Bitcoin has fallen about 3.6%, sliding below $86,000 and edging toward the $81,000 True Market Mean support level, while liquidations near $400 million and spot bids cluster between $85,000 and $80,000. On‑chain metrics show wholecoiner inflows to Binance have dropped to roughly 6,500 BTC on a yearly average, last seen in 2018, as analysts track whether a sweep of the $80,000 area precedes a rebound toward $90,000–$100,000 or a deeper correction toward $76,000.

On 16 December 2025, BitMine Immersion Technologies highlighted a strategy built around accumulating $321 million worth of ETH as a long-term strategic asset rather than a short-term trading position. The company aims to secure a meaningful share of Ethereum’s circulating supply and plans to transition part of its holdings into staking, linking its corporate trajectory to Ethereum’s validation and settlement infrastructure.

XRP analyst Zach Rector said a return to $1 is unlikely under normal market conditions, even if the $2 support gives way. He noted range-bound trade just above $2, with spot XRP ETF inflows offset by centralized-exchange selling, and he flagged $1.90 to $1.80 as the probable downside zone, citing higher lows in April, October 10, and November.

XRP traders have been reducing risk in 2025, with leverage and futures open interest falling to year-to-date lows. According to CryptoQuant and CoinGlass, Binance's Estimated Leverage Ratio dropped from about 0.58 in July to near 0.20, while open interest slid from above $10 billion as price moved under $2.00.

Analytics platform DeFiLlama reported that in the past week, major cryptocurrencies moved with unusually tight price correlations, led by a 0.99 reading between Bitcoin and Solana. Ethereum also posted strong links to Cardano, Solana, and Dogecoin, while BNB stood out as comparatively disconnected from broader market moves.

According to the article, SOL dropped 4% in the past hour to about $127, down 7% over the week and 9.5% for the month. Farside Investors reported $16.6 million of inflows into Solana ETFs on Tuesday December 9 and $35 million across last week. CoinShares places year-to-date Solana fund inflows at $3.39 billion.

On December 14, 2025, Ali Martinez flagged a TD Sequential buy signal for Cardano's ADA after the count printed a 9 near $0.37, stating that holding this level could open a path to $0.54. The analysis also notes RSI rising toward 50 and MACD at a pivotal threshold, with the mapped pattern implying up to a 380% move toward $180 if a breakout materializes.

J.P. Morgan has introduced a $100 million tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, expanding its activity on public blockchains after arranging a $50 million commercial paper issuance on Solana. The new My OnChain Net Yield Fund (MONY) invests in U.S. Treasuries and fully collateralized repos, with tokenized shares held in investors' blockchain addresses and accessed via Morgan Money.