Chainlink's LINK hovered near $12.5 as buyers defended support amid a cautious market tone. On December 20, a new wallet withdrew 199,520 LINK from Binance; the next day it pulled another 246,259 LINK, totaling 445,779 LINK. Chainlink's TVS reached $46.03 billion, up 2.43% month over month, while MACD and RSI showed short-term weakness.

Canton Network's CC token climbed 36% in the last 24 hours, with trading volume up 307% as the price broke above local resistance. Since Thursday, 18 December, CC has gained 54.3% and flipped the $0.079–$0.082 zone into support while its 12-hour market structure turned bullish. A potential retest of the $0.01 support and a drop below $0.095 are seen as key levels for traders watching the current uptrend.

Bitcoin Munari will conclude its BTCM presale on December 23 before listing the token on the public market on December 28. The team advanced this schedule after completing internal launch milestones ahead of time, keeping the fixed supply at 21 million BTCM and moving initially as a Solana SPL token with a later Layer-1 transition planned. The final presale round runs at a fixed price of $0.015 and includes an allocation without vesting, with remaining tokens reserved for validators, liquidity, the core team, and ecosystem growth.

On 21 December 2025, XRP exchange-traded funds had already accumulated about $1.12 billion in assets under management during a broadly weaker crypto market. Asset managers argue this trajectory differs from Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, with institutions testing XRP for its perceived infrastructure role and diversification potential rather than pure cycle-driven speculation.

NIGHT surged 24% in the past day, with trading volume hitting $5.03 billion as its airdrop, expected to distribute roughly 4.5 billion tokens, began on December 10. According to Artemis, privacy tokens showed a 0.5% decline overall, while Bybit and Binance accounted for $3.33 billion and $1.16 billion, respectively.

XRP is trading around $1.93 as sustained spot ETF inflows and clearer US regulatory status underpin institutional interest. Spot XRP ETFs have attracted about $1.07bn in net inflows and hold over $1.2bn in assets, while price tests a key $1.93–$1.98 resistance area on the 4-hour chart. A confirmed move above $2.00 could open a path toward the $2.11–$2.17 region, while failure keeps focus on supports near $1.85 and $1.77.

According to U.Today, developer Ed Hennis filed XRPL Amendment idea #420 to let XRP Ledger accounts rotate a single-use signing key on every transaction. On December 20, 2025, Vet noted the "Quantum Safe" draft, which assumes XRPL's validation speed could limit attackers even if a public key is briefly exposed. Proposed field names include "SingleUseKey" and "QuantumSafeKey", and the feature is positioned as an optional security upgrade.

Spot XRP ETFs launched on Nov. 13 and have posted 32 straight trading days of net inflows. As of Dec. 19, total net assets stood at about $1.21 billion, with cumulative net inflows at $1.07 billion. On Dec. 20, Sentora said inflows have surpassed $1 billion, underscoring steady demand across Canary, 21Shares, Grayscale, Bitwise and Franklin Templeton funds.