "I like @Solana," following the company's Dec. 17 systems update. He thanked the Solana team and highlighted the launch of Solana DEX trading via Jupiter inside the Coinbase app, with rollout in the U.S. The update also outlined stocks, prediction markets, and an institutional tokenization platform.

Lifinity, a Solana-based DEX, will wind down after a community vote. On December 10, 2025, a shutdown proposal was put to holders, and on December 18, 2025, the team announced the decision on X. The protocol plans to distribute $43.4 million in USDC to $LFNTY holders, after processing about $150 billion since 2022.