Solana

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.

On 11 December 2025, Coinbase announced a feature that will route trades for Solana tokens through on-chain DEX swaps within its main mobile app. From the week of 15 December 2025, selected users will be able to fund these trades with USDC or fiat and gain access to unlisted SPL tokens, while Coinbase keeps centralised KYC and AML checks in place. The company plans to extend availability globally as it completes regional compliance reviews and technical monitoring.

Bhutan has introduced TER, a physical gold-backed digital token issued via Gelephu Mindfulness City on the Solana blockchain, with custody provided by DK Bank, the country’s first licensed digital bank. Scheduled to launch on December 17, 2025, TER is intended to give global investors on-chain exposure to gold as part of Bhutan’s wider blockchain and economic strategy, according to Bhutan. The project seeks to combine the perceived stability of gold with the mobility and transparency of blockchain-based assets.

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.

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.

Bhutan will launch TER, a sovereign gold-backed token issued on the Solana blockchain, on December 17, 2025, positioning the nation as one of the first to tokenize government-regulated gold reserves. Distributed through DK Bank and unveiled via the Gelephu Mindfulness City initiative, TER gives global investors compliant, on-chain access to audited, sovereign-overseen physical gold.

Nearly half of high-net-worth investors in Asia-Pacific now allocate more than 10% of their portfolios to crypto, with 87% of over 270 respondents already holding digital assets, according to Sygnum's APAC HNWI Report 2025. Most plan to increase exposure, with median allocations in the 10%–20% range and a weighted average close to 17%.

A newly created wallet withdrew 200,001 SOL—nearly $28 million—from Binance, with activity concentrated near Solana’s $126–$145 accumulation band. Technical indicators point to improving momentum, and traders are watching for a break above $145 that could open a path toward $168. On-chain participation has increased, with 24‑hour DEX volume at $3.798 billion.

On-chain data show Solana’s 30-day realized profit-to-loss ratio has remained below 1 since mid-November. Liquidity has thinned to levels associated with past bear markets. SOL has recently traded between $128 and $145. Derivatives positioning is elevated, with futures open interest back above $7.2 billion and nearly $500 million in long positions at risk around $129, setting the stage for potential volatility.