In the first week of December 2025, Coinbase—the largest US exchange—added five new assets to its listing roadmap. This move signaled a positive shift in recovering demand from US investors.
Additionally, Bithumb listed new altcoins. Although market sentiment remains fearful, several indicators show that US investor appetite is improving.
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Coinbase and Bithumb Add New Altcoins
In a new announcement, Coinbase revealed that five new assets have been added to its listing roadmap. This roadmap serves as a crucial tool for the exchange, outlining tokens under evaluation for potential future listing.
Coinbase emphasized that the actual listing will depend on factors such as support from market makers and the availability of adequate technical infrastructure. Details regarding the trading schedule will be announced later, keeping eager investors on the edge of their seats.
The newly added altcoins include:
- Humidifi (WET) – recognized as the largest decentralized exchange (DEX) on Solana by volume, boasting more than $1 billion in daily trading.
- zkPass (ZKP) – an Ethereum (ERC-20) asset known for its zero-knowledge proof technology which greatly enhances data privacy.
- Plume (PLUME) – an RWAfi (Real World Assets Finance) platform on Ethereum that aims to integrate traditional finance with decentralized finance (DeFi), currently integrating with Circle’s Arc testnet.
- Hyperlane (HYPER) – a project on the Base network designed for facilitating cross-chain communication.
- Jupiter (JUPITER) – the most prominent DEX aggregator within the Solana ecosystem.
While Humidifi (WET) and zkPass (ZKP) remain largely unlisted on centralized exchanges, the remaining altcoins did not showcase any significant price reactions following the news.
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In a parallel development, Korean exchange Bithumb announced two new listings traded in KRW: BOB (Build on Bitcoin) and OriginTrail (TRAC).
BOB is a cutting-edge protocol integrating ZK proofs and BTC staking to create native bridges to Ethereum and Bitcoin (BitVM). OriginTrail is dedicated to building a trusted knowledge infrastructure for artificial intelligence. Following the announcement, BOB surged by 24%, while TRAC rose by more than 13%.
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Liquidity Signals Turn Positive Again
These developments coincided with a noteworthy improvement in the Coinbase Premium Index, which measures the price disparity of Bitcoin between Coinbase and other exchanges. This index serves as an indicator of US investor demand and has flipped positive after being negative for an entire month.
This positive reversal suggests that sentiment is shifting positively among both institutional and retail investors in the US, signaling potential inflows not just into Bitcoin, but into a wider range of cryptocurrencies.
“Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index just flipped positive again, showing fresh demand… US liquidity returning & the real move begins soon,” commented investor Money Ape commented.
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Furthermore, the stablecoin market has shown substantial growth, exhibiting renewed confidence in an overall recovery. On December 3, Tether minted an additional 1 billion USDT on Tron, propelling the stablecoin market cap on Tron beyond $80.2 billion.
This contributed to a rising total stablecoin market capitalization early in December, which now exceeds $306.85 billion, as reported by DefiLlama.
Leon Waidmann, Head of Research at Onchain Foundation, expressed optimism that the stablecoin market capitalization may soon reach new all-time highs.
The combination of Coinbase and Bithumb’s new altcoin listings, alongside a strengthening US investor demand and increasing stablecoin inflows, could potentially trigger an altcoin recovery this December. Some analysts even suggest that the Federal Reserve’s cessation of quantitative tightening (QT) could pave the way for a prolonged altcoin rally reminiscent of the period from 2019 to 2022.
