Since January 2025, the Trump administration has overseen a sharp pullback in U.S. SEC enforcement against crypto firms and a reduction in PCAOB audit inspections. The SEC has paused or dropped around 60% of existing crypto cases, dismissed lawsuits against major exchanges, and backed a more business-friendly oversight model. Lawmakers and advocacy groups warn the softer stance and uncertain inspection priorities may heighten risks for investors despite new federal rules for stablecoins and digital asset markets.

On December 26 and December 28 2025, BubbleMaps highlighted that 68 linked wallets control almost half of the Atlas memecoin supply, a token themed around Vice President JD Vance's pet dog and promoted by the Whale Insider account. The analytics firm says these wallets, funded via ChangeNow with synchronized activity and launch-day sniping, may pose significant downside risk to retail traders as influencer-backed meme tokens have frequently led to rug pulls.

On December 28, 2025, deBridge co-founder Alex Smirnov publicly criticized Flow's proposal to roll back its network state following a recent exploit. He warned that the rollback, which targets transactions between late December 26 and early December 27, could inflict greater financial harm than the original attack. Smirnov urged Flow validators to pause validation until there is a clear remediation plan and coordination with ecosystem partners, while the Flow team maintains that restoring to a pre-exploit checkpoint is the safest option.

On December 28, 2025, Glassnode's CryptoVizArt reported Bitcoin's realized loss volume has risen to about $300 million per day. Data show short-term holders' cost basis is $99,900, the true market mean is $81,100 with spot around $87,800, while CryptoQuant's SOPR at 0.99 signals investors are selling at a slight loss.

On December 28, 2025, OKX CEO Star Xu called for decentralized exchanges and trading bots to meet exchange-level security standards after weekend exploits exposed risks. He warned that many bot products store users' private keys on centralized servers, and highlighted OKX's planned smart accounts using TEE and the conceptual OKX Pay. The Flow team said about $3.9M was moved off-network in a recent attack.

On December 27, 2025, Coinbase said reopening the GENIUS Act is a "red line" as banks push to limit stablecoin rewards. According to Brian Armstrong and advocate Max Avery, banks earn over 4% at the Federal Reserve while paying around 0.01% on savings, and proposed changes could block third‑party yield sharing.

On December 27, 2025, DeBot said it would fully reimburse users after a security incident that impacted wallets generated or imported before December 10. On-chain data indicates about $255,000 was moved, with funds routed to BSC addresses and partially through Tornado Cash. The team said secure wallet addresses created after December 10 were unaffected.

On December 27, 2025, Lighter said its $LIT token generation event and user airdrop will occur before the end of 2025, with 25% of supply allocated, no vesting, and no claim step. The token will debut on Lighter, while Hyperliquid has launched a pre‑market LIT‑USDC perpetual with up to 3x leverage.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bit.com announced on December 27 that it will gradually shut down operations via a three-stage plan ending on March 31, 2026. New registrations are already halted, spot trading will continue only until January 31, 2026, and cloud mining plus financial products will be settled in late January. Users are urged to withdraw or migrate assets, including via partner Matrixport, with a final withdrawal deadline through a backup station system set for March 31, 2026.