AlphaTON Capital filed a shelf registration with the SEC to raise up to $420.69 million for expansion in artificial intelligence infrastructure and Toncoin holdings. The filing follows the company's exit from baby-shelf restrictions, enabling larger capital raises. ATON shares dropped 64% over one month prior to the announcement, falling from $4.75 on November 5 to $1.68.

The PEPE memecoin's official website has been compromised, redirecting visitors to phishing pages designed to steal wallet credentials. Cybersecurity firm Blockaid detected malicious code linked to the Inferno Drainer toolkit embedded in the site's front end. Meanwhile, the PEPE/DOGE trading pair is on track to close its second consecutive weekly gain, marking the first back-to-back weekly advance since June.

U.S. spot XRP exchange-traded funds recorded $12.84 million in net inflows on December 5, extending their growth streak to 13 consecutive trading days. Cumulative inflows have reached $887.12 million since the mid-November launch, with the funds collectively holding more than 400 million tokens. XRP traded at $2.07, down more than 3% on the same day, despite the sustained institutional interest.

XRP dropped more than 4% on December 5, extending a decline that has erased over 30% of the token's value since October 5. Data show $7.83 million in long positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours as bearish pressure mounted. Sentiment metrics turned 72% more bearish, reaching their lowest level in approximately two months, according to Santiment.

XRP Ledger validators face a critical deadline to upgrade to rippled version 2.6.2 within approximately two weeks. Failure to complete the update may result in nodes being amendment-blocked from the network. The release introduces the fixDirectoryLimit amendment and addresses a bug related to Batch transaction failures.

Ethereum validator participation fell to approximately 75% on December 4, 2025, after a bug in the Prysm consensus client disrupted node operations. The decline approached the two-thirds finality threshold required for network consensus. Engineers deployed an emergency workaround using a startup flag, and participation rates returned to normal levels within hours.

A cross-chain bridge connecting Coinbase's Base network and Solana went live on mainnet Thursday. The infrastructure enables direct asset transfers between the Ethereum layer-2 network and Solana's blockchain using dual verification from Chainlink CCIP and Coinbase operators. The deployment supports movement of SOL and SPL tokens into Base applications including Zora, Aerodrome, and Virtuals.

21Shares has launched a leveraged exchange-traded fund for Sui on Nasdaq, trading under the ticker TXXS. The fund offers 2x daily exposure to the Layer-1 blockchain asset. This marks the first leveraged ETF tied to the Sui ecosystem available on a major U.S. exchange.