On 30 December 2025, Russia's central bank outlined a tiered framework for domestic digital financial assets, according to Coindoo. Non-qualified retail investors will face an annual cap of 600,000 rubles starting in 2026, with limited access to macro-linked instruments. Regulators also signaled potential issuance on public blockchains to attract foreign capital.

Binance has adjusted fiat withdrawal channels in Ukraine, suspending direct card payouts to Visa and Mastercard that many local users relied on. The move follows the winding down of services from its former fiat partner Bifinity and has paused some automated features, while core crypto trading, card purchases, bank transfers and P2P operations remain available. Binance expects broader payment functionality, including via Zen.com, to fully resume in early January 2026, leaving users to depend on bank and peer-to-peer routes in the meantime.

Binance will remove FDUSD margin pairs for BCH, TAO, AVAX, LTC, SUI, ADA and LINK on Jan. 6, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. (UTC), covering seven cross and seven isolated pairs. Asset transfers into Isolated Margin are disabled immediately, and isolated borrowing halts on Dec. 31 at 6:00 a.m. (UTC), with positions auto-settled and orders canceled during the delisting window.

Bybit listed LITUSDT perpetual contracts on December 30, 2025, offering leverage from 1x to 25x. The exchange says the addition broadens its derivatives lineup and follows earlier LITUSDT pre‑market contracts on Binance Futures on December 23, 2025 at up to 5x. Leveraged trading carries higher risk and potential returns for participants.

According to CoinShares' latest weekly fund flows, XRP ETPs attracted $70.2 million, while Bitcoin and Ethereum registered outflows of $443 million and $59.3 million. Solana recorded $7.5 million in inflows amid a rotation in institutional positioning. Per CoinCodex, XRP was priced at $1.87.

Cicely LaMothe has retired from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after a 24-year career, concluding her role as deputy director of the Division of Corporation Finance. During her tenure, she helped steer seven staff guidance documents on issues such as stablecoins, liquid staking, mining, meme coins, and crypto exchange-traded products, and later faced congressional questions over Tron founder Justin Sun's reverse merger listing on Nasdaq amid broader shifts in SEC crypto enforcement policy.

An $11 billion Bitcoin whale who previously called a $19 billion October market crash has closed $330 million in Ether and shifted into $748 million of leveraged long positions on Bitcoin, Ether and Solana. The top ETH long totals $598 million at an entry of $3,147 with liquidation near $2,143, while other whales have lifted spot ETH buying even as so‑called smart money traders remain net short over $100 million on leading tokens.

In a December 29, 2025 post on X, Coinbase researcher David Duong said onchain perpetual futures trading surpassed $1 trillion in monthly volume as leverage demand grew amid a muted altcoin season. Decentralized venues such as Aster and Hyperliquid gained share, and Duong highlighted equity perpetuals as a likely next growth segment for onchain derivatives.