According to Cryptonews, the NYSE hosted a bronze statue of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, the sixth of 21 planned installations by Twenty One Capital. Twenty One's shares fell 19% on Tuesday's debut following a SPAC merger, even as the firm holds about 43,500 BTC. Bitcoin traded at $90,121 Thursday morning, down 2.3% after the Fed's third straight 25 bp cut.

Intel on Monday outlined plans to manufacture chips in India, followed on Tuesday by Microsoft pledging $17.5 billion over four years and on Wednesday by Amazon announcing more than $35 billion in fresh investment. The commitments focus on cloud and AI infrastructure, with Microsoft and Amazon’s combined pledges topping $50 billion within a 24‑hour period.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission named the initial members of its new CEO Innovation Council, bringing together leaders from major exchanges and crypto firms to advise on derivatives market structure and digital assets. The group, assembled in two weeks, will focus on tokenization, crypto collateral, 24/7 trading, perpetual contracts, prediction markets and blockchain-based infrastructure, Acting Chairman Caroline Pham said.

On 9 December 2025, Strive Asset Management launched a $500 million at-the-market preferred stock offering to fund bitcoin purchases and other corporate purposes. The company holds about 7,525 bitcoin with an average purchase price of $113,383 per coin. It reports an unrealised loss of roughly 18 percent following the latest market decline. Strive's ASST shares rose around 3.6 percent after the announcement as it continues to pursue a bitcoin-focused treasury strategy.

Pump.fun has spent $205 million buying back 13.86% of the PUMP token supply over the past five months—one of the largest buyback programs in Solana’s ecosystem—yet the token has fallen 55% to a three-month low as derivatives interest collapses and meme-token momentum fades.

On December 10, the Federal Reserve implemented its third 25 bps rate cut, briefly lifting cryptocurrency prices. Ethereum sentiment flipped as ETH pushed toward $3,433 before sliding back near $3,170, according to Santiment. On December 11, Greeks.live said the Fed’s initial T‑bill purchase plan is about $40 billion, and options markets are positioned cautiously with puts trading at a premium.

After the Federal Reserve delivered a quarter-point rate cut, Ethereum extended its advance above $3,300 and began outperforming Bitcoin near $92,000 as traders rotated into higher-duration assets. On-chain and derivatives data indicate the move has been driven by spot buying, with large holders accumulating nearly 1 million ETH and mainnet fees dropping below 300 ETH per day, the weakest revenue level since 2017, according to market data providers.

On December 11, 2025, Gemini said it added RLUSD support on the XRP Ledger. The update enables RLUSD deposits on XRPL and withdrawals on XRPL or Ethereum, with staking up to 4% APY and near-instant settlement. Mastercard and WebBank will use RLUSD to settle transactions on the Gemini Credit Card. XRP fell from $2.17 to $2.02 over 48 hours.