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December's Top Token Movers

Crypto markets are going sideways; these five hot tokens encapsulate where investors think we're headed.
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Dec 18, 20253 min read
December's Top Token Movers
Published on Dec. 18, 2025
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NEED TO KNOW
Coinbase Rolls Out Stocks
  1. 🟦 Coinbase Rolls Out Stocks, Prediction Markets in 'Everything Exchange' Push. The company also announced Solana DEX access, derivatives, and stablecoin tools in a sweeping expansion.
  2. 🇪🇺 European Central Bank President Pressures EU Lawmakers to Adopt CBDC. Technical and preparatory work is already complete for the launch of digital euros.
  3. 🏛️ New York Stock Exchange Parent Co. Plotting MoonPay Investment: Bloomberg. Intercontinental Exchange is in talks to invest in MoonPay's latest funding round.
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Daily Market Snapshot: Altcoins continue to see choppy weather. Altcoins outside the top-10 tokens have seen their share of the crypto market sink 40% this year with an 11% decline in the past month alone.
Prices as of 5pm ET 24hr 7d
Crypto $2.88T ↘ 1.0% ↘ 8.6%
BTC $85,654 ↘ 0.8% ↘ 7.1%
ETH $2,828 ↘ 0.1% ↘ 12.6%
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PLAY OF THE WEEK
December's Hottest Crypto Token Movers
Bankless Analysts: Jack Inabinet

The year is winding down, and everyone is making lists. But while most folks are rushing to catalog their New Year’s resolutions, the Bankless analyst team is busy scouring the crypto markets for top token plays.

Whether you’re hunting the next moonshot or dodging the next rug, these five spotlight-stealing tokens will no doubt be worth paying attention to during the month ahead. Today, we’re diving into December’s most notable altcoin stories.

Pro tip: view bull/bear analyst ratings for these tokens in the Bankless Token Hub!

🩶 iShares Silver Trust (Ondo Tokenized)

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30-Day Change: +27%
Ticker: SLVon

SLVon is Ondo Finance's tokenized version of the iShares Silver Trust (SLV), the world's preeminent physically backed silver ETF managed by BlackRock. An ERC-20 token, SLVon provides onchain exposure to silver, continual trading, instant minting/redeeming, and global accessibility for non-U.S. investors who may face barriers to access traditional U.S. ETFs.

Although the broader tokenized silver sector is significantly less mature than its tokenized gold counterpart, SLVon is issued through a bankruptcy-remote entity and publishes daily attestations. This structure guarantees asset security for token holders, even in the event of Ondo’s dissolution.

Token Catalysts:

  • SoV Play: Amid continued global instability, store of value plays (including gold, silver, and BTC) display attractive attributes, as their supply is relatively fixed. Silver prices will likely increase as unknowns mount.
  • Fastest Horse: Silver has surpassed gold as the top-performing store of value. Compared to gold, which appreciated 7% since the November 21 lows, silver has vastly outperformed, up 29% over the same period. For comparison, BTC (which is down 6% year-to-date) is up only 8% since the same November lows.

FRIEND & SPONSOR: FRAX

The Fraxtal ecosystem is expanding at lightning speed—this month’s biggest highlight is IQAI.com, the newest Agent Tokenization platform from IQ and Frax. IQ is building autonomous, intelligent, tokenized agents launching on Fraxtal in Q1. Empower on-chain agents with built-in wallets, tokenized ownership, and decentralized governance—all within a fast-growing Fraxtal ecosystem.

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