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By checking the past five years of bitcoin BTC$87,736.43 CME futures trading data, it is possible to assess where that crypto has historically spent time consolidating and, by extension, where support has been more or less established. One useful way to frame this is by examining the number of trading days bitcoin has spent within specific price bands. The more time price has spent in a given range, the more opportunity there has been for positions to be built, which can later translate into stronger support.Data from Investing.com shows clear disparities across price ranges. Excluding the very brief time bitcoin…

The ongoing Bitcoin price play out leading into a bear market is now one of the most pressing questions in the crypto industry. Right now, Bitcoin is trading between $87,700 and $88,000, which is a 30% drop from the all-time high it reached in October 2025.  Price action alone often leaves room for debate, but on-chain data is beginning to offer clearer guidance. Notably, analysis from CryptoQuant shows that Bitcoin’s internal market structure is shifting in a way that aligns more closely with early-stage bear market conditions. BCMI Drops Below Equilibrium The important bear market signal is from Bitcoin’s Combined…

Bitcoin is trading sideways near $88,000, with market sentiment turning more cautious after the recent rally. Despite the consolidation, institutional optimism remains strong. Citigroup (Citi) released a new outlook on Wednesday, raising its 12-month base-case price target for Bitcoin to $143,000, while outlining a bullish scenario that could see BTC reach as high as $189,000. LATEST: Citi analysts put Bitcoin’s 12-month price base case at $143,000, driven by anticipated ETF interest and regulatory clarity, with a bullish scenario of $189,000 and a bearish one of $78,500. pic.twitter.com/jAukEDkXQe — CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap) December 20, 2025 Rather than attempting to pinpoint exact price…

George Town, Cayman Islands, December 23rd, 2025, Chainwire First-of-its-kind DEX eliminates wrapped tokens and centralized exchanges, enabling direct native asset swaps across multiple blockchains THORChain announced today the public beta launch of swap.thorchain.org, a dedicated DeFi swap interface designed to serve as the protocol’s primary front-end for seamless cross-chain cryptocurrency trading. The platform enables users to swap native digital assets directly across blockchain networks without relying on wrapped tokens, bridges, or centralized exchanges. Built as infrastructure for the decentralized finance community, the new interface represents THORChain’s commitment to making trustless cross-chain swaps accessible to both newcomers and experienced traders alike.…

Hyperliquid price gained to above $25 as buyers piled into the HYPE token. Lookonchain shared details of two whales adding to their Hyperliquid positions. Lookonchain noted that the large investors had deposited $5 million in USDC into Hyperliquid to purchase more HYPE tokens. Bitcoin’s rally toward $90,000 on Monday drew widespread market attention, but Hyperliquid also stood out among assets posting notable gains. The decentralised perpetuals trading platform’s native token, HYPE, rose nearly 5% as it moved back above the $25 level. The advance followed a large whale transaction earlier in the session, alongside on-chain data indicating continued accumulation by…

Tokenized US Treasurys have emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of the real-world asset (RWA) market, with data pointing to 50x growth in less than two years amid rising institutional demand for on-chain yield.Data from Token Terminal shows that the combined market capitalization of tokenized US Treasury products has exploded from well under $200 million in January 2024 to almost $7 billion in late 2025. The growth underscores the rapid acceleration of onchain adoption for government-backed debt instruments. Source: Token TerminalAt the center of this expansion is BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), which is widely regarded as…

Hedera has managed a short-term bounce after hitting a local low on December 19. Since then, the HBAR price has been up about 11% at press time. But that move alone does not change the broader picture. HBAR is still down nearly 50% over the past three months and remains weak over the last seven days.The problem is not price alone. The bigger concern is capital behavior. While the price bounced, the data underneath shows stress building. Unless one unlikely ally steps in, this move risks turning into a bull trap.Sponsored Capital Flow Is Weakening as Breakdown Risk BuildsThe first…

Crypto bulls are again watching from the sidelines as the debasement trade continues and risk assets generally move broadly higher during the U.S. trading session.The standout performer on Monday is gold, which has surged 2% to a new record high of $4,475 per ounce. Silver is higher by 1.6% and earlier hit its own fresh record at just below $70 per ounce.Just after the noon hour on the east coast, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are each ahead by 0.6% and the U.S. dollar index is lower by 0.3%.After racing above $90,000 during the Asian/European trading sessions, bitcoin BTC$88,830.11 has…

Key takeawaysUS banks are prioritizing tokenized versions of familiar products, including deposits, funds and custody, rather than launching new crypto-native assets.Most onchain bank activity is taking place in wholesale payments, settlement and infrastructure, largely out of public view.Regulators are increasingly allowing crypto-related banking activities, but only within tightly supervised and risk-managed frameworks.Public blockchains such as Ethereum are being tested by major banks, but exclusively through controlled and compliant product structures.US banks are not racing to issue speculative crypto products. Instead, they are methodically rebuilding core financial plumbing, including payments, deposits, custody and fund administration, so these services can operate on…

US President Donald Trump’s AI and crypto czar has signaled that the White House may have all the pieces in place for digital asset regulation following the confirmation of Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.In a Monday X post, David Sacks said the US was at a “critical juncture” for crypto regulation, and that Selig and Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins made up a “dream team to define clear regulatory guidelines.” Sacks’ comments were in response to Selig saying that the US Congress was preparing to complete work on a crypto market structure bill. “We are…