Bitcoin pulled back from the $92,500 area and briefly dropped under $88,000 before rebounding toward $90,000. The price is still trading below $90,000 and the 100-hour Simple Moving Average, facing major resistance near $90,500–$90,650 and higher hurdles at $92,000 and $92,500. If buyers cannot push BTC above $90,500, support levels around $88,550, $88,000 and $87,500 could be retested, with further downside risk toward $86,500 and $85,000.

Offshore yuan bond issuance has reached about 870 billion yuan ($123 billion) in 2025, marking a new annual peak after eight straight years of expansion. Issuers are increasingly selling long‑dated dim sum bonds to lock in China's relatively low interest rates, while investors rebalance away from dollar assets amid yuan appreciation. Policy measures such as the July expansion of Southbound Bond Connect are also supporting wider participation and sustained demand for yuan-denominated debt.

Privacy-focused tokens such as Zcash have sharply appreciated in recent months, while venture firms highlight privacy as a core focus area for 2026. Investors argue that institutional traders, traditional finance and everyday users increasingly need confidential onchain activity, even as regulatory uncertainty and usability challenges still threaten broader adoption.

Mantra’s OM token has lost over 99% of its value in 2025 after an April crash, with the project team and exchange OKX trading accusations over what caused the collapse. OKX alleged the team borrowed large amounts of USDT using OM as collateral to inflate the token price before liquidations triggered heavy selling, while Mantra’s CEO denied any ongoing legal battle with the exchange as the project prepares to migrate OM to MANTRA by 15 January 2026.

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token remained in a broader downtrend while trading within a tight range between $27.22 and $29.88 on lower timeframes. Analysis of price structure, order flow, and liquidation data suggested that liquidity near $31 and around $26.5 could drive the next directional move.

On Saturday, a social media discussion examined what might happen if a future quantum computer cracked Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin wallets holding about 1.1 million BTC and forced those coins onto the market. Participants highlighted that older pay-to-public-key addresses, including Satoshi's, reveal full public keys on-chain and are therefore more exposed to a quantum attack. Several experts argued Bitcoin likely has decades to move to quantum-safe addresses, suggesting the greater risk is a sharp price shock if large legacy holdings were suddenly spent.

A large holder rotated 1,969 BTC, valued at $177.9 million, into 58,149 ETH worth $181.4 million, signaling a shift from Bitcoin into Ethereum. Ethereum traded near $3,118 after a recent rejection at $3.4k, while fund premiums turned positive and exchange netflows stayed negative as investors accumulated, yet overall market structure remained bearish.

Veteran trader Peter Brandt has outlined two potential downside zones for Bitcoin, signaling targets near $81,852 and $59,403 per BTC. Ripple completed a $500 million share sale at a $40 billion valuation, while Bitcoin and XRP gained Wall Street exposure via Bitwise’s 10 Crypto Index Fund listing on NYSE Arca. Shiba Inu saw a surge in whale transfers, a 1.06 trillion SHIB rise on exchanges and an eight-trillion-token outflow from centralized platforms, pointing to shifting volatility and positioning.