Crypto Whales Feast on Dips as Bitcoin Nears 6 Figures, Trump Bitcoin Reserve Looms

Digital Assets Decoded: Your Daily Crypto Guide podcast.

Hey folks, Crypto Willy here with your **Digital Assets Decoded: Your Daily Crypto Guide** for the week wrapping up on December 27, 2025. Man, what a rollercoaster—global crypto market cap's dipping to $2.95 trillion, down 1.19% in the last 24 hours per CoinMarketCap data from Binance's update, but Bitcoin whales are scooping up dips like it's Black Friday.

Bitcoin's chilling around $87,571 today, down 1.32%, after hitting that epic $108,316 peak on December 17, as the Straits Times reports. It's fizzled a bit, eyeing a first monthly drop in four months per Bloomberg data, with $1.5 billion yanked from US spot Bitcoin ETFs since Trump's election win. But hold up—whales are buying the decline, and Capital Street FX sees upside potential to $100k+ next week if it holds support, fueled by Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20 promising a US Bitcoin reserve. Massive options expiry today on Deribit—$14 billion in BTC notional, $3.8 billion in Ether—could spark volatility, says FalconX.

Ethereum's at $2,933, down 1.14%, but Sharplink CEO predicts its DeFi TVL exploding tenfold by 2026, per Binance. Capital Street FX notes institutional demand surging with Layer 2s like Optimism and Arbitrum boosting scalability—watch for a breakout above $3,500. Tether's rock-solid at $0.999, audits from top firms building trust amid volatility.

Altcoin action? Cardano's ADA at $0.3535, down slightly, but gearing up for Mithril protocol launch to supercharge staking and smart contracts, plus emerging market partnerships, according to Capital Street FX. Outperformers like TRU up 37%, AT 34%, and KAITO 23% steal the show on Binance. Plasma's popping 8.19% to $0.1467 on Traders Union, while Crypto ZX on YouTube flags Bitcoin dominance climbing, altcoins like SOL at $123 and DOGE at $0.1226 lagging but poised for rebound.

Big week ahead: Fed meeting January 22, Q4 GDP on 24th, SEC ETF nods on 25th, ECB on 27th—all per Capital Street FX. Bitwise CIO even eyes BTC at $1.3 million by 2035. China's regulators dropped a digital finance plan, and US SEC-CFTC collab brews.

Thanks for tuning in, buddies—catch you next week for more! This has been a Quiet Please production—for me, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Stay stacked!

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