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Bitcoin is on track to close the year in negative territory, a development that has reinforced growing concerns among analysts who are increasingly positioning for a potential bear market ahead. After failing to sustain momentum above key psychological and technical levels, market sentiment has shifted toward caution, with investors closely monitoring liquidity behavior and exchange flows for early signals of regime change.

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TLDR The Binance token retreats 1.5% after failing to consolidate above the psychological $870 level. Bitcoin's drop toward the $87,000 range has dragged the market down, forcing traders to adopt defensive stances. Despite the volatility, the network continues to expand with the integration of BNB into prediction markets like Kalshi.

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The Ontario Securities Commission has cleared Matador to raise $58 million, which it intends to use to expand its Bitcoin treasury.

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Bitcoin has been a “monster in financial markets” even though it hasn't hit the most optimistic 2025 price targets, says Anthony Pompliano.

 

The long-term downtrend on the market is clearly not something that can last forever. The exhaustion of sellers is a real thing, and multiple assets show those signs.

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After the successful Midnight (NIGHT) token airdrop, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is getting a familiar question from ADA holders: if NIGHT is the new token tied to Cardano's privacy network, why not sell ADA and move across? In a Dec.

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Bitcoin trades near $87K as fear rises and altcoin season fades. Technical signals suggest consolidation, with $84.5K support key to the next BTC move.

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Silver emerged as one of the strongest-performing major assets in 2025, sharply outperforming both gold and Bitcoin.

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TL;DR Bitcoin's price has decoupled from the record expansion in global money supply during 2025, underperforming most traditional assets. Institutional flows, including ETFs, show cautious behavior and partial distribution rather than aggressive accumulation. Liquidity favored stocks, gold, and AI-linked sectors, leaving Bitcoin in a prolonged consolidation phase despite historically positive conditions for crypto rallies.

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Bitcoin fuels BlackRock's next wave of opportunity: crypto's flagship asset is going more mainstream than ever.

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Safe-asset flows drive gold and silver higher as Bitcoin struggles with short-term selling pressure.

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TLDR Recent Dune Analytics data shows unusual spikes in full withdrawals across leading platforms such as Lido, Binance, and Frax Finance. Despite weekly volatility, the net flow of deposits remains on an upward trajectory heading into 2026. Network maturity and protocol security continue to attract institutional validators prioritizing stability.

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Bitcoin is struggling to reclaim the $90,000 level, and market confidence continues to deteriorate as an increasing number of analysts begin to call for a prolonged bear market. Sentiment has turned decisively cautious, with investors reassessing risk exposure and preparing for a potentially challenging period ahead.

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On a Token Relations webinar for the XRP ecosystem on Dec. 20, Ripple CTO David Schwartz was asked the sort of question that usually produces a tidy dashboard answer, what on-chain metrics actually matter, what's “real” economic activity, and what trends are showing up across the ledger (and, yes, the ETF chatter in the background).

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Ethereum is once again attempting to reclaim the $3,000 level after several failed efforts this month. ETH briefly pushed higher during early trading but continues facing resistance amid fragile broader market conditions.

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New data shows business-linked wallets dominate stablecoin volume on Ethereum, signaling real-world payment adoption.

 

IMF confirms progress on $1.14B loan as Chivo wallet sale nears completion and Bitcoin reforms continue

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Cardano (ADA) is closing out 2025 caught between muted price action and a growing debate about where real value may emerge next within its ecosystem. Related Reading: Dogecoin: Why This One Price Level Is Drawing All the Attention While ADA continues to trade under pressure near the mid-$0.30 range, founder Charles Hoskinson has shifted attention away from short-term price movements toward longer-term structural developments, particularly within Cardano's decentralized finance and security roadmap.

 

Solana's $90 million in long-leveraged positions are at risk, but long-term sentiment tells a different story.

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TL;DR Coinbase now supports SOL deposits and withdrawals via the Base network, connecting Solana and Ethereum ecosystems. Users can transfer SOL directly within Coinbase's system, reducing reliance on external bridges. SOL on Base functions as an ERC-20 token, usable in Ethereum-based DeFi applications.

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Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, is on track to score its second-worst Q4 of all time. It performed worse than that only during the devastatingly brutal crypto winter of 2018.

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Bitcoin is becoming harder for Wall Street to ignore. A report first published by Bloomberg has put JPMorgan back at the center of the cryptocurrency conversation, this time for reasons that would have seemed unlikely just a few years ago.

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XRP price is trading below the important $2 psychological level following the latest correction across the broader cryptocurrency market. The overall crypto market declined by around 1.7% in the past 24 hours, with Bitcoin and Ethereum also posting losses.

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Bitcoin (BTC) has underperformed in 2025, disappointing many investors who expected the worlds largest cryptocurrency to thrive amid concerns over fiat currency devaluation. Despite trading around $87,530, bitcoin has lagged behind both gold and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index, trailing the latter by nearly 50% year-to-date.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised El Salvador for achieving stronger-than-expected economic growth, highlighting improved confidence, record remittance inflows, and robust investment as key drivers of expansion. In a statement released Monday, the IMF projected that El Salvadors real gross domestic product (GDP) growth could reach around 4%, with the outlook for 2026 described as very good.