On December 10, 2025, the Federal Reserve unveiled a Treasury Reserve Management Purchases program that will add $40 billion in Treasury bill purchases beginning December 12. The shift toward renewed securities buying is seen as mild quantitative easing that could support risk assets, with Bitcoin trading around $90,366.13 amid recent price volatility. Market participants expect looser U.S. dollar liquidity to offer a more supportive backdrop for major cryptocurrencies despite ongoing regulatory uncertainty.

The U.S. Congress has begun reviewing Senator Josh Hawley's bill S.1498, known as the "Honest Act," which aims to tighten ethical trading rules for senior public officials. The proposal, introduced in April 2025 and advanced by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 30, 2025, would bar the President, Vice President, members of Congress and certain federal officials from trading individual stocks, derivatives and futures while allowing government bonds and diversified funds.

At Solana Breakpoint in Abu Dhabi on December 12, co-founder Raj Gokal outlined a goal for Solana to reach a 25% share of on-chain transactions over the next decade. He cited ecosystem momentum, including 1,700 "Colosseum" hackathon teams. As of December 12, 2025, SOL trades at $139.15, according to CoinMarketCap.

YouTube has introduced PayPal USD (PYUSD) as a payout method for eligible US creators, allowing them to receive channel earnings directly in the stablecoin. The move, confirmed by PayPal executive May Zabaneh and a Google spokesperson, is aimed at speeding up payouts and broadening payment flexibility for creators.

The CFTC issued no-action letters to Polymarket, PredictIt, Gemini, and LedgerX/MIAX, providing flexibility around certain swap reporting and clearing requirements. The relief allows these U.S.-focused prediction and crypto-derivatives venues to use third-party clearing members under defined collateral and post-trade transparency conditions. The changes could reduce infrastructure costs and improve market efficiency.

On December 12 in Washington, D.C., Acting Chair Caroline Pham said the CFTC will withdraw its 2020 "actual delivery" guidance for digital assets under the Dodd-Frank Act. The move aims to modernize derivatives oversight and align with federal digital-asset market policy. It also supports recognizing tokenized collateral—such as Bitcoin, Ether, USDC and stablecoins—as eligible margin.

Binance has introduced an Indication of Interest feature for spot and loan trading via its OTC and execution services platform, aimed at VIP and institutional clients handling large orders. The tool lets users privately signal buy, sell, borrow, or lend interest on block-size trades of at least $200,000 to improve liquidity discovery and reduce execution risk. By shifting large flows off the public order book toward traditional-style workflows, it may also shape transparency debates and regulatory scrutiny in crypto markets.

From 2020 to 2023, nine major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, restricted services to crypto businesses, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said. The agency’s findings may be referred to the Department of Justice. Bitcoin was $90,296.49 with 58.58% dominance, per CoinMarketCap data updated December 11, 2025.

Polygon’s Madhugiri upgrade has boosted network throughput by 40% to 1,400 transactions per second, setting the stage for an aggressive scaling push toward 5,000 TPS within six months and as high as 100,000 TPS over the next two years. The enhancement aims to reduce congestion, lower fees, and position Polygon as a leading high-performance chain, even as its native POL token remains under pressure after a month-long decline.