On Friday, Dec. 12, around 39,000 BTC options worth about $3.6 billion expire, alongside 247,000 ETH contracts totaling $768 million, for roughly $4.3 billion in notional. BTC's put/call stands near 1.1 with max pain around $90,000, while ETH's is 1.24 with max pain at $3,100; spot prices remain range-bound.

Santiment said Monday that a net 403,200 BTC—about 2.1% of total supply—has left centralized exchanges over the past year, even as Bitcoin trades below $90,000. Glassnode data show that only 14.7% of Bitcoin’s supply now sits on exchanges. Analysts point to mixed technical signals and a possible price floor between $74,000 and $77,000.

At the UBS Global Technology and AI conference, Western Union CFO Matthew Cagwin presented a new "stable card" designed to help recipients in high-inflation countries preserve the value of remittances. The card will hold USD-pegged stablecoins and sits within a wider strategy that includes Western Union's own USD Payment Token and a Solana-based Digital Asset Network linking digital and fiat payment rails, according to Cagwin.

Cryptocurrency markets remained stable through the weekend as traders prepare for the Federal Open Market Committee's monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, December 18. Markets assign an 88.4% probability to a 25-basis-point rate cut, which would lower the federal funds rate to 3.5%–3.75%. Key labor market data releases this week include job openings data on Tuesday and initial jobless claims on Thursday.

Tom Lee of Fundstrat Global Advisors presented bullish forecasts for major cryptocurrencies at Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai on December 4, 2025. He projected Bitcoin could reach $300,000 and Ethereum could surpass $20,000 within the next year. Lee cited growing tokenization adoption and Ethereum's five-year consolidation pattern as key drivers for the upside potential.

Approximately 37,000 Bitcoin options contracts with a notional value of $3.4 billion expire on December 5, with a put/call ratio of 0.94 indicating balanced positioning between bulls and bears. Ethereum options worth $667 million also expire the same day, bringing total cryptocurrency options expiry to approximately $4 billion. Max pain for Bitcoin is estimated at $91,000, while the highest open interest concentration sits at the $100,000 strike price.

Strategy has sharply reduced its Bitcoin acquisition pace, purchasing only 135 BTC in December 2025 compared to 134,000 BTC at its 2024 peak. The company raised over $1.44 billion in equity to establish a dollar reserve covering preferred stock dividends and bond interest for 12 to 24 months. CryptoQuant data show monthly acquisitions declined from 134,000 BTC during the 2024 peak to 9,100 BTC in November 2025.

Ethereum reached $3,230 on December 5, 2025, its highest level in three weeks, driven by accumulation from wallets holding 1,000 to 10,000 ETH. Data show the rally coincided with the successful Fusaka upgrade deployment on December 4, which enhanced layer-1 performance and expanded blob capacity. The network recorded 190,000 new wallet addresses in a single day.

Bitcoin climbed back above $93,000 during Wednesday morning trading in Asia, less than 48 hours after dropping to $84,000. The cryptocurrency has recouped all losses from the recent decline and reached a key resistance level. Market sentiment has turned positive following the rebound.