+

Mars over markets or simply a maintenance move? Elon Musk's $100 million Bitcoin riddle is solved.

-

Bitcoin has traded near $89,000 as desks have weighed whether a Santa Claus Rally has depended less on the calendar and more on deeper spot liquidity, controlled leverage, a sustained run of spot ETF creations and rising net stablecoin supply across multiple sessions.

-

Bitcoin slipped under $90,000 this week as liquidation pressure, weak ETF demand, and macro uncertainty converged.

-

Market sentiment shifts suggest skepticism about Bitcoin's near-term growth, potentially impacting investor confidence and strategic decisions. Polymarket odds of Bitcoin dropping to $80K by year-end surge to 40%.

+

Cantor Fitzgerald analysts significantly lowered their price target for Strategy (MSTR) shares, while reiterating an “Overweight” rating.

-

TL;DR Ethereum is testing key resistance levels while its U.S. spot ETFs register a net outflow of $41.5M, despite BlackRock adding $28.4M to ETHA. Higher-fee ETFs, such as Fidelity's FETH, VanEck's ETHV, and Grayscale's ETHE and EZET, experienced significant outflows, while Bitwise and 21Shares maintained flows near zero.

-

TL;DR XRP Ledger (XRPL) validators have received a direct alert to upgrade to rippled version 2.6.2 to avoid being amendment-blocked in the next 13 days and 20 hours. The message, shared by validator Jon Nilsen on Twitter, stresses that failure to update could temporarily halt participation in network consensus.

+

XRP is showing one of the clearest splits in crypto this quarter between what people say and what they do with their money.

+

New XRP ETFs are seeing strong inflows as Franklin Templeton reports rising institutional interest.

+

Bitcoin has been struggling to build momentum in recent weeks, and the return of cash into the system is raising questions about whether this could be the moment that changes the tone of the crypto market. That growing sense of anticipation has already started to show up in prices, with the total crypto market cap climbing more than $250 billion from its $3.016 trillion low on December 2.

+

As Thursday drew to a close, the entire cryptocurrency market flipped sharply bearish again, causing Dogecoin's price to fall below the $0.15 mark. Despite the persistent struggle to produce another major rally, traders' sentiment seems to be turning bullish, leaning towards accumulation, as indicated by a key on-chain metric.

+

Coinbase Derivatives has officially expanded its offerings by enabling 24/7 trading for monthly futures contracts on a broad range of altcoins.

+

On December 4, 2025, financial powerhouse JPMorgan Chase revealed its continued confidence in a bitcoin valuation model that estimates its potential price could reach an impressive $170,000 within the next six to twelve months. This projection underscores the growing acceptance of bitcoin as an alternative asset class akin to gold, which has traditionally served as a store of value during economic uncertainty.

-

On December 4, 2025, spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced a significant outflow of $195 million, marking the largest single-day withdrawal in the past two weeks. This financial movement arrives amidst a noticeable decline in trading volumes, which dropped to $3.1 billion on Thursday, down from $4.2 billion the previous day and $5.3 billion on Tuesday.

+

On December 5, 2025, WisdomTree announced the launch of an innovative Ethereum-based fund in Europe that promises to enhance returns through staking rewards. This fund, which is the first of its kind in the region, utilizes the decentralized finance protocol developed by Lido to enable investors to earn interest on their Ethereum holdings.

-

Bitcoin and ether ETFs both faced another difficult trading session, posting sizable outflows, while solana and XRP ETFs quietly notched fresh inflows. Market sentiment remained mixed, with traditional leaders struggling as smaller sectors absorbed renewed investor attention.

+

WisdomTree Report Shows XRP as the Only Crypto With Steady Global Institutional Inflows

+

Whales bought 480M DOGE in 48 hours as price hit $0.14. With network activity rising, traders watch $0.20 resistance for next move.

-

TL;DR The official PEPE website suffered a hack that redirects users to malicious pages, potentially exposing their digital wallets. The attack used harmful code from the Inferno Drainer toolkit, and the threat remains active; exchanges and analytics platforms warned the community to avoid the site until it is secured.

+

XRP price dropped 5% in the last 24 hours, stabilizing around $2.00 as the market faced a bearish trend. Despite strong institutional growth within Ripple, the broader crypto market decline affected XRP.

-

ProShares has withdrawn its full portfolio of 3x leveraged technology and crypto ETFs. The decision came after the SEC raised concerns about how the funds measured leverage risk.

 

CEA Industries, the largest publicly traded BNB treasury company in the United States, which now operates as BNB Network Company (BNC), has issued a statement directly addressing the warning YZi Labs put out after accusing the firm's current management of attempting to go back on their agreement.

+

The following article is adapted from The Block's newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.

+

TL;DR Ripple CTO David Schwartz has made his XRPL Hub fully public, sharing uptime, peer connections, and traffic data. He emphasizes that XRPL upgrades should focus on real-world value rather than profit-driven motives. XRP recently reached $2.85, outperforming Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana this quarter, highlighting growing market confidence in the network.

+

ProCap BTC's Jeff Park reveals how institutional flows and ETFs could shorten Bitcoin's market cycle — with major implications heading into 2026