Your Daily Crypto - 15th Dec

By 0xjenka.base.eth | Your Daily Crypto | 15 Dec 2025

Today’s Top Caps

BTC $86K (-2.9%)

ETH $2935 (-5.1%)

USDT $1

BNB $849 (-3.8%)

XRP $1.89 (-4.6%)

Source: Coinmarketcap

Today's Top Gainers

BEAT, MYX, MORPHO, XDC, LEO

Source: Coinmarketcap 24HR Top100

Top ETF Tracker

BTC -/+0, ETH-/+0,

SOL -/+0, XRP -/+0

Source: Coinmarketcap / Coinglass

Today's Top Headlines

Aster announced the launch of Shield Mode, a protected trading mode integrated into Aster Perpetual.

The feature enables private position opening and management without a public order book, offering gasless trading, no close fees, and faster execution, with plans to add more flexible fee models in the future.

Aster also announced details of their weekly buyback.. “Stage 4 buybacks last week:

- 28M USDT spent

- 29,312,363.34 $ASTER bought back

- Average Price: 0.95

Source: Aster DEX X

Circle enter into agreement to acquire the Interop Labs Team and IP.

“We have entered into an agreement to bring the interop_labs team – initial developers of axelar, a leading interoperability stack – into Circle to accelerate the next chapter of multichain infrastructure with Arc and CCTP, and we are excited to welcome new team members to the Circle family as soon as the deal closes.

The Axelar Network, Foundation and AXL token are not part of this acquisition and will continue to operate independently under community governance, with CommonPrefix leading network development.”

Not the best news for AXL holders by any means.

Source: Circle X

Turns out I was completely wrong yesterday when I stated that Strategy would more than likely go back to their smaller buys.

Strategy announced on X they have bought another 10645 Bitcoins. “Strategy has acquired 10,645 BTC for ~$980.3 million at ~$92,098 per bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 24.9% YTD 2025. As of 12/14/2025, we hodl 671,268 $BTC acquired for ~$50.33 billion at ~$74,972 per bitcoin.

Source: Strategy X

Bitwise amended its Hyperliquid ETF filing, adding the 8-A, bps fee, and ticker $BHYP.

Source: Cointelegraph X

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JP Morgan rolled out JPM Coin ($JPMD) on Ethereum’s Base L2, offering institutions 24/7 instant settlement using tokenized bank deposits.

Source: Coinbureau X

BitMine Immersion (BMNR) said its ETH holdings have risen to about 3.97 million ETH, representing over 3.2% of total ETH supply.

As of Dec. 14, the company’s total crypto, cash and investments reached roughly $13.3 billion, including $1 billion in cash and 193 BTC.

Source: Bitmine

Coingecko announce their Most Popular Blockchain Ecosystems in 2025 By Mindshare:

1. Solana - 26.79%

2. Base - 13.94%