On December 30, 2025, Unleash Protocol was hit by an unauthorized contract upgrade that enabled a malicious transaction on Story Protocol and led to a $3.9 million asset loss. The team has suspended operations, launched an investigation and audit, and warned users not to interact with its smart contracts, while Story Protocol remains reportedly unaffected.

Zcash (ZEC) has outperformed the broader crypto market, rising about 30% over the past week to trade near $536, even as sentiment remains firmly risk-off. Supported by improving liquidity, a fixed-supply profile, and renewed attention from figures like Arthur Hayes, ZEC is holding key technical support around $525, with traders watching for a potential push toward the $580–$600 zone despite continued Bitcoin dominance.

Ahead of its January 15, 2026 annual meeting, Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed $13.2 Bn in assets anchored by a 4.11 Mn ETH position exceeding 3% of ether's supply. The firm has staked 408,627 ETH (about $1.2 Bn) and targets launching its Made in America Validator Network in early 2026, with yield estimates based on a 2.81% CESR rate.

Lighter has confirmed its LIT Token Generation Event for December 30, 2025, allocating 25% of the total supply through an immediate, fully unlocked airdrop and reserving 50% for community incentives. With BingX confirming a spot listing and pre-market LIT perpetuals on Hyperliquid drawing over $94 million in daily volume, the launch is shaping up as one of the most closely watched token events of the year.

According to on-chain metrics provider XRP Update, exchange-held XRP keeps declining as ETFs draw tokens into longer-term vehicles, tightening tradable supply. This structural shift points to price discovery increasingly shaped by persistent demand and constrained liquidity, positioning XRP for institutional-grade use by 2026. The present price is $1.86.

Ethereum-based perpetuals DEX Lighter has introduced its native Lighter Infrastructure Token, allocating 50% of the total supply to ecosystem incentives and 50% to the team and investors. The LIT token's ecosystem share will fund airdrops, future programs and partnerships, while the team and investor allocations are locked for one year with three-year vesting, and the LIT-USDC market opened trading at about $2.34.

Uniswap's UNI has defended the $5.50 demand zone over the past 12 days and is attempting to push higher toward resistance near $6.25-$6.55. A passed UNIfication proposal on 26 December, a one-time 100 million UNI burn worth about $591 million and a live fee switch have reinforced a deflationary outlook, with liquidation data highlighting $6.65 and $8.25 as potential upside targets.

Ripple's XRP has repeatedly failed to hold above the $2.00 and $1.90 levels, which have now flipped into strong resistance while one analyst warns of a potential drop of more than 55%. Ali Martinez notes that active XRP addresses recently fell from 46,000 to below 39,000 and that whales have been selling heavily for over two months, even as US-listed XRP ETFs launched in November have accumulated about $1.15 billion in net inflows.