On December 15, 2025, during early U.S. trading, Bitcoin fell sharply from near $90,000 to a two-week low at $86,700, coinciding with a surge in liquidations totaling $210 million in one hour and $450 million over 24 hours. Altcoins retreated as well: ETH slid 4.4% toward $3,000 amid warnings of $2,500, XRP lost $2.00 after a 3% drop, and BNB and SOL each fell 4%.

Bitcoin slipped below $88,000 yesterday before recovering to about $90,000, where it has lingered for several sessions. Last week included two tests of $94,000 around the US Federal Reserve's 25 bps rate cut, while dominance remains under 57% on CG. Ethereum has gained over 2% above $3,150, with other large-cap alts mixed.

On December 14, 2025, analyst Ali Martinez said XRP flashed a TD Sequential buy signal, contingent on holding above $1.90, with a potential move toward $2.50. CW flagged sell walls at $2.10, $2.15, and $2.25, while CryptoWZRD called the close "slightly bearish" and said a break above $2.10 is needed to flip bullish.

Several AI models offered conflicting end‑of‑year views for XRP. ChatGPT expects the price to move sideways between $2.00 and $2.20, while Google's Gemini sees potential upside toward $2.80–$3.20 if liquidity and macro conditions improve. Perplexity calls a >$4.00 spike unlikely, putting its base case around $2.30–$2.50.

Bitcoin traded just below $90,000 on Sunday after a week of sharp swings between $89,500 and just over $94,500, including a rebound to $93,600 on Thursday. ETH hovered near $3,100 and XRP around $2.00, while weekly standouts included M (+40%), ZEC (+25%), MNT (+18% to $1.27), and laggards QNT and KAS (-11% each).

In the first month after Canary Capital's XRPC launched, spot XRP ETFs accrued $974.50 million in net inflows and total net assets reached $1.18 billion, while 21Shares' TOXR went live on December 11, 2025. Despite steady inflows, XRP fell by about 20%, sliding from above $2.50 to a $1.85 low before hovering near $2.00.

Bitcoin dipped below $90,000 after failing near $94,000, then reclaimed the threshold on Saturday morning. Large-cap altcoins are mixed: ETH is down 3.8% and hovering just above $3,100, SOL and ADA fell 3%, while HYPE and ENA dropped 4–5% to $28 and $0.25, respectively.

Ripple in 2025 announced a new partnership with Switzerland-based AMINA Bank and obtained conditional approval from the US OCC to charter a national trust bank. Despite these milestones and the rollout of spot XRP ETFs with inflows near $1 billion, XRP has fallen more than 40% from its July all-time high of $3.65 and is struggling to stay above $2.00.

Bitcoin slipped by several thousand dollars on Friday afternoon before stabilizing around $90,000. On December 12, 2025, President Donald Trump said next year’s interest rates could be at 1% or lower and later warned of land strikes against drug operations in Latin America. Despite the headlines, BTC remains just over $90,000.