Nexo said it has agreed to acquire Argentina-based Buenbit to support a regulated expansion across Argentina, Peru, and Mexico, with the deal still subject to regulatory approval. Buenbit, which is registered with Argentina’s securities regulator (CNV), has processed more than $2 billion in volume and added over 40,000 active users in the final months of 2025, according to the company. Clients are expected to gain access to Nexo’s savings, credit, and trading products once the transaction closes.

Bitcoin dropped under $90,000 as overall crypto market capitalization moved toward $1.786 trillion amid weakening activity and fragile momentum. On December 10, spot Bitcoin ETF inflows reached $223.5 million, largely into BlackRock's IBIT, while GBTC saw outflows and other funds attracted limited interest, according to analysts. Whale positioning turned defensive, and more than $170 million in BTC long positions were liquidated in a single day.

Tokenized gold has exceeded $4 billion in market value, with products such as PAX Gold and Tether Gold increasingly used for savings and wealth protection in regions facing currency devaluation and limited banking access, according to CoinGecko data. New partnerships and platforms in Africa, Asia, and Sub‑Saharan markets are enabling fractional gold ownership, faster cross‑border transfers, and FX swaps. At the same time, regulatory uncertainty, custodial risk, and limited user education remain major obstacles to wider adoption.

Bitcoin is trading in what Glassnode describes as a structurally fragile range, pressured by high unrealized losses, rising realized losses, and profit-taking by long-term holders. Even so, demand has so far kept the price above the True Market Mean, and analysts say a retest of $95,000 and $102,700 is possible if sellers begin to tire. On-chain and derivatives data point to a cautious market, with muted ETF flows, subdued liquidity and options positioning that anticipates a volatility event into late December, according to Glassnode.

XRP is trading around $2.01 after post-FOMC volatility, down 4% over the last 24 hours and nearly 8% for the week. Traders are watching $1.90 as a key support, with resistance near $3.60 and repeated failures around $2.1. Technical indicators show the RSI compressing at 39 and the Stochastic RSI in oversold territory, while on-chain activity has slipped to 37,088 addresses. At the same time, US spot XRP ETFs have seen more than $190 million in weekly inflows, indicating continuing institutional demand.

On December 11, 2025 in Abu Dhabi, HAI Group announced CORE.3, a Web3 risk intelligence platform built around a Probability of Loss (PoL) metric for digital asset projects. The initial release covers 50 projects, with plans to scale to over 1,000. The platform uses more than 100 data points to quantify security, operational, financial, and compliance risks.

The Federal Reserve reduced interest rates by 0.25 percentage point to a three-year low after a divided Federal Open Market Committee vote, even as Donald Trump had urged a 0.5-point cut. Bitcoin briefly spiked to $94,000 before easing toward $90,000, and policymakers currently foresee only one rate reduction next year as 2026 approaches. With Jerome Powell’s term ending and Trump set to appoint a successor, leadership uncertainty is adding to market volatility. These overlapping policy and personnel shifts are shaping expectations for Bitcoin and broader risk assets.

On 11 December 2025, State Street Investment Management, Galaxy Asset Management and Ondo Finance introduced SWEEP, an onchain cash-sweep fund designed to settle in PYUSD. The first deployment is planned for Solana in early 2026, with Ondo seeding $200 million, according to the partners. Stellar and Ethereum are slated next, with CCIP enabling cross-chain movement.