Digital Assets Decoded: Fed Drama, Bear Squeezes, and Whale Moves in Crypto Markets

Digital Assets Decoded: Your Daily Crypto Guide podcast.

Hey folks, Crypto Willy here with your **Digital Assets Decoded: Your Daily Crypto Guide** for the wild week leading up to December 16, 2025. Buckle up—it's been a rollercoaster of Fed drama, bear squeezes, and whale moves that kept us all glued to our screens.

Kicking off on December 9, the market dipped 1.2% overall, with Bitcoin sliding 1.1% to $90,480 and Ethereum barely budging at a 0.3% drop to $3,122, per WEEX Crypto News. Tron tanked 2.1% to $0.2811, Solana fell 1.9% to $133, and Hyperliquid cratered 6.1% to $28.2. Blame it on Fed rate cut jitters—everyone's eyeing that $91,000 BTC resistance, as Nansen's Aurelie Barthere pointed out. Bitcoin ETFs saw $60.48 million outflows, but BlackRock scooped up $28.76 million, while Grayscale and Fidelity bled cash.

Michael Saylor's Strategy crushed it, snapping up 10,624 BTC for $962.7 million at $90,615 a pop—his biggest H2 bet yet, according to 99Bitcoins. Then BAM, Fed Chair Jerome Powell dropped a 25-basis-point cut on December 10 to 3.50%-3.75%, but crypto swung wildly near $94K without much lift, CoinDesk reports. Analysts like those at The Street eyed a $100K Bitcoin rebound post-decision.

Fast-forward to December 14: Aurpay's analysis nailed the vibe—BTC consolidating around $92K pivot after November's liquidity crash from $126K highs. Puell Multiple screamed "buy" with miner capitulation, whales accumulating amid Extreme Fear at 23 on the Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Spot BTC ETFs flipped positive with $151.74 million inflows that week.

By December 16, the bear grip tightened—75 of the top 100 coins trading below 50- and 200-day SMAs, CoinDesk warns, worse than Nasdaq's 29%. XRP tumbled 7% below $2 to $1.88 in a $660M liquidation bloodbath, DailyForex says. BNB Chain's teasing a new stablecoin for liquidity boosts, and whispers of PIPPIN's rug pull suspicions wiped $3.65 billion in hours. Binance Research recaps November's 15.43% market cap plunge, but hints at holiday dip-buying rebounds. Crypto ATMs? Projected to hit $356.72 million in 2025, IFC Review notes.

PlanB's YouTube drop below $100K has us pondering the next leg up into 2026, especially with Kevin Hassett eyed as Fed Chair.

Whew, what a week—volatility's the name of the game, but institutions are stacking sats like pros. 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 bullish!

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