According to data from Pipe, Solana's network absorbed a distributed denial-of-service attack peaking around 6 terabits per second this week without downtime or notable fee spikes, a performance later confirmed by co-founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal. The event coincides with a more than 35% drop in active validators in 2025 and growing concentration of stake among large infrastructure providers, even as Solana processes roughly $1.6 trillion in annual trading volume and supports about $15 billion in stablecoins.

XRP has dropped under $2 to around $1.87, with its price down roughly 6% in a day and about 17% over a recent institutional inflow streak. A nearly seven-year-old wallet that accumulated XRP near $0.40 realized more than $721.5 million in profit around the $2 level on Dec. 11, amid falling leverage on Binance and a sharp decline in XRP futures buying volume.

Industry insiders caution that Ethereum could fade by 2030 unless urgency returns, prompting the Ethereum Foundation to pivot toward faster iteration from early 2025. Leadership changes, including Tomasz Stańczak and Hsiao-Wei Wang as Executive Directors, accompany performance-focused upgrades and a proposed "Beam Chain" to address scaling and fragmentation.

US lawmakers are pushing toward federal crypto rules, but negotiators say the treatment of stablecoin yield is the main sticking point. The debate escalated in mid-August after the Bank Policy Institute warned that permissive designs could shift up to $6.6 trillion of deposits into stablecoins. The House has advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act as the Senate crafts a parallel package.

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.

Security researchers captured North Korean operatives in real time after deploying a honeypot workstation that mimicked a developer environment. The operatives, linked to the Lazarus Group's Famous Chollima division, used legitimate AI hiring tools and cloud services to establish trusted insider access rather than exploit code vulnerabilities. The operation revealed systematic use of job-automation software, VPN masking, and persistent remote-access protocols to bypass corporate security measures.

Strategy, which holds 650,000 BTC, is considering Bitcoin lending services that may provide inventory to hedge funds shorting its reserves. CEO Phong Le confirmed discussions with banks on Dec. 2, shifting the firm from passive custody to active credit operations. The move introduces counterparty risk and could compress the company's stock premium to net asset value.

PIPPIN, a Solana-based memecoin from an early 2024 AI experiment, has surged 556% over 30 days while the broader Solana memecoin sector faces declining liquidity. Blockchain data identified 50 synchronized wallets that purchased $19 million in PIPPIN, funded through HTX exchange. The token recorded over $3.19 billion in derivatives volume on December 1.

XRP spot exchange-traded funds attracted approximately $756 million in net inflows across eleven consecutive trading sessions since their November 13 launch. The four active products now hold about 0.6% of the token's total market capitalization. During the same period, XRP declined roughly 20% and traded near $2.03, according to market data.