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Bitcoin (BTC) continues in consolidation mode, with the market attentive to the cautious message from the Federal Reserve and a possible technical breakout that could define the next major movement.

The Fed cools the appetite for risk
The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 bp (3.50%–3.75%), as expected, but made it clear that future cuts will be limited.

This reduced market expectations and pressured risk assets, including cryptocurrencies.

➡️ Result: BTC remains sideways around $92,000, with no clear direction for now.

The flow of funds on Wall Street is often the most honest indicator. Data from Markets.com and CryptoDnes this week shows that institutional investors are voting with their feet. Gold ETFs have seen net inflows for six consecutive months, with total holdings continuing to rise; in contrast, Bitcoin ETFs, while shining brightly at the beginning of the year, face challenges of slowing growth and even capital outflows in the second half of 2025.
Current data shows that the total net inflow for gold ETFs is approximately $25.1 billion, temporarily leading Bitcoin-related funds at $18.9 billion. This reflects that in the current environment of macroeconomic instability, institutions prefer low-volatility assets. However, analysts also remind us that Bitcoin ETFs are still one of the fastest-growing financial products in history. Although they have temporarily lost to gold's strong cycle in the short term, in the long run, the two are not a zero-sum game, but rather complementary 'dual insurance' in a portfolio.

📈 What happened?

21Shares officially launched an XRP ETF (ticker: TOXR) that has already been approved for listing on the Cboe BZX Exchange in the United States.

This product offers investors a regulated, transparent, and accessible way to gain exposure to the price of XRP without having to buy it directly on crypto exchanges.

The ETF will track the performance of the price of XRP using a benchmark index (CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference Rate) and will have an annual fee of 0.3% paid regularly.

Bitcoin has rebounded from its November lows, but its recent rise looks fragile. Both on-chain signals and technical patterns point to a scenario that could push the price significantly lower — potentially toward $75,000, analysts warn.

Technical Indicators Suggest the Rally May Not Hold
After bottoming at $80,637 in November, Bitcoin climbed roughly 13%. Some experts, however, believe the current move resembles a dead-cat bounce — a short-lived recovery during a broader bearish trend.
On the daily chart, BTC was rejected at the 50-day EMA, a key resistance level. The price also remains below the Supertrend indicator, showing that bullish momentum has not been confirmed.
The biggest warning comes from a clear bear flag pattern. Historically, this formation often precedes a strong downward breakout. BTC has already completed the “flagpole” phase and is now moving inside the flag — which appears close to its conclusion.

A breakdown could drag the price first toward $87,500, a key reaction level identified by the Murrey Math system. If Bitcoin loses this barrier, the market could quickly retest the November low at $80,637.
In a deeper bearish scenario, selling pressure may push BTC to $75,000, a target that analyst Ted Pilows previously identified as a potential spring low.
This bearish outlook becomes invalid only if BTC manages to close firmly above $100,000, which would reopen the path toward a sustainable recovery.

Institutional Demand Has Largely Dried Up
Beyond technical concerns, the market is facing another problem: weakening institutional interest.
Although spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen $237 million in inflows this year, the momentum has slowed dramatically. Since November, these funds have actually lost more than $3 billion, a sharp reversal from earlier months when inflows were accelerating.
Corporate interest in Bitcoin is also fading. According to CryptoQuant, only 9 companies reported adding BTC to their holdings this quarter — a steep decline from 53 companies in Q3, a drop of 83%.
While a few exceptions stand out (such as Strategy and American Bitcoin with recent large purchases), many firms have paused accumulation. There are growing concerns that some companies may soon begin selling, as their net asset values decline or as they need liquidity to repay obligations.

Summary: The Market Is at a Crossroads
Bitcoin is facing a sensitive moment:
Technical indicators lean toward further downsideInstitutional demand is weakeningETF inflows have slowed and turned negativeMarket sentiment is pressured by profit-taking and fears of forced selling
Unless BTC regains the $100,000 resistance level, the path toward $75,000 may become increasingly likely.

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There are moments in markets when an asset stops feeling like a mere ticker and starts to feel like a character in a story—flawed, weathered, capable of sudden, dramatic turns. Ethereum is living through one of those chapters right now, and the tension is delicious. At the center of this drama is a recent technical milestone: the network’s Fusaka upgrade, which went live in early December and has been framed by developers and analysts as a structural move to cut node costs and accelerate Layer-2 settlement throughput. That upgrade quietly changed many of the incentives that underpin Ethereum’s long-term narrative; it didn’t write a new ending overnight, but it re-tuned the orchestra, and traders who listen closely can already hear different harmonics in price and on-chain flows.
Price has been responding with the sort of behavior that makes traders feel like they’re both in the arena and watching a close-up cinematic: consolidation with the occasional sharp run and a flattening of volatility that, paradoxically, raises the odds of a violent move. At the moment Ethereum’s spot metrics on major venues show $ETH trading around the low-to-mid $3,000s, a range that has become a battleground between cautious buyers and opportunistic sellers. This isn’t a random number; it’s the place where moving averages, liquidity ladders, and ETF sentiment converge to make $3,100–$3,300 feel like a macro battleground. For anyone sizing positions, the reality on exchanges matters—liquidity is present, but the market’s reaction to incremental news is measured and telling.
Underneath the price action, the supply story is quietly reshaping risk-reward. The staking ecosystem has continued to absorb meaningful portions of circulating ETH, and weekly reports show tens of millions of ETH locked in consensus staking—capital that is functionally out of the day-to-day trading float and therefore acts as a structural backstop to declines. That change to the supply dynamic is subtle but profound: each ETH staked reduces available spot liquidity and makes rallies easier to sustain once momentum flips. Traders who ignore the arithmetic of on-chain supply and staking simply miss half of the narrative; those who model it in their position sizing can more confidently ride trend extensions when they appear.
Technically, the chart reads like a slow-motion coil. There have been credible tests of the $2,800–$3,000 area that feel like local bottoms, while resistance clusters between roughly $3,300 and $3,500 have repeatedly absorbed bullish attempts. What’s interesting is the way volume profile and trendline structure have begun to cooperate: higher lows carve a clean ascending footprint, while volume has not yet erupted into a mania, which preserves the potential for a leveraged breakout when liquidity finally re-prices. Short-term traders can trade the edges of this range with tight risk, but the more ambitious move—where stop clusters above the resistance zone get swept and trigger momentum buyers and short-covering cascades—remains the prize. That scenario is plausible, and it is the one that would reset psychology from “defensive consolidation” to “fresh discovery.”
Sentiment is the wild card. Institutional narratives—price targets from banks, chatter about ETF flows, and macro cross-talk from equities—both fuel and temper the crypto market’s appetite for risk. Analysts at major banks have floated ambitious year-end targets for $ETH , arguing that renewed investor demand and the maturation of staking-powered yield will bring in a fresh wedge of capital. Those forecasts matter because they shape how large allocators think about entry points and the margin of error they’re willing to accept. But while bullish headlines can accelerate a run, they can also set traps: if price fails to meet the lofty expectations, the unwinding can be swift. For traders, the key is to treat those targets as context rather than gospel—use them to adjust conviction, not to dictate position size.
What makes the current setup especially intoxicating for pro traders is the interaction between on-chain drivers and human psychology. Imagine a ladder where each rung is a narrative: network upgrades, staking dynamics, #etf mechanics, macro liquidity. Right now a few rungs are visibly solid, a few others feel slightly loose, and that mixture creates opportunity. When the market finally decides which rungs it will climb, the move is likely to be sharp because the supply that used to dampen rallies has been partially sequestered by staking, and demand can be reactivated by either technical breakouts or renewed institutional flows. Traders who respect the tape will watch for the telltale signs: a decisive close above the resistance cluster with accompanying volume, big-ticket accumulation from on-chain whales, and a compression of sell-side depth on major order books. Those signals together would change the story from “possible breakout” to “momentum confirmed,” and the market’s reaction would be swift.
Risk management here must be as artful as it is mathematical. Because the market is sitting on a hinge, position sizing should reflect the asymmetry: small, disciplined exposure to catch the initial leg, with predefined scales and stop rules that prevent emotional doubling down. The thrill of a setup like this is real—the kind of setup that makes a trader’s pulse quicken—but the smartest traders translate that thrill into a plan rather than a hope. If you want to chase a breakout, accept that the first impulse may be a fakeout; if you want to fade reversion, accept that trends can accelerate beyond intuitive stop levels. The markets reward those who combine the heart’s bravery with the head’s rules.
Finally, remember that markets tell stories in two languages: price and time. Ethereum’s current chapter is being written with both—technical compression across weeks intersecting with structural supply changes across months. For the pro trader, the job is to listen to both. The network upgrades provide a fundamental base, staking changes tighten the supply picture, and the tape reveals the market’s emotional state. When those threads align, the next movement will not feel like a surprise; it will feel like an inevitability that only those paying attention were ready to act upon.