Section: what and how much🤔

Bitcoin opened the week without sharp fluctuations: BTC/USD around $89.2k at 9:30 AM MSK on December 22. Ethereum remains above $3k (approximately $3.03k). The total capitalization of the crypto market is above $3 trillion. The price range has remained narrow for a week.

In the last 24 hours, the market has shown positive dynamics: about half of the top-100 coins by capitalization have increased in price, but the growth mostly did not exceed 3%. The most noticeable jumps were among small assets and meme coins: BEAT +72%, NIGHT +24%, MYX +11%, M +6%. Among the losses are CC −17%, AAVE −9%, ICP −5%.

The Fear and Greed Index is at around 25 out of 100 — the "extreme fear" zone, indicating a tendency for participants to panic sell. Last week, there were notable outflows from ETFs: inflows into Bitcoin ETFs in the USA for the week ending December 21 amounted to nearly $500 million; Ethereum-based ETFs brought in about $650 million, close to records of $800 million.

The Central Bank commented on the connection between Bitcoin mining and the strengthening of the ruble; the head of Tether named the main threat to Bitcoin in 2026. RBC Crypto does not provide investment advice, the material is published solely for informational purposes.