The Federal Reserve will publish its December rate decision at 2:00 PM ET, with Chair Jerome Powell to follow at 2:30 PM. Bitcoin is trading near $92,000 as markets price an 89% chance of a cut to a 3.50%-3.75% target range. Mixed readings on labor, inflation, and job openings frame the announcement.

A proposed ETF aims to capture Bitcoin’s overnight performance by taking exposure near the U.S. market close and exiting shortly after the opening bell, while holding Treasuries during daytime. Bitcoin is pressing the $92,000–$94,000 resistance band, with traders watching for either a breakout toward $100,000 or a pullback toward the $90,000 area.

Bitcoin has gained more than 1.2% in 2025 and recently rebounded to around $94,000. Rising Japanese government bond yields — with the two-year briefly above 1% and the 20-year near 2.947% — risk pulling hundreds of billions of dollars back home and tightening global liquidity, pressuring Bitcoin, stablecoins and other risk assets. If Japanese yields hold above 2.9%, Bitcoin could drop 5–8% as yen carry trades unwind and investors rotate toward safer markets.

On Tuesday, more than 300 Bitcoin wallets tied to the defunct Silk Road marketplace became active and sent about $3.14 million in BTC to a previously unidentified address. Data show the address "bc1q…ga54" received 33.73706370 BTC, while other long-dormant Silk Road wallets had already moved 3,421 BTC earlier in 2025. The newly transferred funds are still held in private wallets, with no on-chain evidence yet of flows to exchanges.

On December 10, 2025, a U.S. banking regulator outlined that lenders can facilitate customer crypto transactions without carrying the assets on their balance sheets, according to an interpretive letter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The letter permits national banks to act as riskless principal intermediaries for non‑security crypto assets such as Bitcoin. Institutions must manage settlement risk and comply with applicable laws.

On 10 December 2025, JPMorgan said Bitcoin’s pullback from record levels, including last month’s drop to around $81,000, is a cooling of an overheated rally rather than the start of a new crypto winter. The bank cited a market capitalization decline of more than 20% alongside 17 consecutive months of increasing stablecoin settlement volumes as evidence that underlying activity remains resilient. Standard Chartered’s Jeffrey Kendrick also argued this cycle differs from past boom-and-bust episodes because of deeper institutional, structural, and technological development. Bitcoin is trading near $93,000, with technical indicators showing early signs of price stabilization.

British cybercrime suspect Danny Khan, also known as Danish Zulfiqar, has reportedly been detained in Dubai after authorities allegedly seized $18.58 million in cryptocurrency tied to transfers of about 3,670 ETH, according to on-chain investigator ZachXBT. He has been linked to a $243 million theft from a Genesis creditor in August 2024 and to the 2023 Kroll SIM swap incident that exposed creditor data and allegedly led to losses exceeding $300 million. Investigators have followed the funds across multiple exchanges and blockchains, but authorities have not yet issued formal confirmation of his arrest.

Bitcoin has risen from below $90,000 to above $94,000 over the last few days. In a TradingView analysis, crypto analyst Xanrox says the move resembles a bear flag on the 12-hour and 1-day charts. He sees scope for an extension to $96,000 before a reversal, with a potential drop of over 25% toward the April 2024 swing low at $74,000.