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Monday, 22 December, three days before Christmas, and just nine days until the year comes to a close. Significant volatility in crypto is expected over the remainder of December, as Bitcoin climbed +1.4% overnight and began the week trading back at $89,000. Analysts on both sides are calling for
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to reclaim $100,000 before 2026, while others predict a crash below $75,000.
There is a reason to be optimistic heading into the year-end, as the Bank of Japan’s rate hike last week looks to have been priced in, with no further downside coming with the official announcement, while the US and UK are ending the year by beginning a period of Quantitative Easing (QE), which is expected to bring about further rate cuts in 2026.
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The US is also expected to receive stimulus checks at some point in 2026, with prediction markets platform Kalshi showing a 40% chance of a ‘Trump stimmy’ arriving before 2027, which would inject more liquidity into crypto while the nation is going through QE and therefore more risk-on.
Quantitative Easing, Inflation Down, More Money for Crypto? Will the Bitcoin Price Hit New Highs in 2026?
Last weeks CPI data was more bullish than expected, the US continues to take a dovish stance by beginning QE heading into 2026, and the UK seems to be following suit with its own interest rate cut last week.
There is a growing belief that the four-year crypto cycle is officially broken and that 2025 was not the bull market that was promised. This year has been dominated by the influx of altcoin ETFs, which has taken the crypto market some time to get used to, as institutions are now firmly in control of many major-cap digital assets.
$BTC and $ETH to hit ATH and here is why
US Fed to inject $6.8 billion into the market tomorrow
China also injected ¥1.05 trillion
Meaning Liquidity is coming back
All fingers are pointing towards a bullish market
Great news for crypto holders
Also Miden raised $25M… pic.twitter.com/M5u4IN0AmI
— Kabir.web3
(@Khaabeer77) December 21, 2025
This, alongside rate hikes and global uncertainty stemming from the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Israel, made 2025 a year of extreme volatility. While Bitcoin reached new all-time highs at the beginning of the year, most cryptocurrencies are down significantly year-to-date.
Looking ahead to 2026, official projections and prediction platforms indicate at least one additional US rate cut, with the possibility of more if inflation remains subdued. Additionally, rumors of a potential $2,000 stimulus check tied to tariff rebates are resurfacing in the US. Stimulus checks are likely to drive substantial inflows into speculative assets, adding upside pressure on the Bitcoin price.
Crypto trader, ‘Crypto King‘ posted a chart to X, with the RSI overlaid onto the Bitcoin price chart, accompanied by the caption “The last five times $BTC was this oversold, price doubled within about three months. Now $BTC is oversold again. Think again if you’re selling here.”
While calls of BTC hitting $160,000+ seem somewhat far-fetched, the data support such a move, as the Bitcoin RSI has once again broken below 30, and historically, this has led to explosive upward moves for the top digital asset.
(SOURCE: LSEG Datastream/Crypto King)
DISCOVER: 10+ Next Crypto to 100X In 2025
Ethereum Ecosystem Hits All-Time High in Monthly Transaction Count and Uniswap Hits Record Users: Is On-Chain Liquidity Back?
Many bears and doomers would have you believe that crypto is dead, there is a lack of on-chain liquidity, and new lows are coming. On the contrary, Ethereum is more active than ever.
The Ethereum ecosystem just reached a new all-time high in monthly transaction count, with Base clocking 452.8M tx, Arbitrum 80.1M, and World Chain 53M. These three EVM networks alone have processed more than 855M organic transactions in just one month.
Another recent all-time high is the total stablecoin supply hitting $304Bn, with nearly $196Bn of that stablecoin liquidity living on Ethereum. While altcoin and Bitcoin price action have been volatile in the past few months, calmer waters are seemingly ahead, with billions of dollars in stablecoins ready and waiting on-chain to begin buying speculative crypto in 2026.
ethereum dominates the stablecoin meta.
> total stablecoin supply hit a new ATH at $304 billion.
> $195.9 billion in stablecoins are issued on ethereum.64.44% of the entire stablecoin supply is on ethereum.
believe in ETH. pic.twitter.com/R0OxE7gn9j
— Joseph Young (@iamjosephyoung) December 19, 2025
2026 is coming at a time when crypto ETFs are settled and thriving, regulation in the space is better than ever, with the CLARITY Act set to pass in early 2026, stablecoins hitting new highs, and the US heading into a period of Quantitative Easing.
All of these factors appear poised to converge and should make for a bullish next twelve months in which traders and investors finally get the parabolic bull market that 2025 was meant to bring, with the Bitcoin price soaring to new highs.
For now, sit back as we bring you the crypto news live and direct throughout the day.
Tom Lee’s Bitmine Grabs 13,412 ETH as It Chases 5% of All Ether
Tom Lee’s associated firm, Bitmine, just purchased another 13,412 ETH, adding to a buying streak that has already made it one of Ethereum’s largest corporate holders.
The Ethereum price (ETH USD) surged back above the critical $3,000 level after the news, as traders debated whether this represented a strong vote of confidence or just another large whale move. All of this happens while institutions quietly build ETH positions, and staking yields stay attractive compared to government bonds.
Read the full story here.
Monero Vs ZCash: Which Privacy Crypto Will Win in 2026?
Monero (XMR) is a private and future-oriented cryptocurrency. Or is Zcash the future of money in 2026? It’s all so confusing!
Zcash and Monero sit in a dangerous middle ground heading into 2026. Each has a market cap floating between $7 to 9Bn, large enough to matter, small enough to be kneecapped by a single policy memo.
But here’s the thing I can tell you after almost a decade in this market: the mistake most investors still make is treating privacy coins as a technology shootout. That era is over. What matters now is regulatory survivability.
On that front, which privacy crypto will win 2026?
Read the full story here.
Early Christmas Dump? AAVE Price Prediction and New Bitcoin Layer 2 to Watch
AAVE holders received a not-so-welcome Christmas surprise. The governance token of the leading DeFi lending protocol, Aave, has continued to dump over the past few days, and it might be the right time to discuss a possible AAVE price prediction.
On December 21, AAVE’s price dropped nearly 11% in just 30 minutes, closing the day at $162.37 with an 8.75% 24-hour decline. This “Christmas dump” contrasted with broader market stability, where Bitcoin traded at $88,757.25 (up 0.82%) and Ethereum at $3,022.18 (up 1.72%).
The sudden sell-off raised alarms, with on-chain data pointing to a massive whale transaction as the primary trigger.
Read the full story here.
Solana and Aptos Crypto Race to Go Quantum Resistant: Is Your Crypto Portfolio Quantum Safe?
Solana and Aptos developers started testing new “quantum-safe” security this week, aiming to protect their blockchains from future attacks by powerful quantum computers. SOL USD traded around $126 while APT price was near recent lows as traders mostly shrugged.
Hoskinson Boasts NIGHT Volume Beats XRP and SOL: Should You Care?
In the latest Cardano news,Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson claimed on X that the new Midnight token, NIGHT, traded more in 24 hours than XRP and Solana combined, after volume hit around $4 billion. NIGHT changed hands near $0.0738 with about $1.2 billion in market cap, putting it in the top 60 coins by size but near the top 10 by trading activity.
This spike plays into a larger 2025 story, which has seen retail investors downtrodden by institutional money finding fresh interest in privacy coins, cross-chain bridges. Now the question is whether Cardano is still a “ghost chain” or quietly awakening.
Read the full story here.
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