On December 23, 2025, BNB traded near $851 after briefly dropping under $850, extending an 11% pullback from a December high above $920. The Binance ecosystem token has seen derivatives open interest drop from over $2.97 billion in October to $1.28 billion, while daily BNB Chain transactions have fallen nearly 47% from October peaks. Technical indicators such as MACD and RSI point to short‑term bearish control, with key support zones around $825 and potential downside targets at $738 and $647 if selling deepens.

On December 23, 2025, global investors were shifting allocations toward Chinese AI stocks as concerns grew about stretched US tech valuations. Policy support in Beijing and a pickup in listings in Hong Kong and Shanghai have drawn interest, with firms such as Alibaba, Baidu, MetaX and Moore Threads cited among the beneficiaries.

On December 23, on-chain analytics firm Santiment reported that XRP social sentiment had turned sharply negative even as the token's price stabilized near recent lows around $1.90. Historically, such fear-zone readings and contrarian sentiment extremes around XRP have often aligned with local market bottoms and subsequent rebounds toward key resistance levels such as $2 and the psychological $3 area, although broader crypto market conditions remain a critical factor.

On December 23, 2025, Co‑founder and CEO Adam Liposky outlined Canopy's "layerless" approach for launching sovereign Layer 1 networks, with mainnet targeted for early 2026. He cited testnet results of 10,000 transactions per second with instant finality, a 20‑validator foundation, and a 504 million CNPY supply with block rewards split 85%/10%/5% across validators, delegators, and the DAO.

On December 23, MicroStrategy expanded its cash holdings to $2.2 billion after raising $748 million via stock sales, aiming to secure roughly $824 million in annual dividends over the next 30 months and support $1 billion in convertible bonds maturing in September 2027. During this period Bitcoin was trading around $87,716.35, highlighting the firm's effort to buffer against ongoing crypto market volatility.

Hong Kong plans to introduce explicit rules allowing insurance companies to invest in cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and digital infrastructure, with the Insurance Authority proposing a 100 per cent risk charge on volatile tokens. A public consultation on the framework is scheduled from February to April 2026, and even limited allocations from the sector's HK$635 billion in 2024 gross premiums could significantly increase liquidity in digital asset markets.

In a December 23, 2025 press release from Johannesburg, VALR said it secured an FSCA Over‑the‑Counter Derivatives Provider licence and grew to over 1.7 million registered users. The company added 100+ tradable coins, enabled payments at 31,000 stores and 700,000 locations, listed USDPC and xStocks, and reported over $1 million in user rewards during 2025.

ZOOZ Strategy said it received a Nasdaq notice that its shares no longer meet the $1 minimum bid, putting the stock on a compliance timeline. The dual‑listed company may monitor conditions and consider a reverse split, and has until June 15, 2026, to record 10 consecutive closes at or above $1 while operations remain unaffected.