Major U.S. equity indexes opened higher on Dec. 22, with the Dow Jones up 0.1%, the S&P 500 advancing 0.4% and the Nasdaq rising 0.6%, BlockBeats reports. Crypto-linked stocks mostly traded higher, with American Bitcoin (ABTC) jumping 7.87%, Circle (CRCL) gaining 4.86%, Bit Digital (BTBT) climbing 3.59%, Strategy (MSTR) adding 2.5%, Bitmine (BMNR) up 2.74%, Gemini (GEMI) rising 2.63%, Coinbase (COIN) up 2.24%, Bullish (BLSH) up 2.24%, SharpLink Gaming (SBET) up 1.02%, and ALT5 Sigma (ALTS) higher by 0.76%. ETHZilla (ETHZ) slipped 2.03%.

JPMorgan is considering offering crypto trading services to institutional clients, Bloomberg reported on Dec. 22. People familiar with the matter said the bank's markets division is evaluating products to expand its crypto presence, including spot and derivatives. Plans depend on client demand and regulatory feasibility.

Circle minted 500 million USDC on the Solana network on Dec. 22, Onchain Lens data show. Since Oct. 11, Circle has cumulatively minted $18 billion in USDC on Solana.

Federal Reserve Governor Milan said on Dec. 22 that last week's inflation data were skewed by a government shutdown, which distorted the housing inflation index and gave CPI a significant upward bias this year, BlockBeats reports. Milan said recent readings should steer views toward a dovish stance, adding that without policy adjustments, recession risk would rise. Milan said the Fed expects to eventually lower the policy rate.

Bitcoin funding rates returned to neutral levels on major centralized and decentralized exchanges on Dec. 22 after the token moved above $90,000, Coinglass data show. BTC pairs on Binance, OKX, Bybit and Bitget all showed neutral funding, while Ethereum and other altcoins continued to display large negative funding rates.

BlackRock transferred 2,019 BTC, valued at about $181.7 million, to Coinbase Prime within 20 minutes on Dec. 22, Lookonchain data show. The firm also moved 29,928 ETH, worth roughly $91.3 million, to the platform during the same period.

A crypto wallet address associated with BlackRock deposited 819.39 BTC to Coinbase on December 22, worth approximately $73.72 million at the time of transfer, Onchain Lens data show. The transaction was recorded approximately six minutes before the report, indicating a recent on-chain inflow of Bitcoin into the exchange.

Digital asset investment products saw $952 million in outflows last week, the first decline in four weeks, CoinShares said in a Dec. 22 report. U.S. funds accounted for $990 million of the outflows, partially offset by inflows from Canada and Germany. Ethereum led with $555 million in outflows and Bitcoin recorded $460 million, while Solana and XRP continued to attract inflows.

USDE led 24-hour spot net inflows with $16.6 million on December 22, followed by TRX at $13.2 million, SOL at $10.56 million, DOGE at $4.7 million and BNB at $4.68 million, Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats show. NIGHT recorded $88.76 million in spot outflows over the same period, while XRP saw $37.28 million, BTC $15.71 million, ETH $9.6 million and BCH $5.6 million in net outflows.