Daily key market data review and trend analysis, produced by PANews.
1. Market Observation
Although the US November CPI annual rate unexpectedly dropped to 2.7% and core CPI fell to 2.6%, hitting a new low since 2021, which once ignited market expectations for the Federal Reserve to accelerate interest rate cuts, the reliability of this report has been widely questioned due to data collection disruptions caused by the government shutdown. The market is swinging amidst complex signals. On one hand, White House officials believe the Fed has "significant room for rate cuts"; on the other hand, the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 0.75%, a 30-year high, continuing to tighten global liquidity. On the regulatory front, the "CLARITY Act," aimed at clarifying rules for the crypto market, is expected to enter Senate deliberations in January next year, bringing positive expectations for the industry. However, financial markets are facing the largest quarterly derivatives concentration in history, with approximately $7.1 trillion in risk exposure potentially exacerbating volatility. Against this backdrop, Wall Street analysts are cautious about the end of 2025, but institutions like Goldman Sachs remain optimistic about the long-term performance of assets like gold, believing gold could climb to $4,900 by 2026. The crypto market, while possessing bull market conditions, appears weak and may have structural issues, making the overall outlook full of uncertainty.
The Bitcoin market is in a fragile consolidation phase, oscillating between a support level around $81,000 and a selling pressure zone around $93,000. Glassnode data shows that high supply pressure, increased realized losses, and weakened demand are limiting its upside potential. It indicates that if Bitcoin falls below $81,300, it could trigger more selling. The market faces multiple pressures: Firstly, long-term holders are experiencing the most intense selling wave in over five years, as confirmed by analyst James Check; Secondly, the upcoming option expirations on December 19th and 26th (with a nominal value of up to $23.8 billion) are also putting downward pressure on the price, with the "max pain" price for December 26th being $100,000. Analyst views are significantly divided: Killa, using the USDT.D chart, suggests the bear market may continue, targeting $74,000 and $68,000; However, Mayne believes the current trend is similar to the bottom in April, potentially testing $80,000 in the short term; AlphaBTC is hoping for a "Santa Claus rally" to around $100,000; Astronomer has already started building long positions targeting $112,000. For the long-term trend in 2026, analyst "Distant Cave Insight" predicts the most likely scenario is BTC consolidating and building a base in the $70,000 to $100,000 range, with a 60% probability, suggesting the year is for accumulating chips rather than chasing high profits.
Ethereum's performance is also under pressure. After failing to break through the descending trendline, the key $2,800 support level is being tested. Analyst Ted pointed out that if this price level holds, a rebound to $3,000 is possible; if it breaks, it could fall further to $2,500. Daan Crypto Trades even believes that breaking below $2,800 would open the path to the next major support zone at $2,100. However, in contrast to the market's pessimistic sentiment, institutions are still actively accumulating. Data shows that an address suspected to belong to Bitmine has bought at least $229 million worth of ETH this week.
2. Key Data (As of December 19, 13:00 HKT)
(Data Source: GMGN, CoinAnk, Upbit, SoSoValue, CoinMarketCap)
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Bitcoin: $87,058 (Year-to-date -7.1%), Daily Spot Trading Volume $62.57 billion
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Ethereum: $2,920 (Year-to-date -12.33%), Daily Spot Trading Volume $35.59 billion
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Fear & Greed Index: 16 (Extreme Fear)
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Average GAS: BTC: 1.2 sat/vB, ETH: 0.04 Gwei
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Market Dominance: BTC 58.5%, ETH 12.4%
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Upbit 24h Trading Volume Ranking: XRP, BTC, ETH, SOL, DOGE
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24h BTC Long/Short Ratio: 49.93% / 50.07%
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Sector Performance: Crypto market continues to decline, AI sector down over 5%, NFT sector down 2.2%
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24h Liquidation Data: 135,667 people liquidated globally, total liquidation amount $510 million, including BTC liquidations $183 million, ETH liquidations $126 million, SOL liquidations $31.79 million
3. ETF Flows (As of December 18)
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Bitcoin ETF: -$161 million, only BlackRock's IBIT saw net inflows
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Ethereum ETF: -$96.6166 million, net outflows for 6 consecutive days
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Solana ETF: +$13.16 million
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XRP ETF: +$30.41 million
4. Today's Outlook
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Binance Alpha will list zkPass (ZKP) on December 19
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Binance will remove various spot trading pairs including AI/FDUSD, BICO/BTC on December 19
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The LayerZero community will initiate the third fee switch vote on December 20
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Binance Alpha will list TradeTide (TTD) on December 20
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LayerZero (ZRO) will unlock approximately 25.71 million tokens at 7:00 PM Beijing Time on December 20, representing 6.79% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $38.6 million;
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Lista DAO (LISTA) will unlock approximately 33.44 million tokens at 5:00 PM Beijing Time on December 20, representing 6.85% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $5.5 million.
Today's top gainers among top 100 coins by market cap: Bitcoin Cash up 8.7%, LEO Token up 5.6%, Story up 5.1%, World Liberty Financial up 4.4%, Canton Network up 4%.
5. Hot News
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Arthur Hayes: Maelstrom is aggressively buying the dip on quality altcoins
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New Lido proposal suggests allocating $60 million in 2026 to execute the GOOSE-3 plan
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The "1011 Insider Whale" has a floating loss of $77.22 million on a long position worth $695 million
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CF Benchmarks views Bitcoin as a core portfolio asset, predicting its price will reach $1.4 million by 2035
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CZ's counterparty whale holds $237 million in long positions with a current floating loss of $40.3 million, its ETH long position is again nearing liquidation
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Jeff Huang (Machi Big Brother) closed profitable short-term long positions on BTC, ZEC, and HYPE, his ETH long position again realized a loss of $359,000
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US November unadjusted CPI annual rate 2.7%, core CPI annual rate 2.6%
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Trump Media & Technology Group pre-market gains expanded to 37.5%
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Taiwan region's Ministry of Justice announces seizure of 210.45 Bitcoin assets
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JPMorgan deploys JPM Coin to Base blockchain, transfers limited to whitelisted users
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Uniswap submits UNIfication proposal, plans to burn 100 million UNI
