On December 23, 2025, Bitget Wallet announced a full integration with Hyperliquid to broaden its onchain perpetuals offering. The company said users can access fees between 0.06% and 0.09%, more than 300 trading pairs plus equity-linked contracts, and up to 150x leverage within a self-custodial interface.

On December 19, Rep. Max Miller and Steven Horsford introduced a bipartisan discussion draft that would exempt regulated stablecoin payments under $200 per transaction from capital gains tax. The Digital Asset PARITY Act also proposes allowing taxpayers to defer income recognition on staking and mining rewards for up to five years, with those rewards later taxed as ordinary income at fair market value.

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.

Michael Selig was sworn in as the 16th chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after Senate confirmation on December 18, taking over as acting chair Caroline Pham left the agency after nearly four years. During her final year, Pham advanced initiatives such as spot crypto trading on CFTC-registered futures exchanges, a digital asset collateral pilot, and no-action relief for four prediction markets, while Selig has pledged to guide the regulator through a period of rapid technological change.

Solana Mobile has ended software update and security patch support for the Saga phone, warning that app compatibility "cannot be guaranteed" and limiting Saga-specific customer service. Seeker devices remain supported and are slated to ship worldwide on Aug. 4, 2025, with SKR incentives planned for January 2026. The shift raises practical risks for wallets on unpatched Saga devices.

Ghana legalized cryptocurrency trading under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Bill, 2025. The Bank of Ghana will license and oversee platforms, meaning only approved providers may operate. Governor Johnson Asiama announced the change on December 19, highlighting consumer protection, compliance, and formal supervision of the sector.

On Monday, White House official David Sacks said the United States is at a critical moment for crypto oversight and called Michael Selig and SEC Chair Paul Atkins a "dream team" to set clear rules. Selig was confirmed by the Senate last week in a 53 to 43 vote to lead the CFTC, with a market structure bill expected to see Senate markup in early January.

On December 22, 2025, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said he wants the company to underpin a new internet layer for global money movement. Since its June 5 IPO, Circle launched the Arc Layer 1, partnered with BlackRock, Visa and AWS, and signed a multiyear Intuit deal. Q3 revenue and reserve income reached $740 million.