The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a mild pullback today, with the total market capitalization sitting at $3.05 trillion, down 2.01% over the past 24 hours. This reflects broader risk-off sentiment amid macroeconomic uncertainties, including fading hopes for aggressive Federal Reserve rate cuts and ongoing volatility in tech and AI-related assets. Bitcoin dominance remains strong at 58.7%, indicating BTC's continued influence over altcoins, while the altcoin season index is low at 21/100, suggesting limited outperformance from smaller tokens. Trading volume has seen a 2.82% dip, pointing to reduced speculative activity.Key Market DriversBitcoin's Performance: BTC is trading at $89,528.50, up 2.01% in the last 24 hours but down nearly 30% from its October all-time high of around $126,000. Analysts attribute this to heavy leverage liquidations (over $19 billion erased in late November) and correlation with Nasdaq volatility.
Despite the dip, long-term holders are accumulating, and JPMorgan maintains a bullish $170,000 target tied to gold-like safe-haven status.
Ethereum and Altcoins: ETH is up 3.44% at $3,030.69, showing resilience with strong 24-hour volume of $20.66 billion. Altcoins like Solana (+3.64%) and Dogecoin (+3.95%) are outperforming BTC, but the market RSI of 42.05 signals oversold conditions that could lead to a rebound.
Recent Trends: Q4 2025 has been volatile, with Bitcoin's quarterly return marking its second-worst since 2022 due to over-leveraged positions unraveling.
News highlights include investor Kevin O’Leary calling most altcoins "worthless" and predicting only BTC and ETH will endure long-term. 
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