🔸 SEC chair Paul Atkins says on-chain markets will change everything. He says tokenization and on-chain settlement should bring more predictability, transparency, and efficiency for investors — and could move big parts of U.S. markets on chain within a few years.
🔹 Do Kwon got 15 years. The Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded guilty in the TerraUSD/Luna fraud and was sentenced to 15 years for the collapse that wiped out roughly $40 billion in market value. He’ll also forfeit assets and was previously hit with civil penalties.
🔸 Big win for DTCC: SEC No-Action letter. The SEC gave DTC a no-action letter to run tokenization services for DTC-custodied assets. DTCC says the service will support multiple compatible chains and aims for phased rollout next year. The letter was published Dec 11, 2025.
🔹 JPMorgan arranged a $50M Galaxy deal on Solana. The bank structured and cleared a $50 million commercial paper issuance for Galaxy Digital on Solana, settled in USDC, with Coinbase and Franklin Templeton among the buyers. It’s a major signal that big banks are testing tokenized debt on public chains.
🔸 CFTC withdraws an “outdated” crypto guidance. Acting Chair Caroline Pham pulled guidance about “actual delivery” of virtual currencies, saying the market has evolved and the rules needed updating. Regulators are clearly aiming to modernize frameworks.
🔹 Coinbase picks Chainlink CCIP as its exclusive bridge. Coinbase chose Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol to be the sole bridge for Coinbase Wrapped Assets, a move they say will scale secure cross-chain transfers as the program grows.
🔸 Crypto ETP filings keep piling up — 124 active now. There are 124 active crypto ETP/ETF filings across assets today, led by Bitcoin, then baskets and XRP. That backlog shows how much institutional interest is still building.
🔹 Revolut + Trust Wallet — instant buys in the EU. Revolut integrated with Trust Wallet so European users can buy BTC, ETH, SOL and stablecoins straight into self-custody wallets using Revolut funds or cards — often with zero fees in some setups.
🔸 Coinbase opens DEX trading for all Solana tokens. Coinbase now allows users to trade any Solana token through its in-app on-chain DEX integration — no central listing required — bringing millions of Solana tokens to Coinbase users instantly.
🔹 Bhutan is launching TER, a gold-backed sovereign token on Solana (Dec 17). TER is billed as a state-backed, physical-gold-backed digital token and is scheduled to go live on December 17, 2025, tying sovereign reserves to a Solana token.
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