Gemini Space Station, Inc. said its affiliate Gemini Titan has received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to launch a regulated U.S. prediction market offering binary event contracts. Following the license announcement, GEMI climbed 18% in pre-market trading. The approval process began with an application in March 2020, placing Gemini among other regulated event-contract venues.

The Kingdom of Bhutan has launched TER, a gold-backed cryptocurrency issued on the Solana blockchain and distributed by DK Bank, where each token is tied to a fixed quantity of physical gold held in institutional custody. The structure is intended to provide a regulated way for investors to gain digital exposure to gold while retaining traditional asset backing. TER is part of Bhutan's broader blockchain strategy, which includes Bitcoin reserves, planned holdings of Ethereum and Binance Coin, and a national digital identity system on Ethereum, according to the project details.

On 11 December 2025, Coinbase is introducing in-app access to Solana-based decentralized exchange liquidity, allowing users to fund swaps with USDC or standard payment methods without passing through its custodial infrastructure. The rollout advances a hybrid model in which Coinbase’s app provides the interface while trades settle on chain, with token coverage to be expanded gradually following the initial listings.

On 10 December 2025, Gemini Space Station, Inc. received authorization from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate its Gemini Titan prediction market platform, allowing affiliate Gemini Titan, LLC to offer binary event contracts to U.S. customers. Following the announcement, Gemini's pre-market share price rose about 18%, signaling investor confidence in the company's expansion into a regulated U.S. market.

OpenAI said on December 11, 2025 that its next‑generation models may reach high cybersecurity capability, enabling functional zero‑day exploits and complex attacks. The company cited a capture‑the‑flag performance jump from 27% (GPT‑5, August 2025) to 76% (GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max, November 2025). It introduced Aardvark, trusted defender access, and a Frontier Risk Council.

On December 11, 2025, Ripple-linked wallets executed coordinated XRP transfers totaling $1,550,694,217 in identical 100 million XRP tranches, according to data highlighted by Whale Alert and community tracker XRPWallets. Older Ripple-controlled addresses funded newly created wallets, with some senders drained to zero. XRP’s price hovered around $2, and trading volume was muted with limited market reaction.

On December 11, 2025, Bitcoin dropped below $91,000 after the Singapore trading session saw a 2.7% intraday decline from a prior peak near $94,490. The pullback came as Asian hours, which had been driving gains since August 2025, briefly weakened and left BTC trading just above $90,000 while triggering $175M in long liquidations across the market.

On December 10, 2025, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released preliminary findings from a review of debanking practices at nine major national banks. The agency said internal policies in place from 2020 to 2023 imposed inappropriate restrictions on lawful sectors, including digital-asset firms, according to the OCC. It added that supervisory investigations into the banks' practices are ongoing.