Multiple projects within the crypto market exhibited positive results in the week ending December 29, 2025. Canton Network (CC) ranked number one among all projects with a tremendous return of 41.97%. Institutional Adoption and Strategic Partnerships increased substantially across many sectors last week, as reported in CoinMarketCap’s weekly rankings.

Canton Network dominated the weekly gainers list with a market cap of $4.7 billion and a price of $0.1280. The surge reflected a fundamental shift in the perception of blockchain infrastructure by Wall Street and not as a matter of speculation.

The driving force behind Canton’s outstanding performance was The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s announcement in mid-December. DTC unveiled plans to tokenize some of the U.S. Treasury securities held in custody on the Canton Network. This development, with a no-action letter from the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission, was one of the clearest regulatory blessings yet for on-chain treasuries. Industry estimates place more than $300 billion in daily transaction volume flowing through applications built on the network.

DTCC, which processes almost $3.7 quadrillion in securities transactions per year, will also join the Canton Foundation as co-chair, along with Euroclear. As a privacy-enabled Layer-1 blockchain, Canton is a compromise between the decentralization of public blockchains and privacy and controls on data that financial markets require.

The second position went to 0G Foundation (0G), which posted a 29.14% increase, trading at $1.06 with a market cap of $224.50 million. Decred (DCR) took third place with a 22.94% influx to $19.48 in a market cap of $334.61 million.

Decred’s hybrid proof of work/ proof of stakes combined system has caught the attention of institutional analysts who are more focused on projects with a well-defined governance structure. Privacy tokens far surpassed the market, with more interest in projects focused on governance and providing quantum-resistant security protocols.

Plasma (XPL) came in 4th with 22.29% weekly growth, trading at $0.1622 and a market cap of $291.94 million. Even with weekly progress, Plasma has seen a staggering decline of over 90% from its peak of $1.68 in late September 2025, highlighting a significant disparity between network usage and token worth.

This week’s gains occurred while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index lingered at 29 points, firmly in the “Fear” zone. Total crypto market capitalization fluctuated between $2.93 trillion and $3.0 trillion during the week, with Bitcoin maintaining approximately 59% market dominance.

What makes this week’s top performers notable is their connection to institutional infrastructure rather than retail speculation. Canton’s regulatory approval for Treasury tokenization, Decred’s governance-focused architecture, and Plasma’s stablecoin settlement infrastructure all represent attempts to bridge traditional finance with blockchain technology.

This week’s strongest performance indicates a shift toward investing more of the world’s resources in infrastructure and sustainability than on short-term news cycles. Canton’s institutional alliances, combined with Decred’s proven track record in governance and Plasma’s capacity to process large volumes of settlements, are highly distinctive. They offer a different kind of value compared to the companies that led the previous bull market.

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