Sui closed 2025 with measurable institutional traction and growing payments and Bitcoin-DeFi activity, highlighted by a peak DeFi TVL of $2.17 billion in July 2025 and network throughput of 297.000 TPS with 400ms finality.
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Olivia Brooks reports on the policy, macro and institutional forces shaping digital assets. Her work at BlockchainJournal connects regulation, geopolitics, RWA markets, centralized exchanges and stablecoin infrastructure without overstating what a filing, license, partnership or market signal actually proves.She also follows Web3 initiatives and altcoin markets when regulatory changes are a key factor.
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China’s DeepSeek AI has published algorithmic price forecasts for XRP, Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) with a horizon at the end of 2026. The model presents bullish and bearish ranges for each token and links upside scenarios to regulatory clarity, ecosystem growth and delivery of protocol milestones.
Uniswap token burn and protocol fee proposal won near-unanimous approval, reshaping UNI’s economic design. The governance vote approved a one‑time 100 million UNI burn and activated a protocol fee switch, changes that aim to tie protocol revenue directly to token scarcity and value.
The TRON network has registered historical growth in its active user base during this month of December 2025. However, the TRX price is currently undergoing its worst performance for a fourth quarter, according to recent reports by analyst Kamina Bashir. The ecosystem shows an unusual divergence between the massive adoption of its infrastructure and its native asset’s market value.
The market observes a new Bitcoin price prediction today after recently reaching $89,160. Analyst Arslan Butt reported a 1.5% daily increase for the leading coin. Likewise, the asset maintains its absolute dominance over other current cryptocurrencies.
Aptos’ native token APT fell as part of a wider crypto retreat in late December 2025, reversing a short-lived outperformance earlier in the week. The move underlines APT’s sensitivity to macroeconomic shifts and market-wide flows as well as to token-specific supply dynamics.
XRP price looks set to break a two-year run of positive annual returns as it heads into year-end trading, with projections pointing to roughly an 11% decline if current levels hold. As of 24 de dic. de 2025 the token traded near $1.85–$1.91 amid intensified selling, a dynamic that undercuts prior gains and raises the risk of further capitulation.
Aptos (APT) fell again as a broader crypto market correction weighed on risk assets, with mid-December moves underscoring short‑term selling pressure.
The Council of the European Union has adopted a negotiating position that backs the ECB’s proposed caps on digital euro holdings, including a ceiling in the €3.000–€4.000 range and an offline payment feature. The move advances the design framework but leaves final approval contingent on reconciliation with the European Parliament and subsequent legislative votes.
Agentic commerce—autonomous AI agents transacting on behalf of users—could capture an estimated $190–$385 billion of U.S. e‑commerce spending by 2030, which makes secure agent payments a commercial priority.
