The new preferred stock offering, SATA, strengthens Strive’s capital options as it expands its bitcoin focused strategy.
Bitcoin (BTC) trades at $92,900, up 4% on the day, as $150 billion flowed into the total crypto market cap, a 3% gain as of press time. The price briefly touched $94,600 before pulling back, capping a session that saw adoption news from traditional finance converge with macro easing expectations and forced liquidations of leveraged […]
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Bitcoin may look calm after weeks of choppy trading, but a much bigger story is unfolding. Jessica Gonzales, host of The Jessica Show, says the next few weeks set the stage for an entirely new liquidity cycle. “Crypto in 2026 will look nothing like it does today.” The Selling Is Mostly Done – Now What? …
Over the last few days, the Bitcoin price has fluctuated, but the most prominent moves have been upwards, going from below $90,000 to over $94,000. As expected, this rapid climb already has investors calling for a return of the bull run, but not everyone is convinced. For some, the current Bitcoin price momentum is most likely a bull trap, and crypto analyst Xanrox highlights this in a recent analysis, outlining the best level to start selling the digital asset. Why The Bitcoin Price Risks A Crash To $74,000 Xanrox’s analysis focuses on the bearish formations that have appeared on the Bitcoin price crash following the recent upward move. While many in the crypto community celebrate the rise above $90,000 again, the crypto analyst sounds an alarm that this is the time to go bearish on the cryptocurrency. Related Reading: Why The Litecoin Price Could Stage A 33% Rally To $110 According to the analysis shared on the TradingView website, there has been a clear bear flag formation for the cryptocurrency. This bearish formation is visible on both the 12-hour chart and the 1-Day chart. Regardless, both of these charts point to one possible outcome, and that is an almost perfect textbook bear flag formation. In addition to the bear flag formation, Xanrox also highlights that there is a WXY corrective pattern inside the bear flag. Both of these point to a possible continuation to the initial downtrend that began after the Bitcoin price hit $126,000 back in October. As for how far the current rally could go, the crypto analyst sees it reaching as high as $96,000 before momentum runs out. This presents the “perfect” time to sell or enter a short as the price continues its decline. The target for this is an over 25% crash that will send the price going toward $74,000. Related Reading: Shiba Inu’s Volume Explosion: Leading Meme Coin Barrels Ahead In This Metric The $74,000 target makes an appearance as it is a swing low from April 2024, meaning that crypto traders who are long on the digital asset would have their stop losses below it. Thus, this makes it an attractive point for market makers to push the price towards in order to clear significant liquidity. The timeframe for this to play out is placed over the next few weeks, riding out the end of 2025 and moving into January 2026. However, the swing low support at $74,000, if it holds up, could end up serving as the next bounce-off point for the Bitcoin price. Featured image from Pngtree 42, chart from TradingView.com
Silk Road-linked wallets still hold about $38.4 million worth of BTC, with millions potentially sitting in other unseized wallets.
The U.S. economy stands at a critical juncture as investors await the Federal Reserve’s December 10 FOMC meeting, with markets widely expecting a 25 basis point interest rate cut. Recent data, including the September Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report showing inflation at 2.8% year-over-year, the fastest pace since spring 2024, has reinforced expectations of policy …
Bitcoin remains volatile ahead of the FOMC, with big overhead resistance at $94,000 in place and several key support levels below.
SlowMist’s Yu Xuan advised high-profile users to prune contacts, rotate passwords and act fast on alerts to reduce WeChat takeover risks.
A sharp slowdown in buying pushed the NFT market back toward its weakest levels of the year, as weekly and monthly totals fell sharply and overall valuations continued to slip. Related Reading: All-In On XRP: Why This Leading Investor Sold His Entire Bitcoin Stack According to market trackers, trading activity cooled significantly in November and the first week of December, raising fresh questions about demand heading into year end. Sales And Volume Plunge NFT sales fell to $320 million in November, down from close to $630 million in October, CryptoSlam data shows. That level is roughly on par with the $312 million recorded in September 2024. Based on reports, the trend did not improve at the start of December: from Dec. 1–7, collections generated about $62 million in sales — the weakest weekly total recorded so far in 2025. Market participants are being hit by lower turnover and fewer big trades. Market Cap Shrinks Dramatically CoinGecko data shows the sector’s market cap sits at $3.1 billion, which is down 66% from a January high of $9.2 billion. Reports have disclosed a steep month-to-month swing as well: values dropped from $6.6 billion in October to $3.5 billion in November, a fall of 46% in roughly 30 days. There was a brief uptick on Nov. 11 when market cap moved from $3.5 billion to nearly $4 billion during a memecoin-driven surge, but the recovery was short-lived and the market cap later retreated back to $3.1 billion. These moves show that prices are still volatile and driven by bursts of speculative interest. Blue Chips Mostly Lose Ground Top collections were not immune. Based on reports, CryptoPunks fell about 12% over the past month. Bored Ape Yacht Club slid 8.5%, while Pudgy Penguins dropped 10.6% in the same period. Art-focused blue-chip works also fell: Chromie Squiggle lost 5.6%, Fidenza declined 14.6%, Moonbirds went down 17.9% and Mutant Ape Yacht Club slipped 13.4%. The biggest fall among major names came from Hypurr, which dropped 48%. Two Collections Show Gains Not every project followed the downward path. Infinex Patrons posted almost 15% rise in the last 30 days, and Autoglyphs outperformed the top ten with a 21% gain. These outliers were lifted by collector interest, and in some cases by the projects’ small supply or unique on-chain history. Still, such gains remain the exception rather than the rule. Related Reading: Institutions Scoop Up 9,000 Ether, Fueling Bullish Signals Outlook As Year Ends The weak start to December suggests the pullback could continue into the close of the year. Liquidity is thinner now, and short-lived rallies driven by other crypto market events have failed to create lasting momentum. Prices were pushed down across a wide set of collections, and trading volumes have not shown a sustained recovery. Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView
XRP got a big boost after Bitwise Asset Management added it to its Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW). This fund, listed on the regulated NYSE Arca exchange, lets traditional investors invest in the top 10 cryptocurrencies without buying them directly. XRP now makes up 5.17% of the fund, making it the third-largest holding after …
Brevis, a ZK verifiable computing platform, has teamed up with multi-chain DEX Aster to tackle speed, security, and privacy hurdles in on-chain trading. Brevis shifts complex computations off-chain, verifies them via zero-knowledge proofs on-chain, slashing costs while keeping everything trustless. The duo will enhance user privacy, hiding positions and P&L, without sacrificing market transparency, rivaling …
BestChange is a global crypto exchanger aggregator, giving users access to a broad world of verified exchangers and real exchange options worldwide. Unlike exchanges or wallets, BestChange also acts purely as a monitoring and discovery platform, giving users a transparent way to evaluate rates, fees, reserves, and reputation before choosing where to transact. Launched in …
Solana price is showing early signs of stabilization after weeks of persistent downside pressure, as both on-chain data and technical indicators point to cooling sell momentum. While the broader trend remains under pressure, traders are increasingly watching whether SOL can defend critical support levels and stage a recovery rally heading into year-end. Solana On-Chain Data …
Standard Chartered has sharply reduced its famously bullish Bitcoin roadmap, cutting its 2026 price target in half and acknowledging that its previous near-term projections were too aggressive, even as it keeps an ultra-optimistic long-term view intact. Standard Chartered Downgrades Bitcoin Price Predictions In a note shared on X by VanEck head of research Matthew Sigel, Standard Chartered argues that Bitcoin’s traditional halving cycle has been overtaken by ETF-driven flows. The bank writes: “With the advent of ETF buying, we think the BTC halving cycle is no longer a relevant price driver. The logic in previous cycles (when US ETFs did not exist) – i.e., prices would peak about 18 months after each halving and decline thereafter – is no longer valid, in our view.” The report adds that it will “take a break of the current all-time high ($ 126,000 on 6 October 2025) to prove that; we expect this to happen in H1-2026.” Related Reading: Bitcoin In An Opportunity Zone? Hash Ribbons Flash New Buy Signal Alongside that shift in framework, the bank re-profiled its multi-year Bitcoin targets. According to the figures shared by Sigel, Standard Chartered has lowered its 2025 forecast from $200,000 to $100,000, its 2026 target from $300,000 to $150,000, its 2027 projection from $400,000 to $225,000, its 2028 estimate from $500,000 to $300,000, and its 2029 prediction from $500,000 to $400,000 while keeping a $500,000 target for 2030. Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research, characterises the recent drawdown as painful but not structural. He describes the current phase as “a cold breeze,” explicitly rejecting the notion of a new crypto winter and noting that the magnitude of the pullback remains consistent with corrections seen in past bull cycles. At the same time, he points out that weaker valuations for listed Bitcoin treasury companies have curtailed their ability to act as major marginal buyers, leaving spot ETFs as the primary driver of near-term gains. Related Reading: Bitcoin To Hit $50 Million By 2041, Says EMJ Capital CEO Wall Street Giant Bernstein Agrees The downgrade also lands in the context of a broader rethink on Wall Street. One day earlier, on December 8, Sigel shared a separate note from Bernstein that reached a similar conclusion about Bitcoin’s market structure. Bernstein wrote that “the Bitcoin cycle has broken the 4-year pattern (cycle peaking every 4 years) and is now in an elongated bull-cycle with more sticky institutional buying offsetting any retail panic selling.” Despite an approximately 30% correction, the firm notes that “we have seen less than 5% outflows via ETFs.” On that basis, Bernstein now moves its 2026 Bitcoin price target to $150,000, sees the cycle “potentially peaking in 2027E at $200,000,” and keeps its long-term 2033 target at roughly $1,000,000 per BTC. Both Standard Chartered and Bernstein are converging on the same structural message: the halving alone no longer explains Bitcoin’s trajectory. ETF flows, institutional positioning and balance-sheet dynamics are now the core variables, even if their precise price targets and timelines diverge. At press time, Bitcoin traded at $92,686. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
As the Federal Reserve prepares for its final meeting of 2025, the crypto market is bracing for potential turbulence and opportunity. Market indicators, including data from Polymarket, show a 94% probability that the Fed will implement a 25 basis point rate cut on Wednesday, marking the third cut of the year. The total crypto market …
The AFT said the bill could expose working families to digital asset risks and set the stage for a future financial crisis.
A federal judge ordered Monday that Connecticut authorities should refrain from taking enforcement action against Kalshi for now.
A Trump-themed crypto mobile game, Trump Billionaires Club, is set to launch on the Apple App Store on Dec. 30. Developed by Freedom 45 Games and led by Bill Zanker, who previously worked on the official Trump memecoin and Trump NFT collections, the game uses Donald Trump’s name under a licensing agreement but is not …
The IMF warns that USD-pegged stablecoins could undermine local currencies in emerging markets by facilitating currency substitution and capital outflows.
Upbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, is now keeping 99% of user assets in offline cold wallets after a major hot wallet hack. Hackers stole about 44.5 billion KRW in crypto, mainly from a Solana hot wallet, prompting Upbit to overhaul its wallet system and cut hot wallet use to effectively zero. This new setup …
Ethereum price today jumped nearly 7% ahead of the highly awaited FOMC meeting on December 10. This sudden jump has brought new energy and hope back into the crypto market. As of now, ETH is trading below $3,400, but well-known crypto trader Captain Faibik shared a bullish chart suggesting that Ethereum could see a 30% …
The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision today at 2:00 PM ET, followed by Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference at 2:30 PM ET. Markets widely expect a 25 basis point (bps) rate cut, with traders assigning nearly 85% probability to this outcome. Because of that, analysts believe the actual rate cut itself is …
Ark Invest’s CEO and CIO, Cathie Wood, joined Fox Business’s “Morning With Maria” to discuss her investment strategy as she believes the US is entering a “historic productivity surge,” and why she is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC) for 2026. Related Reading: All Eyes On Ethereum: Price Attempts Key Breakout As BlackRock Files For Staked ETH ETF The Four-Year Cycle Will Be ‘Disrupted’ On Tuesday, Ark Invest’s CEO, Cathie Wood, shared her perspective on the recent Bitcoin performance, which has retraced over 10% in the past month and struggled to reclaim crucial levels over the past few weeks. To Wood, Bitcoin has been behaving like a risk-on asset and is currently “climbing another wall of worry” that has made investors wary of the leading crypto asset’s upcoming performance. As she explained, there is a fear of the four-year cycle, which suggests that 2026 will be a corrective year for Bitcoin. Historically, BTC has seen significant price pullbacks during bear markets, with retraces of up to 75% to 90% in previous cycles. The aggressive Q4 2025 correction has shattered most investors’ expectations of an end-of-year bull run, raising concerns that the crypto market has already entered the bearish phase of the cycle after the more than 30% drop from the October highs. However, Ark Invest’s CEO considers that “the four-year cycle is going to be disrupted” as volatility has significantly diminished over the past few years, and large-scale investors turn to the rapidly growing industry. “We think that the move by institutions into this new asset class is going to prevent much more of a decline,” Wood affirmed, noting, “we might have seen it a couple of weeks ago,” when BTC managed to hold the $80,000 barrier during the late November correction. She previously asserted that growing institutional adoption will be a powerful driver for long-term value for the cryptocurrency, adding that institutions “really have just dipped their toes into this space. We have just started, so we have a long way to go.” Bitcoin To Outperform Gold Soon? During the interview, Wood also reaffirmed her previous forecast that the flagship crypto will outperform gold next year, despite its choppy performance during the last quarter of 2025. She highlighted that “gold is more of a risk-off asset,” and its 60% year-to-date (YTD) rise is “proof” that Bitcoin is climbing a wall of worry as investors “are using gold as a hedge against geopolitical risks.” Nonetheless, Ark Invest’s CEO pointed out that between the early 80s and the late 90s, gold peaked and “went down as we were in the golden age of innovation, ending with the internet.” Related Reading: Wall Street Giant Bernstein Predicts Bitcoin Price To Hit $1 Million By 2033 Now, she believes that the same could happen soon, as what she calls “the AI age” starts and the market potentially recovers. Meanwhile, she forecasted that Bitcoin would remain risk-on and outperform gold in 2026. “I really believe we are moving from a rolling recession where we’ve been for the last three years, into a rolling recovery, which we think we are entering now. Then, a productivity-driven boom the likes of which we have never seen before,” Wood concluded. As of this writing, Bitcoin is trading at $94,011, a 3.75% increase in the daily timeframe. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
The search for the next Federal Reserve chair is entering its final stage, and Washington is bracing for a major shift. With Jerome Powell’s term ending in May, President Donald Trump is preparing to begin the last round of interviews this week, signaling that a decision is coming soon. According to the Financial Times, Trump …
Fidelity's Bitcoin ETF success may signal growing investor confidence in cryptocurrency ETFs, potentially influencing broader market trends.
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XRP is undergoing a major shift as over 1 billion tokens have moved off exchanges in just three weeks, according to Glassnode. Despite this large supply drop, the XRP price has stayed mostly flat, showing a clear gap between what’s happening with available supply and how the market is pricing XRP. XRP’s total balance on …
Bitcoin traders are watching today’s Federal Reserve announcement closely. The FOMC is expected to cut interest rates by 0.25%, bringing the target range to 3.5%–3.75%. Rate cuts often lift risk assets like Bitcoin, but the market has a history of sharp swings on FOMC days. Volatility Expected Around the Announcement This is a classic FOMC …
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Solv generates Bitcoin yield through lending markets, liquidity provisioning to automated market maker pools, and participation in structured staking programs.
A US judge has handed Kalshi a small win after putting a temporary stop to the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection’s enforcement action against the company.