🔍 🔴😞 Market Analysis: 28-12-09

This morning, the crypto market faces a swirl of sentiment as gold breaks new records, while Bitcoin stumbles beneath $87,000. Investors, once dazzled by Bitcoin's rally, are now weighing the parabolic rise of precious metals against crypto's late-December slide. Gold, silver, platinum, and coppe... ... Read full 🔴😞 Market Analysis: 28-12-09

Trump, tariffs and utility tokens: Animoca’s Yat Siu says crypto finally has to grow up

Trump, tariffs and utility tokens: Animoca’s Yat Siu says crypto finally has to grow up

For Animoca Brands co‑founder Yat Siu, 2025 will be remembered as “the Trump year,” not because US President Donald Trump saved crypto, but because the industry bet too heavily on him and mispriced everything from tariffs to rate cuts.Trump was supposed to be crypto’s cheat code in 2025. Instead, Bi…

Not Satoshi? Ripple CTO Ends Speculations Around His XRP Wallet

Not Satoshi? Ripple CTO Ends Speculations Around His XRP Wallet

A small XRP wallet label just triggered a full-sized Satoshi narrative, then got shut down instantly by the one person the community wanted to hear from.After some screenshots popped up showing an XRP Ledger account called "NotSatoshi" on Bithomp, people in the XRP community started talking about it…

-459,000,000,000 Shiba Inu in 1 Week: SHIB Exchanges Hit With Supply Thirst

-459,000,000,000 Shiba Inu in 1 Week: SHIB Exchanges Hit With Supply Thirst

While the price does not completely collapse, Shiba Inu is bleeding supply off exchanges. Netflow data shows that approximately 459 billion SHIB have left centralized exchanges over the last seven days. The location of tokens has changed, moving away from exchanges’ wallets.Entering outflow periodTh…

Uniswap Attempts a Strong Upside Move—Can UNI Price Extend the Rally Toward $10?

Uniswap Attempts a Strong Upside Move—Can UNI Price Extend the Rally Toward $10?

The Uniswap price has gained significant attention in the past few days following the rollout of Uniswap’s Unification, which burned 100M UNI tokens. With the supply crunch in place, the UNI price was believed to experience a strong push. In the past 24 hours, the price faced a notable upswing after…

Bitcoin Price Has Gone 1,079 Days Without Strong Selling Pressure — What’s The Current Record?

Bitcoin Price Has Gone 1,079 Days Without Strong Selling Pressure — What’s The Current Record?

The Bitcoin price is currently over 30% below its all-time high of around $126,000, which was reached in the first week of October 2025. Unfortunately, it has gone downhill for the premier cryptocurrency since reaching this peak, starting with the infamous October 10 market bloodbath.The general con…

XRP: Unusual On-Chain Spike Raises Questions

XRP: Unusual On-Chain Spike Raises Questions

Although on-chain activity just printed a spike that does not neatly fit into the bearish narrative, XRP price action appears weak and directionally unresolved. It is this divergence that is causing concern.The market continues to put pressure on XRP. The price is firmly below important moving avera…

Breaking: Sberbank Issues Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan to Bitcoin Miner

Breaking: Sberbank Issues Russia’s First Crypto-Backed Loan to Bitcoin Miner

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has taken a new step into the crypto space by issuing the country’s first loan secured by cryptocurrency. The pilot loan was given to Intelion Data, one of Russia’s biggest Bitcoin mining companies.Sberbank confirmed that the loan was backed by digital currency mined…

XRP Volume Crashes 37% Despite Price Jump: Is It Concerning?

XRP Volume Crashes 37% Despite Price Jump: Is It Concerning?

XRP is trading up early Sunday, extending its weekend recovery alongside the rest of the markets. Altcoins posted broader gains in quiet Sunday trading as the markets considered a surge in precious metals.XRP reached an intraday high of $1.877 after rising for two straight days since Dec. 26. XRP ha…

Mow Sees 10-Year Bitcoin Bull Market Beginning After 2025’s Muted Performance Below $90,000

Mow Sees 10-Year Bitcoin Bull Market Beginning After 2025’s Muted Performance Below $90,000

Bitcoin maximalist and CEO of JAN3, Samson Mow, recently said that 2025 was a bearish year and that a major 10-year bull market is now expected to begin. Even though Bitcoin recorded a new All-Time High (ATH) of $126k just a few months ago, the overall market sentiment for the outgoing calendar year…

Bitcoin ‘never’ hit $100K in real terms, SEC’s crypto ‘dream team’: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 21 – 27

Bitcoin ‘never’ hit $100K in real terms, SEC’s crypto ‘dream team’: Hodler’s Digest, Dec. 21 – 27

David Sacks calls CFTC, SEC picks a crypto regulation dream teamUS President Donald Trumps AI and crypto czar, David Sacks, has signaled that the White House may have all the pieces in place for digital asset regulation following the confirmation of Michael Selig to chair the Commodity Futures Tradi…

XRP Supply Dwindles While ETFs Go On A Buying Spree Before 2026

XRP Supply Dwindles While ETFs Go On A Buying Spree Before 2026

XRP is slowly entering one of the most important structural phases in its history. Price action has been mostly bearish and sentiment across the broader crypto market has been cautious, but on-chain data tells a very different story. Data from Glassnode shows XRP balances on centralized exchanges fa…

Bitcoin ETFs See Largest Drawdown Since Launch

Bitcoin ETFs See Largest Drawdown Since Launch

In a recent market update, CryptoQuant analyst has noted that the total outflows from the all-time high (ATH) have now reached a staggering $5.55 billion.This is the largest BTC ETF drawdown since launch 📉Total outflows from the ATH now sit at –$5.55B pic.twitter.com/LJ02kfXBwwAre investors panickin…