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.

Bitcoin has underperformed U.S. tech stocks in H2 2025, with the Nasdaq up 17% while BTC fell about 15%, and last week slipping from $94k to below $90k. CPI arrives Thursday (18th) and the BoJ decision Friday (19th December), with Glassnode highlighting a $85.5–$87k liquidation zone and $83k as U.S. spot ETF cost basis, as $94k stands as heavy resistance.

Macro-focused analysts warn Bitcoin could slide toward the $70,000 area if the Bank of Japan raises interest rates on Dec. 19. According to AndrewBTC, past BoJ hikes in 2024–2025 lined up with drawdowns of roughly 23%, 26%, and 31%, while traders also note a bear flag after November's drop from $105,000–$110,000.

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.

On December 15, Bitcoin extended its recent pullback while shares of Strategy (MSTR) dropped 7.29% to $163.55 on heavy trading volume. During the second and third quarters of 2025, the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which oversees about $284 billion in assets, increased its MSTR position to roughly 0.10% of the company, valued at around $113.8 million, even as the stock remained highly correlated with Bitcoin's volatility.

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.

Bitcoin extended its slide on Monday, trading near $86,000 as the Coinbase Premium Index moved back below zero. The sub-zero reading points to softer U.S. buying interest amid rising volatility, while failed attempts to reclaim $92,000 and derisking in futures add to caution. A retest of the $82K–$84K area remains a risk if sentiment does not improve.

Bitcoin adviser and author Terence Michael cautioned the community after a client who had saved for years lost 1 BTC to a romance-style pig-butchering scam. In a post on X, he described how social engineering prevailed despite multi-signature safeguards and advisory interventions. The case underscores limits of custody tools when victims authorize transfers.