On 28 December 2025, Uniswap removed 100 million UNI from its treasury in a single onchain transaction, permanently shrinking the token's available supply and redirecting protocol value toward holders. At prevailing market prices, the burn represented nearly $600 million and pushed UNI toward a deflationary, usage-linked economic model, while governance support was overwhelmingly in favor and separate funds remain allocated for builders and ecosystem development.

Ethereum’s validator queue has turned net positive by 278,935 validators after four months, while ETH has been trading in a $2.6k–$3k range. A large staking move by BitMine, which added 79k ETH to reach 154k ETH staked, highlights growing long-term yield focus even as exchange reserves rise and ETFs see outflows. These shifts suggest early signs of renewed confidence amid the network’s transition from short-term to long-term holders.

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and ReserveOne CIO Sebastian Bea expect Bitcoin to post solid but not exceptional returns over the next ten years. Hougan argues that post‑2024 ETF flows, regulation, tokenization and stablecoins are reshaping the market into a lower‑volatility ten‑year grind and eroding the traditional four‑year cycle. Bea and other analysts say it is still unclear whether that historic pattern is finished, while a planned $99 trillion DTCC tokenization push may help define a new phase in Bitcoin's ownership and price behavior.

XRP is trading inside a descending channel and remains below the 100‑day and 200‑day moving averages, with rallies capped near $2.40–$2.50. Buyers are defending the $1.80 demand region, but recent rejections imply upside moves are corrective unless the channel resistance is broken.

Speaking on CNBC on Friday, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said Bitcoin is entering a 10-year "grind up" featuring strong yet steadier, lower-volatility returns. He maintained a bullish 2026 outlook after October's all-time high of $125,100, while Bitcoin trades around $87,800 and is down about 3.8% over the past 30 days, according to CoinMarketCap.

On 28 December 2025, US regulators were described as shifting from treating crypto as an outlier to formally integrating it into the financial system. Authorities are increasingly framing Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral, while granting select crypto firms conditional federal banking access and tightening standards for stablecoins. This policy evolution coincides with Bitcoin's volatile but ultimately record-setting price performance in 2025.

Bitmine, a Fundstrat-backed company associated with Tom Lee, staked 342,560 ETH over two days, about $1 billion at current prices, and executed 74,880 ETH on Dec. 27. Transfers were batched in 28,320 ETH tranches, while SharpLink Gaming redeemed 35,627 ETH roughly four hours earlier. Despite the withdrawal, net staking inflows dominated.

According to Shibburn, 1,000,002 Shiba Inu tokens were burned in the past 24 hours by Dec. 27, 2025, yet the overall SHIB burn rate declined 32.29% compared with the previous day. Total burns over the last week reached 29,080,015 SHIB, while the token price hovered around $0.0000073 to $0.0000074 as Shiba Inu attempted a late-year rebound.