Date: December 19, 2025

The decentralized exchange (DEX) in the Solana ecosystem has surpassed $10 million in daily trading volume, with an average of 1,000 active wallets per day. The total staked mining amount of SOL has increased to 450,700 tokens. Market dynamics and active institutional funds are driving ecosystem growth, demonstrating strong liquidity and investment opportunities.

Bitcoin (BTC) prices fluctuate sharply, surging past $90,000 at one point before rapidly crashing, and are temporarily reported at around $85,980 on December 18. CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham will leave the financial regulatory agency to join MoonPay. Bhutan commits to donating 10,000 Bitcoins to develop a "Mindfulness City." The Federal Reserve withdraws the 2023 guidance on "restricting uninsured banks from participating in crypto activities."

In the rapidly growing Solana ecosystem, a good wallet is not only a tool for storing assets but also your gateway to DeFi, NFT, and on-chain services.
By 2025, the average transaction fee on the Solana network will be only $0.02, making it one of the most cost-effective public chains. This also makes choosing the right wallet even more important.
01 Overview of the Solana Wallet Ecosystem
There are many wallet options in the Solana ecosystem, but many users often feel confused when choosing. The ideal wallet selection should be based on three core dimensions: security, usability, and functionality.
Security involves private key management, support for multi-signature and hardware wallet integration; usability focuses on interface design, operation process, and learning curve; functionality is reflected in DeFi integration, NFT management, and cross-chain support, among other aspects.
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As Bitcoin consolidates within the $85,000 to $95,000 range in December 2025, the focus of the crypto market is shifting from pure "hedging" to "seeking alpha."
According to Gate market data, as of December 17, the total market capitalization of the entire cryptocurrency market is approximately $2.94 trillion, with a 24-hour trading volume of $97.6 billion. Market activity remains strong.
01 Market Overview: Opportunities Amidst Volatility and Divergence
The cryptocurrency market in 2025 shows a significant pattern of divergence. Although Bitcoin, the market leader, has declined about 9% this year, a number of high-performing assets have achieved remarkable growth against the trend.
The core of this divergence lies in capital rotation. When Bitcoin reached a high of approximately $126,000 and then experienced a sharp correction, stabilizing in the $85,000 range, the market's flow

HumidiFi is a fully on-chain algorithm-based "Professional Market Maker Automated Market Maker" (Prop AMM) protocol. It does not set up public liquidity pools but is instead fully provided by professional market makers. Its algorithm can actively manage inventory and continuously update pricing strategies, similar to market makers on centralized exchanges.
This enables it to achieve extremely high capital efficiency — with a total value locked (TVL) of only about $5.3 million, it can support a daily trading volume of up to $819 million, with a capital efficiency approximately 154 times that of traditional AMMs.
01 Project Analysis: How HumidiFi Becomes the "Dark Pool King" in the Solana Ecosystem
HumidiFi's core innovation lies in its Prop AMM model, which fundamentally changes the game for decentralized exchanges. Unlike traditional AMMs that rely on users passively

On the high-throughput blockchain of Solana, Jupiter has grown into an indispensable DeFi liquidity engine. As the top decentralized trading aggregator in the Solana ecosystem, Jupiter not only redefines the on-chain trading experience, but its native token JUP also becomes a key indicator for observing Solana DeFi activity.
This article will analyze the collaborative relationship between Jupiter (JUP) and Solana (SOL) in depth, and combine the latest market data from Gate Exchange as of December 18, 2025, to provide investors with a clear outlook.
Jupiter (JUP): The liquidity cornerstone of the Solana ecosystem
Jupiter is much more than an ordinary decentralized exchange. Its core value lies in aggregating

Cardano is predicted to recover from recent losses due to bullish Elliott Wave patterns, with forecasts suggesting a potential rally exceeding 846% to reach new highs. A stablecoin expansion may also drive adoption in its DeFi sector.

Infrared Finance, a leading liquidity staking protocol based on Berachain, is about to reach a key milestone. Its native token IR has confirmed to have an exclusive TGE (Token Generation Event) on December 17, 2025, through Binance Wallet. The project aims to solve the complexity of Berachain's unique Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) mechanism with innovative iBGT and iBERA solutions, enabling users to "stake without locking." Previously, Infrared has raised a total of $18.75 million, with investors including Framework Ventures, Binance Labs, and other institutions, demonstrating strong market expectations for its role as a core infrastructure in the Berachain ecosystem.

Maple Finance (SYRUP) price continues its upward trend for the third consecutive session, surpassing $0.27 USD during Thursday's trading session, despite the bearish outlook of the entire cryptocurrency market over the past week. The current bullish momentum is significantly supported by strong accumulation activity from individual wallets.