Did BTC's Santa rally start at $89K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

A Santa rally for Bitcoin and risk assets stayed on the cards as the markets prepared for the last Fed interest-rate decision of 2025.

A Santa rally for Bitcoin and risk assets stayed on the cards as the markets prepared for the last Fed interest-rate decision of 2025.

CoinShares said tokenized RWAs jumped 229% in 2025, led by US Treasurys, and it expects dollar-yield demand to keep driving onchain growth into 2026.

Bybit plans deeper USDC adoption for trading and payments, with the stablecoin βalready embeddedβ across its ecosystem.

ETHβs price rising to $3,000 drove whales to open 136,433 ETH long bets, as technical indicators suggest a short-term ETH price rally toward $4,000.

Coinbase has reopened India app registrations, with local fiat on-ramps planned for 2026 following a rocky exit more than two years ago.

Binanceβs international operations and liquidity will now be supervised end-to-end by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority in the financial free zone in Abu Dhabi.

Decentralized messengers shift security beyond encryption by reducing metadata, limiting data requests and preparing for post-quantum threats.

ZKsync says the first Ethereum zero-knowledge rollup blockchain will have an βorderly sunsetβ next year, as it has served its purpose.

Bitcoin is holding a critical Fibonacci support level, but analysts warned that a break could trigger losses down to April lows of $76,000.

The digital bank now offers BTC, ETH, SOL and more via a secure app integration with US fintech firm Alpaca.

It was only last month when Jack Mallers, CEO of Bitcoin payments company Strike, accused JPMorgan of closing his personal accounts without explanation.

Robinhood acquired an Indonesian brokerage and digital asset trading firm to access a market with 17 million crypto investors.

Cryptocurrency and blockchain did not receive a mention in Donald Trumpβs national security priorities, despite the presidentβs desire for the US to become a hub for crypto.

Buterin proposed a system akin to prediction markets for gas fees, to provide Ethereum users with a means to hedge against future network fee volatility.Β

Bittensorβs first token halving is scheduled for Dec. 14, reducing TAO issuance by half as the AI-focused network adopts a Bitcoin-style fixed supply model.

The asset managerβs EPXC fund tokenizes a cash-secured put-writing strategy, signaling deeper integration between traditional market products and blockchain.

Crypto venture funding was weak in November, with only a few major raises driving totals, as overall deal activity reached one of its lowest points this year.

Bitcoin saw snap downside toward the weekly close with $87,000 back on the radar ahead of an important Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.

Bitcoin Cash has outpaced every major L1 in 2025, boosted by clean supply dynamics and renewed investor demand.

BPCE will let millions of customers buy and sell BTC, ETH, SOL and USDC directly inside its banking apps.