World Liberty Financial’s WLFI has retreated 56% from September launch highs, repeatedly failing near $0.20–$0.24 with thinning volume. The project raised about $300 million in October 2024 and $250 million between January and March 2025, then announced a $1.5 billion treasury deal in August. Political links drew scrutiny, while the company and the White House denied allegations.

Ripple's XRP is showing signs of weakening support as ETF inflows slow, long-term holders trim positions, and derivatives activity declines. Total Net Assets from ETFs have stalled around $1.24 billion while wallets holding XRP for 2-3 years have sharply reduced their share. Open Interest on Binance has slid to about $450 million, leaving XRP's price more vulnerable to shifts in sentiment.

Bitcoin is heading for a 19.15% drop in Q4, with short-term holders selling at a loss, extreme fear dominating sentiment, and ETF outflows weighing on liquidity. On-chain indicators such as SOPR and MVRV suggest capitulation could continue for another few months, yet some analysts expect the asset's maturing volatility profile and institutional demand to help it reach new highs in 2026.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the EU's Digital Services Act in an X post, warning it could create "no space" for controversial crypto tools. His comments come amid a 2025 upswing in privacy-focused tokens and Europe's enforcement of MiCA, scrutiny of stablecoins, and stricter cybersecurity, AML, and operational risk rules.

Ethereum's mainnet continues to command about 68% of total DeFi TVL and over 70% when accounting for its L2 ecosystem, even after the 2022 downturn and through 2024–2025. At the same time, large players have staked and redeemed tens of thousands of ETH, while record ETH Futures volumes and a roughly 5:1 Futures-to-spot ratio show heavy leverage is driving volatile price action.

In 2025, Bitcoin and Ethereum saw sharp moves—Bitcoin fell by March, rebounded mid-year, set new highs in October, and pulled back in November; Ethereum rallied late summer but faded in Q4. Bitcoin is down around 6%, Ethereum nearly 12%, with altcoins off more than 40%. ETFs mattered more for Bitcoin, while Ethereum's demand proved fragile.

Stablecoins are being withdrawn from major exchanges at the fastest pace of the current cycle, even as their overall supply continues to climb and remains largely backed by U.S. Treasuries. With Bitcoin down about 36% from its early October peak and open interest sliding by more than 40%, traders are cutting leverage, shifting stablecoins across networks like TON, Ethereum, and Polygon, and staying on the sidelines until market conditions improve.

According to CoinShares, ETH-linked products saw $555 million in outflows last week, even as exchange balances fell to their lowest since 2016. Binance and CryptoQuant indicators show Ethereum trailing Bitcoin in liquidity and risk appetite, while TradingView signals point to rangebound action near 3,000 dollars with resistance around 3,300 dollars.

Tokenized stocks have surged 2,695% year to date in 2025, outpacing tokenized commodities (225%) and funds (148%), while stablecoins rose 49% in the same period. Ethereum remains the primary issuance venue, but Solana, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Base, and Polygon have carved out notable market share. Issuers including Backed, Ondo Finance, Dinari, and Robinhood are driving adoption.