In the first week of December 2025, Coinbase, the largest exchange in the US, added five new assets to its listing roadmap. The move signaled a positive shift in demand recovery from US investors.
Additionally, Bithumb has listed new altcoins. However, market sentiment remains uncertain. However, some 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.
The Roadmap is a list of tokens that Coinbase is evaluating for potential future listing. Coinbase emphasized that the listing will depend on support from market makers and the availability of sufficient technical infrastructure. The exchange will announce the trading schedule at a later date.
Newly added altcoins include:
Humidifi (WET) – Solana’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX), processing over $1 billion in daily trades. zkPass (ZKP) on Ethereum (ERC-20), known for its zero-knowledge proof technology that enhances data privacy. Plume (PLUME) on Ethereum, a RWAfi (Real World Assets Finance) platform integrated with Circle’s Arc testnet. It aims to connect traditional finance and DeFi. Hyperlane (HYPER) on the Base network enables cross-chain communication. Jupiter (JUPITER) on Solana, the leading DEX aggregator in the Solana ecosystem.
Among them, Humidifi (WET) and zkPass (ZKP) are still hardly listed on centralized exchanges. The remaining altcoins did not show any noticeable price reaction after the news.
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Additionally, South Korean exchange Bithumb announced two new KRW-traded listings: BOB (Build on Bitcoin) and OriginTrail (TRAC).
BOB is a protocol that combines ZK proof and BTC staking to create a native bridge to Ethereum and Bitcoin (BitVM). OriginTrail is an ecosystem building a trusted knowledge infrastructure for artificial intelligence. BOB rose 24% and TRAC rose more than 13% on the listing news.
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Liquidity signal turns positive again
These moves come as the Coinbase Premium Index, which measures the price differential for Bitcoin between Coinbase and other exchanges and represents US investor demand, turned positive again after remaining negative for a month.
The index has been negative since November, indicating capital outflows from the United States. The reversal in early December suggests that sentiment among both U.S. institutional and retail investors is improving. This change could support inflows not only into Bitcoin but also into other cryptocurrencies.
Investor Money Ape commented: “Coinbase’s Bitcoin Premium Index is back positive, indicating renewed demand… US liquidity is back and the real action is about to begin.”
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At the same time, the stablecoin market recorded strong growth, reinforcing confidence in the overall recovery. According to Lookonchain, Tether minted an additional 1 billion USDT into Tron on December 3rd. This brings Tron’s stablecoin market capitalization to over $80.2 billion.
As a result, stablecoin market capitalization began to rise again in early December after declining throughout November. According to DefiLlama, that amount now exceeds $306.85 billion.
Leon Weidman, head of research at the Onchain Foundation, predicts that stablecoin market capitalization will soon reach an all-time high.
The addition of new altcoins by Coinbase and Bithumb, combined with stronger US investor demand and a surge in stablecoin inflows, could spark an altcoin recovery in December. Some analysts even argue that if the Fed ends quantitative tightening (QT), it could trigger a multi-year altcoin rally similar to the one from 2019 to 2022.
