🔍 🟡😐 Market Analysis: 29-12-09

The final hours of December 29 saw crypto markets wrestling with dramatic forces, as Bitcoin hovered near $88,000 and precious metals like gold and silver soared to fresh record highs. Spot Bitcoin ETFs bled $782 million in outflows during the Christmas week, a stark sign of investors bracing for... ... Read full 🟡😐 Market Analysis: 29-12-09

Top Reasons Why Ethereum Price Could Be Setting Up for a Strong Rally in 2026

Top Reasons Why Ethereum Price Could Be Setting Up for a Strong Rally in 2026

Ethereum price is quietly attracting more liquidity across derivatives, on-chain activity, and exchange flows, even as its price remains locked in a consolidation range. While ETH has struggled to produce a decisive breakout in recent weeks, underlying data suggests participation across the network …

Central Bank Shift Could Ignite Crypto’s Next Big Bull Run in 2026

Central Bank Shift Could Ignite Crypto’s Next Big Bull Run in 2026

After years of sharp ups and downs, many crypto investors are still waiting for the kind of bull run that feels truly explosive.According to macro researcher Jesse Eckel, that moment may not arrive in 2025 — but in 2026.Instead of focusing on short-term price charts, Eckel looks at big economic sign…

China to Pay Interest on Digital Yuan From 2026, Challenging Alipay, WeChat Pay

China to Pay Interest on Digital Yuan From 2026, Challenging Alipay, WeChat Pay

China, the world’s second-largest economy, is preparing to give its digital currency a stronger push. Starting January 1, 2026, banks in China will be allowed to pay interest on digital yuan balances held in verified wallets. This move came to strengthen the digital yuan wallets option compared to p…

Bitcoin Rules The Decade: Outshines Gold And Silver, Analyst Says

Bitcoin Rules The Decade: Outshines Gold And Silver, Analyst Says

According to market commentators, a sharp split has opened between backers of Bitcoin and supporters of precious metals after a year of big moves in both camps. Bitcoin’s long-run gains are being held up as proof it remains the top performing asset, while gold and silver have staged a dramatic rally…

Trend Research lifts ETH holdings to $1.8B with $35M buy, is ‘bullish’ on 2026

Trend Research lifts ETH holdings to $1.8B with $35M buy, is ‘bullish’ on 2026

Hong Kong-based investment firm Trend Research has continued accumulating Ether even as one of the biggest corporate ETH holders expects a sharp drawdown during the first quarter of 2026.Trend Research acquired $35 million in Ether , pushing its holdings above 601,000 ETH worth about $1.83 billion, …

Flow Blockchain Plans Controversial Rollback to Undo $3.9M Hack — Partners “Blindsided”

Flow Blockchain Plans Controversial Rollback to Undo $3.9M Hack — Partners “Blindsided”

Flow’s plan to reverse part of its blockchain history after a $3.9 million exploit has triggered sharp backlash from ecosystem partners. The move has reignited a long-running debate over immutability and crisis management in crypto networks.The controversy began after an attacker exploited a vulnera…

Bitfinex whales go long BTC for 2026: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitfinex whales go long BTC for 2026: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

Bitcoin heads into year-end 2025 stuck around $90,000 as stocks and precious metals roar higher.Bitcoin sees only a modest uptick after its last weekly close of the year, as liquidity analysis warns of a fresh dip.Traders’ cost bases form the backbone of support reclaim targets heading into 2026.Ri…

Ripple CTO Finally Reacts to Midnight as 'New Cardano' Enters XRP Conversation

Ripple CTO Finally Reacts to Midnight as 'New Cardano' Enters XRP Conversation

Two weeks after its launch, Ripple CTO David Schwartz acknowledged Cardano’s Midnight in true Schwartz style. It all started with Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson pitching Midnight as a serious "next generation" privacy stack and, in the same breath, mentioning the XRP Ledger as an example of a network t…

Bitcoin May Be Helping the US Dollar, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says

Bitcoin May Be Helping the US Dollar, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says

Bitcoin has long been seen as a hedge against the US dollar. But Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is making a different case – one that’s gaining attention as America’s debt problem keeps growing.Armstrong believes Bitcoin is not a threat to the dollar. Instead, he says it may actually help keep it stro…

Ethereum Accelerates Its Roadmap With Glamsterdam and Hegota Upgrades

Ethereum Accelerates Its Roadmap With Glamsterdam and Hegota Upgrades

Ethereum price is showing renewed strength, climbing back above the $3,000 level and gaining around 3.2% over the past 24 hours. The recovery comes as technical momentum improves and investor confidence builds around Ethereum’s long-term development roadmap. Core developers have confirmed that the n…

Higher activity, lower fees: Here’s what December’s onchain data shows

Higher activity, lower fees: Here’s what December’s onchain data shows

Several of the biggest blockchain networks handled more transactions in December even as user fees fell, a sign that recent scaling upgrades are increasing capacity and easing competition for block space, according to data compiled by Nansen.Data from Nansen showed that Bitcoin, Tron, Ethereum, Arbi…

BitMine locks up $1B in Ether as big corporates stake ETH for yield

BitMine locks up $1B in Ether as big corporates stake ETH for yield

Corporations are increasingly turning to Ethereum staking to earn passive yield, a shift that is tightening the amount of Ether available for sale on the open market.BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether holder, staked 342,560 ETH worth over $1 billion in the two days leading …