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While mass capital dehydration occurred-$23.6 billion in Bitcoin and $3.8 billion in Ethereum-order reigned supreme, passing without the slightest fuss. Bitcoin kept to its modest dance around $88,000 to $89,000, and Ethereum preferred to lounge near $2,950 to $2,980, as if saying, “What’s the rush?” They ended the day around $88,500 and $2,960 respectively, both up a dainty 1.5% in the last 24 hours. Just enough to keep traders mildly interested-perhaps until post-holiday hangovers kick in. 🥂

In a recent tête-à-tête, Anatoly Popov, the Deputy Chairman of Sberbank (and possibly the world’s busiest man), confirmed that they’re looking into fancy new financial instruments. These innovations would allow them to dish out ruble loans while using crypto as collateral. You can almost hear the cash registers chiming in anticipation!

Fear & Greed index on December 26, 2025

The past week witnessed a deluge of institutional selling in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, with outflows nearing $825 million across eight consecutive trading days. This market behavior, still shackled by year-end tax strategies, resembles less a rational market and more a carnival of desperation.

As 2025 tiptoes towards the exit, BNB Chain has officially crowned itself the busiest Layer 1 blockchain, outpacing its nearest rivals by such a margin that they might be looking for binoculars. Freshly minted data from CryptoRank spills the beans: the network has been hosting an average of 4.32 million daily active wallets this year, widening the gap between it and the competitors like Solana and NEAR to a rather impressive chasm.

Key Takeaways (Or, “Why You Shouldn’t Panic-Sell Like a Noob”)

Key Cabals to Ponder

With 728,400 followers on X (formerly Twitter, now a digital cryptid), Kaleo claims the autumn of 2020 and today are two peas in the same pod of chaos. Both saw Bitcoin shatter a key support line-a red thread of fate-before retreating into a “mini-bart” (a term we assume is technical jargon for a bear trap or a very expensive coffee). Then, as now, stocks outperformed crypto, alts slumbered, and the eternal refrain of “Bitcoin is dead” echoed like a bad 2000s pop song. How quaint. How human.

Meanwhile, whispers echo that the U.S. has taken a keen interest in using electricity from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant for Bitcoin mining-a venture that would make a goldfish blush with envy. 🪙🔥

On Christmas Day, Bitcoin decided to give traders the gift of panic by plummeting faster than Santa’s sleigh after too many mince pies. The cryptocurrency briefly nosedived to $24,111 before bouncing back up, leaving everyone wondering if this was an early New Year’s prank or just Binance being Binance.