On Tuesday, SlowMist released its 2025 Blockchain Security & AML Annual Report, estimating roughly $2.935 billion stolen in 2025, up 46% from 2024, even as incidents fell 51% to 200. DeFi logged 126 cases and about $649 million in losses, while CEX breaches (22) totaled $1.809 billion. The firm also noted 18 recovery or freeze events, with nearly $387 million secured from $1.95 billion in stolen funds.

Multi-sig wallets require multiple approvals before funds move, making shared crypto safer for teams and DAOs. By defining signers and a threshold—such as 2-of-3 or 3-of-5—groups block single-point failures and keep actions transparent. Flexible setups help treasuries adapt as membership changes while preserving accountability in collective decisions.

In 2025, Bitget Wallet's internal data review shows that user activity is expanding from trading into payments and on-chain yield farming. While swap and perpetual trading volumes are rising, stablecoin payments reportedly approach $46 trillion annually and demand for yield products continues to grow. At the same time, Tether USDt is trading near $0.99 with a market cap of $187.11 billion and daily volume of $74.20 billion as of December 31, 2025.

Real-world asset protocols have grown into DeFi's fifth-largest segment by total value locked, with TVL surpassing $17 billion and Ethereum hosting more than $12 billion of that. Gold-backed tokens such as Tether Gold and Paxos Gold lead the category, while tokenized equities have pushed their market cap beyond $1.2 billion to a new all-time high. RWA tokens have also delivered strong year-to-date gains, supported by standout performers like Keeta Network, Zebec, and Maple Finance.

Users of Perpetual trading platform Lighter report failed withdrawals showing the error "Too many L2 Withdrawals." On-chain explorer data points to a lag between the Prover and Sequencer, with the last committed block #137759880 finalized prior to the December 30, 2025 update. The team has not issued a formal statement, while LIT trades at $2.84.

Binance suspended direct fiat withdrawals to Visa and Mastercard for users in Ukraine, effective December 29. The pause relates to maintenance and partner infrastructure updates as Bifinity UAB ends fiat support by December 31. Deposits via cards and Apple Pay/Google Pay remain available, with SWIFT transfers and P2P trading continuing for fund movement.

On December 24, Trust Wallet's browser extension v2.68 was compromised, enabling attackers to drain about $8.50 million from 2,596 wallets, according to CEO Eowyn Chen. The team reverted to a secure version, launched a documentation-based compensation process, and warned users about phishing attempts while markets saw lower Bitcoin and Ethereum trading activity.

Russia's Ministry of Justice has drafted Criminal Code Article 171.6 to punish unregistered crypto mining, targeting operators outside the Federal Tax Service registry created on November 1, 2024. Penalties range up to 5 years of imprisonment and fines reaching 2.5 million rubles for organized schemes, while individuals above 3.5 million rubles in income face fines up to 1.5 million rubles.