Major Crypto Events This Week As Fed Sets Final 2025 Call For Markets

• The crypto market will experience heightened volatility in the coming days catalyzed by several high-impact news.
• Pudgy Penguins, AAVE, Aster DEX, and Bittensor are among the crypto projects with major shifts in the coming days.
• The final Fed’s interest rate decision of 2025 will complement the crypto volatility caused by high-impact events this week.

The crypto market will have several major events this week. With the final FOMC meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, December 10, crypto traders are monitoring major crypto events they expect to fuel sharper swings in the days ahead.

Key Crypto Events to Watch This Week

Aster DEX Buybacks

The Aster (ASTER) DEX announced the completion of its S3 buyback program on December 5, 2025. The Binance-backed Perpetual DEX platform burned 77,860,328 ASTER tokens valued at about $75 million, which represents around 1% of its total supply. 

The remaining 50% of buyback tokens were locked in a dedicated wallet for future airdrops. Meanwhile, Aster DEX is continuing with S4 buybacks, whereby around $29 million in ASTER tokens had been purchased at press time backed by trading fees. The higher the buybacks the stronger the token’s bullish outlook.

Bittensor Halving

In the next four days, Bittensor (TAO) will be preparing for its halving event. The TAO halving event will result in the daily emission cut from 7,200 coins to 3,600 coins.

The midcap altcoin, with a fully diluted valuation of about $6 billion, has been touted as the Bitcoin of entrepreneurship. Moreover, the Bittensor ecosystem has grown to a major collection of crypto AI startups, with TAO having a fixed supply of 21 million coins. 

According to crypto analyst Michaël van de Poppe, the TAO price is well poised to rebound if it holds above $276 amid its halving event.

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) new product release with Care Bears

The Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) memecoin announced a western-themed collaboration with Care Bears. The collaboration will be featuring an ultra-limited physical collectible drop on December 12 via Playground.

The partnership has sparked strong community excitement, with over 50,000 collectors joining the waitlist in 72 hours. As a result, PENGU price picked up bullish momentum, rising more than 8 % in the past 24 hours to hover around $0.0122 at press time.

AAVE’s Europe Expansion Bid

Aave has gained regulatory approval in Europe to expand its decentralized lending protocol. With over $10 billion in total value locked even after the recent crypto correction, Aave is keen to support the mainstream adoption of DeFi and crypto in Europe.

On December 13, Aave will begin the initiative of zero-free on and off-ramping for the GHO stablecoin. The initiative will be implemented by Push Virtual Assets Ireland Limited, a subsidiary of Aave Labs, which secured Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) authorisation under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulations from the Central Bank of Ireland.