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According to Odaily, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee is expected to consider the Digital Asset Market Structure Bill in the second week of January. The advancement of this bill has been delayed due to concerns from Democratic senators regarding decentralized finance, as well as the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Cody Carbone, CEO of the digital asset advocacy organization The Digital Chamber, stated that the Senate will hold at least one hearing on market structure legislation in the second week of January. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July and is expected to grant the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) greater authority to regulate digital assets. Early drafts of the Senate bill indicate that the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will collaborate more closely on cryptocurrency regulation.

The offshore RMB against the US dollar was quoted at 6.9757 yuan, up 165 points from Tuesday's New York close, with an intraday trading range of 6.9945-6.9752 yuan. In December, it rose by about 950 points, an increase of 1.35%; in the fourth quarter, it rose by about 1,500 points, an increase of 2.14%; and in 2025, it has risen by about 3,600 points, an increase of more than 4.93%.

The US stock market closed out 2025 with the Dow Jones down 0.63%, posting a cumulative annual gain of 12.97%; the S&P 500 Index fell 0.74%, with a cumulative annual gain of 16.39%; and the Nasdaq dropped 0.76%, with a cumulative annual gain of 20.36%. All three major indexes hit record highs for the third consecutive year. Technology stocks closed lower across the board, with Oracle down 1.1%, Tesla down nearly 1.04%, and Nvidia down 0.55%.