Ghana's Parliament approved a bill to legalize cryptocurrency on Dec. 22, Bloomberg reports. Governor Johnson Asiamah said in Accra the measure addresses the Bank of Ghana's concerns and will ease licensing for crypto platforms and oversight of related activities.

Digital asset investment products saw $952 million in outflows last week, the first decline in four weeks, CoinShares said in a Dec. 22 report. U.S. funds accounted for $990 million of the outflows, partially offset by inflows from Canada and Germany. Ethereum led with $555 million in outflows and Bitcoin recorded $460 million, while Solana and XRP continued to attract inflows.

Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina said on Dec. 22 that crypto mining may be an additional driver of ruble strength. Russia accounted for more than 16% of the global hash rate during summer, ranking second in mining, data from the Russian Industrial Mining Association (IMA) show.

USDE led 24-hour spot net inflows with $16.6 million on December 22, followed by TRX at $13.2 million, SOL at $10.56 million, DOGE at $4.7 million and BNB at $4.68 million, Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats show. NIGHT recorded $88.76 million in spot outflows over the same period, while XRP saw $37.28 million, BTC $15.71 million, ETH $9.6 million and BCH $5.6 million in net outflows.

A major short seller on Hyperliquid increased bearish exposure across BTC, ETH and SOL on Dec. 22, with total positions exceeding $113M, HyperInsight data show. The BTC short position is valued at $106M with an entry price of $87,324.0 and liquidation at $103,944.7, while the ETH short stands at $5.83M (entry $3,027.05, liquidation $11,899.27) and the newly opened SOL short totals $2M (entry $126.201, liquidation $1,200).

Eleven newly created addresses withdrew 1,567,000 LINK from Binance over three days ending Dec. 22, Lookonchain data show. The tokens are worth about $19.8 million.

Bitcoin is entering a Christmas window as short liquidations strengthen the buy side and sentiment remains not overheated, CryptoQuant's Axel said on Dec. 22. Derivatives show futures driven by short covering, adding buy-side pressure and a "bullish neutrality" setup.

Stani.eth said on December 22 that the ARFC proposal to transfer Aave brand asset control to token holders is valid under the protocol’s governance framework. The Snapshot vote runs from December 23 to 26 and would grant the DAO ownership of Aave’s brand assets and IP, including domains and social accounts. The comments follow debate over revenue and branding, as the Aave token fell 8.9% to $161 in the prior 24 hours.

Binance will launch five new spot trading pairs—ADA/USD1, ASTER/USD1, LUNA/USDC, LUNC/USDC and ZEC/USD1—at 16:00 (UTC+8) on Dec. 24, 2025, BlockBeats reports. The additions expand the exchange's USD1- and USDC-denominated spot market offerings.