Ethereum

Ethereum is trading around $2,947 with weekly support still holding, while analysts outline support near $2,618, $2,252 and $1,818 and resistance between $3,348 and $4,619 as key zones into 2026. On the daily chart, ETH remains locked in a range around $2,940, with several potential paths including moves toward overhead resistance, retests of lower support or extended sideways action as 2026 approaches.

AMLBot's on-chain study covering 2023–2025 reports Tether froze more than $3.29 billion in USDT and blacklisted 7,268 addresses across Ethereum and Tron, while Circle's USDC freezes totaled $109 million over 372 addresses. The gap was amplified on Tron, where $1.75 billion in USDT sits in blacklisted wallets. The findings underscore contrasting enforcement practices among leading stablecoin issuers.

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck described Ethereum as 'the Wall Street token', highlighting its role in stablecoin transactions and programmable finance. Market analyst Ali Martinez sees a head‑and‑shoulders forming with a potential move toward $2,400, while CoinGecko shows ETH near $2,927 and Santiment tracks 934,240 ETH whale buys worth $3.15 billion.

Between December 26 and December 28, large Ethereum holders accumulated about $350 million in ETH while the Money Flow Index stayed subdued, highlighting weak participation from smaller traders. Price action is trapped below $3,000, with chart signals pointing to possible moves toward $4,400 on a break above $3,390 or down to $2,620 if key support fails, even as network activity, RWA tokenization and institutional strategies keep long‑term targets in the $7,000–$9,000 range.

Ethereum is trading close to $2,940 while BitMine, described as the largest corporate ETH treasury, has staked 74,880 ETH valued around $219 million and begun shifting from passive holding to yield generation. On-chain data shows BitMine holds about 4.07 million ETH and has recently accumulated nearly 98,852 ETH around $2,976, as ETH price consolidates between support near $2,775 and resistance around $3,300.

Santiment reports Bitcoin saw a sharp weekend surge in social media discussions as traders weighed its performance against gold and silver. CoinCodex shows gold at a $4,486 all‑time high, while silver crossed $75 with 158% YTD. Despite lagging, Bitcoin's scarcity and rotation role keep it in focus.

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.

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.

On Dec. 28, Uniswap carried out a burn of 100 million UNI tokens, valued at about $596 million, after its UNIfication fee-burning proposal received 99.9% approval. The transaction, confirmed onchain, permanently cut UNI’s supply and was followed by fee changes on Uniswap v2, selected v3 pools and Unichain. UNI's price gained over 5% in the following 24 hours, while the Uniswap Foundation outlined plans for a 20 million UNI Growth Budget to support ecosystem development.