Bitcoin has been sliding lower after repeatedly failing to break the $95K resistance, keeping price action choppy and biased to the downside. Technical indicators on both the daily and 4-hour charts show BTC trading within bearish structures, with $88K as a key near-term support and a broader demand area around $80K. On-chain aSOPR is trending toward the 1.0 threshold, suggesting that a decisive break lower could trigger loss-taking and potential capitulation before any rebound.

On 15 December 2025, Strategy, the company previously known as MicroStrategy, disclosed a new weekly purchase of 10,645 BTC for $980.3 million at an average price of $92,098 per coin. With this acquisition, its Bitcoin stash has risen to 671,268 BTC, accumulated for about $50.33 billion at an average cost of $74,972. The deal was financed via several equity offerings, even as the firm faces potential MSCI index exclusion and ongoing crypto market volatility.

On December 15, a Form 8-K showed Strategy acquired 10,645 BTC between December 8 and December 14, spending $980.3 million at an average price of $92,098, funded via equity and preferred stock offerings. The firm's holdings rose to 671,268 BTC, and it recently set up a $1.44 billion cash reserve to cover dividend and debt interest obligations.

Metaplanet will hold an online extraordinary general meeting on December 22, where shareholders will vote on proposals shaping its Bitcoin strategy and capital structure. The stock has been consolidating around ¥430–440, with RSI in the upper‑50s and MACD turning positive as investors wait for clarity.

AI-derived forecasts indicate Bitcoin could average $91,040 on December 25, 2025, a 1.31% rise from the current $89.863. The projection aggregates outputs from Claude Sonnet 4, ChatGPT, and Gemini 2.5 Flash, while technical readings (RSI 44 and a sub-midpoint stochastic) point to subdued momentum.

On Monday, Bitcoin traded near $89,000 after slipping less than 1% over the past 24 hours, according to the article. The 4-hour view highlights RSI at 42 and converging MACD lines, with $90k and $94k as resistance and $85,569 noted as a key support area.

On December 15, Bitcoin's hash rate was recorded at 876.4 EH/s, down from about 930.06 EH/s on December 14 and from roughly 1.27 ZH/s a week earlier, reflecting a sharp pullback in network computing power. The decline has been linked to enforcement actions against mining operations in China's Xinjiang region, where an estimated 400,000 ASIC machines producing around 80‑100 EH/s were reportedly switched off. During the same period, Bitcoin traded near $89,930 after losing the $90,000 support level, with the price slipping about 0.1% in 24 hours and more than 2% over the week.

Copper's latest research argues that Bitcoin's traditional four-year halving pattern has been superseded by a new "cost-basis returns" regime driven by spot ETFs, with three post-launch cycles each topping 60% gains. With BTC now trading close to an $84,000 ETF investor cost basis, Copper's head of research suggests this pattern could support a move toward $138,000–$148,000 over the next 180 days, while other analysts warn that fading ETF inflows and macro headwinds may limit upside.