Gate News bot message, the cryptocurrency market continues its decline, consolidating near April levels. BTC slides toward $85K at $86,533, down 3.7%, while ETH loses $3K support, trading at $2,948, down 6.2%. Spot volume across major CEXs decreases 28%. The Fear and Greed Index drops to 11, indicat

Bitcoin has pulled back approximately 30% from its high to around $85,000. Medium-term holders are accelerating their accumulation, adding 54,000 BTC over the past week, indicating bottom-fishing behavior. However, the selling pressure from large-scale holders still constrains the market, and in the short term, Bitcoin's price may continue to face downward pressure.

As Bitcoin's price has fallen approximately 30% from the peak of around $126,200 and is hovering near the key support level of $85,000, concerns about a further decline to the $70,000 region are intensifying. However, on-chain data presents a different intriguing picture: institutional funds and high-net-worth investors are continuing to accumulate Bitcoin at the fastest rate in 13 years. Glassnode data shows that medium-sized holders (commonly referred to as "Bitcoin sharks") holding between 100 and 1,000 BTC increased their total holdings from approximately 3.521 million to 3.575 million BTC over the past week, a net increase of about 54,000 BTC. This accumulation speed has reached a new high since 2012, reflecting a clear pattern of buying the dip.

Since the launch of the Pacifica Points Activity, it has attracted many traders to build positions on the platform. However, market declines have caused some volume-manipulating traders to incur losses, and trading strategies have shifted towards shorting mainstream coins such as BTC and ETH. Currently, some addresses are bullish on BNB and ZEC, but there are disagreements regarding coins like ETH. Users can utilize the Coinbob tool to follow high-frequency traders and earn trading points.

Decentralized derivatives platform Aster recently officially launched a new trading feature, Shield Mode, aimed at providing a more protective perpetual contract trading solution for traders seeking high leverage and execution privacy. The feature was announced on Aster's official X platform on December 15, sparking market attention. Shield Mode is positioned by Aster as a "protected execution layer" built into its perpetual contract platform, focusing on private, high-efficiency leveraged trading. During its initial launch, this mode supports BTC and ETH trading pairs, offering up to 1001x leverage, primarily targeting professional traders with higher demands for speed, privacy, and risk isolation.

Gate News Bot Message, December 16th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, BTC (Bitcoin) is currently trading at $85,952.11, down 2.86% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $94,601.57 and a low of $85,304.08. The 24-hour trading volume reached $44.838 billion. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.72 trillion, a decrease of $50.54 million from yesterday. Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of currency. Bitcoin operates using peer-to-peer technology, without the need for a central authority or bank involvement; transaction management and Bitcoin issuance are collectively handled by the network. Bitcoin is open-source, with its design being public; no one owns or controls Bitcoin, and everyone can participate. Through its many unique features, Bitcoin

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, as Bitcoin drops below $87,000, the overall unrealized loss of the BTC OG insider whale exceeds $37 million, with long positions in ETH, BTC, and SOL all showing losses.

This article summarizes cryptocurrency news as of December 15, 2025, focusing on the latest Bitcoin news, Ethereum upgrades, Dogecoin trends, real-time cryptocurrency prices, and price forecasts. Major Web3 events today include: 1. The UK Treasury drafts new regulations, with the cryptocurrency market to be regulated by the FCA, expected to take effect in 2027. 2. Eric Trump: Bitcoin has no "management," so there are no issues of corruption, fraud, or abuse. 3. The top three cryptocurrencies Cathie Wood is most optimistic about: BTC/ETH/SOL.

In the current context of intertwined macro and market sentiment, Bitcoin (BTC) is in a phase of high volatility and low certainty. Safe-haven sentiment continues to rise, prices fluctuate repeatedly, and key support levels are under test, making the market more dominated by short-term traders and leveraged funds. This oscillating structure, in fact, makes shorting Bitcoin more attractive in terms of risk-reward ratio. From on-chain and derivatives data, Bitcoin's estimated leverage ratio (ELR) has rebounded to around 0.22, indicating traders are increasing their leveraged exposure and actively betting on short-term volatility. Lookonchain data further confirms this trend: a trader has been shorting BTC for seven consecutive days, with a total profit of over $22 million. This suggests that in an environment of tightening liquidity, the short strategy is forming a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

Glassnode data shows that institutional holdings of Bitcoin have reached approximately 5.94 million coins, with institutions such as exchanges, ETFs, publicly listed companies, and governments holding nearly 30% of its circulating supply.

BlockBeats News, December 15 — Recently, the US labor market continues to cool down, with the unemployment rate rising to 4.4%. Hiring remains weak, layoffs are steadily increasing, resulting in a stagnation state of "low hiring, low layoffs." Several economists warn that if employment in core industries further deteriorates, the labor market may face significant downward pressure by 2026. The Federal Reserve also acknowledged the presence of notable downside risks in the employment market. Market opinions remain divided on the "soft landing aftereffects" and potential recession, but macroeconomic uncertainty has become a consensus. In the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin (BTC) has recently entered a consolidation range. Resistance levels with high liquidation density are concentrated around 90,144, 91,000, and 91,300, indicating that selling pressure and leverage risks remain high during the rebound. The key support level is at 87,500; if broken, it could trigger a new round of passive deleveraging. Short

As the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to announce its interest rate decision on December 19, Bitcoin (BTC) prices are already weakening, and market sentiment is clearly becoming more cautious. The current mainstream expectation is a 25 basis point rate hike, and risk assets have begun to price in this policy expectation in advance, with Bitcoin bearing the brunt. Historically, BoJ rate hikes have been highly correlated with phased declines in Bitcoin. After the first rate hike in March 2024, BTC retraced about 23%; following the second hike in July 2024, the decline expanded to 26%; and the policy adjustment in January 2025 was accompanied by a deep retracement of nearly 31%. The core logic behind this is the tightening of Japanese yen liquidity, the unwinding of arbitrage trades, and a simultaneous decline in global risk appetite.

Renowned cryptocurrency analyst Willy Woo stated that if a quantum computer hacker attack triggers a flash crash, Bitcoin OG will buy Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin. It is reported that Satoshi Nakamoto holds approximately 1.1 million Bitcoins, which were mainly mined during the early stages of Bitcoin (from January 2009 to mid-2010), distributed across over 22,000 addresses, accounting for about 5.2% of the total Bitcoin supply, making it the largest known Bitcoin holder.

Discussion on social media about quantum computers potentially cracking Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin wallet, which could lead to a market crash if successful. YouTuber Josh Otten mentioned that Bitcoin's price could drop to $3, while long-term holder Willy Woo believes the market will attract buy orders and the Bitcoin network will still survive.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, the position unrealized loss of "BTC OG Insider Whale" has expanded to $19.26 million, including unrealized losses in long positions of ETH, BTC, and SOL.

Gate News bot message, Gate Market Display, BTC drops below 89,000 USDT, current price 88,997.3 USDT.

ChainCatcher report, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a smart money pension-usdt.eth has shifted from long to short, opening a 3x leveraged short position with 1000 BTC. The position is valued at $89.6 million. The smart money has now made 7 consecutive profitable trades, with a total profit exceeding $22 million.

FOLKS contract trading volume reached $2.35 billion, ranking third, only behind BTC and ETH. The current total holdings amount to $29.83 million, with 65% of traders choosing to go long and 35% choosing to go short.

According to on-chain analyst Murphy's data, there are currently 153 companies holding non-zero BTC balances, with publicly listed companies owning 1.082 million BTC. Spot ETFs hold 1.311 million BTC, and governments worldwide hold 615,000 BTC. Long-term holders collectively own 14.35 million BTC, accounting for approximately 68.3% of the total supply.

Market analyst Jeff Parker pointed out that long-term Bitcoin investors who sell covered call options are putting downward pressure on the spot price of Bitcoin. Market makers hedge their risks by selling BTC in the spot market, which, even with strong ETF investor demand, continues to exert downward pressure on prices.

PANews December 13 News, Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor reposted a news report on the X platform stating that the company will continue to stay in the Nasdaq 100 index, and also responded with a post saying: "Will continue to accumulate Bitcoin until the market complaints stop."

Recently, major whales/institutions exchanged 163 BTC for 4717 ETH through THORChain. Within 18 days, a total of 1632 BTC was converted to 48634 ETH, amounting to 145 million, with an average ETH cost of $3011.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Yan's data, a whale holding a $230 million long position experienced an unrealized loss of $17.1 million after a dip in the early morning. The total position is currently $666 million, with long positions in ETH, BTC, and SOL all in an unrealized loss state.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, BTC drops below 90,000 USDT, current price 89,964.2 USDT.

Gate News bot message, Gate market display, BTC drops below 91,000 USDT, current price 90,990.7 USDT.

BlockBeats News, December 12th, according to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa) monitoring, "BTC OG insider whale" has fully executed a 20x leverage long order for SOL. Currently, the single-coin position reaches 250,000 tokens, valued at $34.44 million, with an average opening price of $137.53, and an unrealized profit of $89,000.

Bitcoin has recently been lacking upward momentum, with a clear bearish flag pattern appearing on the technical chart, triggering market concerns about the next target price level. Several traders believe that Bitcoin's short-term risks are rapidly accumulating, and if it breaks below a key support level, it could trigger a deeper correction, with a target price of USD, potentially extending down to the @E5@ USD region. Trader Roman emphasized in the latest analysis that Bitcoin faces an approximately 17% potential decline. He pointed out that since Bitcoin hit a low near USD, the price has failed to rebound effectively and has been oscillating within an upward channel. This kind of pattern is highly likely to develop into a bearish flag. Under this pattern, Bitcoin may continue to make lower lows after a brief rebound.

On Thursday, the US stock market retreated, with Oracle's stock price plunging over 11%, marking the largest drop in nearly a year. The market is once again worried that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI)-related capital expenditures, which far exceeds actual returns, could put pressure on the balance sheets of tech giants. In contrast, the cryptocurrency market performed relatively stably, forming a mild decoupling from the weak performance of tech stocks. Data shows that Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded above $92,000, maintaining a slight upward trend after holding onto key support levels, rising approximately 2.6% for the day. Traders are more focused on the maintenance of trend structure, with capital flowing into large-cap assets and risk appetite remaining cautious. Ethereum (ETH) also rose to around $3,260, while SOL increased by over 6%, outperforming mainstream assets and indicating a market recovery in demand for high-volatility Layer-1 tokens.

Crypto analyst Murphy stated that institutional traders believe that there is capital betting on short-term support at 90,000, while 85,000 is seen as a pullback buying point. Market participants are also buying options in preparation for future large fluctuations.

In Q4 2025, the pace at which companies are purchasing Bitcoin (BTC) has significantly slowed, with 65% of listed companies currently holding Bitcoin at a price below their cost basis, resulting in unrealized losses. Against the backdrop of more cautious corporate fund management, Bitcoin miners are gradually becoming the most stable accumulation force in the public market, laying the foundation for corporate adoption in the next stage. Entering November, Bitcoin's price recorded the largest monthly decline of the year, dropping 17.67%, causing many corporate investors who built positions during 2025 to incur losses. According to the latest Bitcoin Treasuries report, more than two-thirds of the 100 listed companies in the sample are holding positions with unrealized losses, leading to a cooling market demand.

According to data from blockchain analytics firm Glassnode, whales holding between 10,000 and 100,000 BTC have sold or redistributed approximately 36,500 BTC since December 1, equivalent to about $3.4 billion. This sell-off occurred as Bitcoin struggled to break through the $94,000 resistance level. Currently, BTC is trading at $92,250 in the Asian morning session on Friday, down 0.2%. Institutional custodians or early miners holding large amounts of Bitcoin are reducing risk, shifting market sentiment from accumulation to distribution. This trend contrasts with the still-high buying enthusiasm among retail investors. Meanwhile, the liquidity of stablecoins has declined significantly, with inflows decreasing by 50% since August this year, indicating limited financial support for Bitcoin to break the $100,000 barrier.

CryptoQuant analyst DarkFrost pointed out that earlier this month, "accumulator" addresses of Bitcoin increased their holdings by over 75,000 coins, demonstrating a strong investment willingness. These addresses collectively hold about 315,000 Bitcoins and continue to increase their holdings, unaffected by market momentum.

BlockBeats News, December 12th, Bitunix officially increased the maximum leverage for BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT perpetual contracts to 200x, further enhancing the platform's derivatives depth on mainstream assets and providing users with greater strategic flexibility and more diverse trading options.

Gate News Bot Message, December 12th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, BTC (Bitcoin) is currently trading at $92,362.57, up 2.83% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $94,601.57 and a low of $87,799.56. The 24-hour trading volume reached $60.103 billion. The current market cap is approximately $1.84 trillion, an increase of $50.698 billion compared to yesterday. Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new type of currency. Bitcoin operates on peer-to-peer technology, without the need for a central authority or bank management. Transaction management and Bitcoin issuance are collectively handled by the network. Bitcoin is open source, with its design publicly available. No one owns or controls Bitcoin, and everyone can participate. Through many unique attributes, Bitcoin provides fast