Around $23.6 billion in Bitcoin options are scheduled to expire on Friday, December 26, representing the largest BTC options expiry to date. CoinGlass data as of December 23 shows heavy call positioning between $100,000 and $120,000 and notable put interest near $85,000, with max pain around $96,000. Bitcoin trades near $87,800 and could see heightened volatility as contracts lapse during a typically low-liquidity holiday week.

ChatGPT 5.2 sets out a 2026 investment outlook spanning equities, fixed income, commodities, and crypto. It anticipates uneven but positive growth, cooling inflation, selective equity gains anchored by AI, lower bond yields, resilient credit, strength in metals like copper, a stable oil backdrop, and a maturing crypto market under clearer regulation, with Japan and parts of Europe presenting value.