On December 9, 2025, Storm Slivkoff, a research partner at Paradigm, said Polymarket’s trading volumes are effectively counted twice on most analytics dashboards due to redundant on-chain events. Summing the platform’s OrderFilled events records both maker and taker legs, making a $4.13 YES/NO trade show as $8.26 in reported volume. Paradigm built a simulator to show how different metrics behave across at least eight Polymarket trade types and to help analysts correct volume calculations.

On 9 December 2025, researchers released a snapshot that ranks blockchain networks by the number of unique wallet addresses rather than price or trading volume. The data shows Ethereum with just over 273 million addresses and BNB Chain with roughly 272 million, far ahead of Tron, Solana, TON and smaller chains like Polygon, NEAR and Bitcoin. The figures point to strong network effects at the top while mid- and lower-tier ecosystems steadily expand their communities.

At the 2025 Blockchain Association Policy Summit in Washington, OCC Chief Jonathan Gould said digital asset firms seeking national trust bank charters should be evaluated under the same standards as traditional financial institutions, according to remarks at the event. He said the OCC has received about 14 charter applications since the start of the year and expressed confidence in the agency’s ability to supervise new entrants and activities.

On December 9 2025, Tezos-based French fintech Lyzi said Porsche Centre Montpellier and Lamborghini Bordeaux became the first dealerships in their respective networks to accept cryptocurrency payments for vehicle purchases, supporting Bitcoin, Tez, EURC, USDC and more than 80 other digital assets. Lyzi also launched a crypto donations platform for Doctors of the World, allowing contributions to around 400 humanitarian programs in over 80 countries. The company added that its Web3 payments solution is now live at more than 800,000 points of sale after a €1.3 million seed round in April 2025.

At the UBS Global Technology and AI conference, Western Union CFO Matthew Cagwin presented a new "stable card" designed to help recipients in high-inflation countries preserve the value of remittances. The card will hold USD-pegged stablecoins and sits within a wider strategy that includes Western Union's own USD Payment Token and a Solana-based Digital Asset Network linking digital and fiat payment rails, according to Cagwin.

In testimony in November 2025, Acting Comptroller Jonathan V. Gould said cryptocurrency firms applying for federal bank charters should be treated the same as traditional banks. He added the OCC received 14 digital-asset-related charter applications in 2025, signaling rising demand for federally chartered crypto banking.

U.S. senators are negotiating a comprehensive crypto framework that would clarify the oversight roles of the SEC and CFTC. On December 8, Senator Bernie Moreno criticized the talks at a Washington, D.C. policy summit, and sources said Democrats and Republicans plan to meet on December 9. Committee leaders are considering a markup as early as December 17–18, though the schedule remains uncertain.

A public court filing dated Monday, December 8, shows US District Judge Paul Engelmayer seeking detailed information on the charges and potential sentences Do Kwon faces in South Korea and Montenegro. Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced in the Southern District of New York on Thursday, December 11, after pleading guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy. Defense attorneys have asked for a sentence of five years, while prosecutors are seeking at least twelve years.