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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.

XRP continues to attract institutional capital, with Spot XRP ETFs posting 19 consecutive days of inflows and $20.17 million added on Friday. Cumulative inflows stand at $990.91 million and AUM is $1.18 billion, while Spot Ethereum ETFs saw $19.41 million of outflows last week. Despite upbeat sentiment, XRP's price remains near $2, highlighting a disconnect between demand and spot performance.

On Monday, Bitcoin fell under $86,000 while smaller traders accumulated roughly $474 million in buy volume as larger holders offloaded about $2.78 billion in BTC. Onchain and order flow data indicate whales remain dominant on the sell side and short‑term holders are realizing losses, leaving price exposed to potential retests of $83,800 and possibly $80,600.

On December 15, CME Group introduced spot-priced XRP and SOL futures, with contracts stated to become effective on December 15, 2025. The products expand its U.S. crypto suite alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and feature longer expirations to reduce rollovers. CME cited more than 1.3 million Spot-Quoted Bitcoin and Ether contracts traded since June.