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On Monday, Ark Invest led by Cathie Wood increased positions in BitMine, Coinbase, Circle, Block, Bullish and its Ark-21Shares Bitcoin ETF, according to its trade filing. Purchases included $17 million in BitMine, $16.26 million in Coinbase and $10.8 million in Circle across ARKK, ARKW and ARKF, as all six holdings finished the day lower.

Bitcoin is trading near $90,000 as traders balance current macro headwinds against scenarios in which looser US monetary policy and the 2026 midterm cycle fuel a major rally. Some analysts project that if quantitative tightening ends, rates are cut, and liquidity improves, BTC could climb into a $300,000–$600,000 range, while others focus on nearby resistance between $90,000 and $94,000 and diverging expectations over whether $100,000 will be reached before 2026.

Nasdaq has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to expand trading in stocks and ETPs from 16 to 23 hours per day across five weekdays. The plan details a day session from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET, a one-hour pause, and a night session from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. The trading week would open Sunday 9 p.m. ET and close Friday 8 p.m. ET.

Bitcoin fell around 5% from the $90,500 area and slipped below the $88,000 support, with price now trading under the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average and consolidating near $85,000. Key resistance sits at $87,150, $87,500 and $88,000, while supports lie at $85,500, $85,000 and $83,500, leaving BTC at risk of another drop if it fails to reclaim $88,000. Technical indicators show the hourly MACD losing bearish momentum and the RSI holding below 50, highlighting an uncertain short-term outlook.

Cardano (ADA) extended its decline, trading near $0.41 after a -10% move. Derivatives metrics weakened as futures open interest fell 11% to about $713.5 million and shorts outnumbered longs in over 55% of markets. On December 15, 2025, an analyst's chart showed consolidation below $0.86, with $1.01–$1.20 as the next resistance if price closes higher.

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority unveiled plans on Tuesday to bring cryptoasset firms under a dedicated regime. The consultation runs until February 12, with the framework expected to be finalized next year and applied from 2027. The FCA softened earlier positions, allowing platforms to list their own tokens and trade directly with clients, while proposing controls on market abuse and staking programs.

On Monday, crypto markets fell as Bitcoin retested $85,000 and Ether touched $2,900, while leveraged longs saw $527M liquidated in 24 hours. Traders shifted risk after surveys and Fed chair speculation changed macro expectations, and AI-related debt concerns added pressure.

Bitcoin has fallen about 3.6%, sliding below $86,000 and edging toward the $81,000 True Market Mean support level, while liquidations near $400 million and spot bids cluster between $85,000 and $80,000. On‑chain metrics show wholecoiner inflows to Binance have dropped to roughly 6,500 BTC on a yearly average, last seen in 2018, as analysts track whether a sweep of the $80,000 area precedes a rebound toward $90,000–$100,000 or a deeper correction toward $76,000.

XRP traders have been reducing risk in 2025, with leverage and futures open interest falling to year-to-date lows. According to CryptoQuant and CoinGlass, Binance's Estimated Leverage Ratio dropped from about 0.58 in July to near 0.20, while open interest slid from above $10 billion as price moved under $2.00.

On December 14, 2025, Ali Martinez flagged a TD Sequential buy signal for Cardano's ADA after the count printed a 9 near $0.37, stating that holding this level could open a path to $0.54. The analysis also notes RSI rising toward 50 and MACD at a pivotal threshold, with the mapped pattern implying up to a 380% move toward $180 if a breakout materializes.