Bitcoin is rallying ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision, with the market’s next move likely to hinge on today’s FOMC meeting.
By John Isige Elon Musk, a well-known Dogecoin supporter, plans to take his company SpaceX public and is targeting a valuation of around 1.5 trillion US dollars. This could have a positive impact on DOGE.
By John Isige The XRP/USD pair is trading within a medium-term downtrend, forming the corresponding channel. This week, the price attempted a corrective move amid expectations of another Federal Reserve rate cut, testing 2.1484 (Murray level [3/8]), supported by the middle Bollinger Band, but has not yet managed to break above it.
By John Isige The ETH/USD pair continues to form a medium-term bearish trend, but since last week the price has stabilized in a sideways range of 3125.00–2980.00 (Murray level [2/8], 50.0% Fibonacci correction, the middle line of Bollinger Bands), where it remains currently.
By Andrew Bennett USPD has published a recovery roadmap following the December 4 exploit that allowed an attacker to mint 98 million USPD and drain about $1 million in stETH from the protocol. The team said the incident was caused by a hidden proxy deployment, and announced that USPD V1 is permanently shut down. A full rebuild, compensation model and a new V2 release are now planned for early 2026.
By John Isige Last week, the BTC/USD pair showed mixed price action, spending most of its time trading within the 93,750.00–87,500.00 range (Murray level [3/8], Fibonacci 61.8% correction – Murray level [2/8]).
By Andrew Bennett The approval of the first spot Bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds has permanently reshaped the market. After the launch of the first Bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, institutional investors gained direct access to Bitcoin for the first time. The impact was immediate: IBIT became the most successful ETF product in stock market history and, for its manager BlackRock, the most profitable financial instrument. Today, the total assets under management across all Bitcoin ETFs exceed 120 billion USD, and the influx of capital is expected to accelerate in 2026.
By John Isige This week, most digital assets saw a sharp downside correction but then managed to recover lost ground: BTC is trading around 92200.00 (+1.2%), ETH is near 3170.00 (+4.8%), USDT holds close to 1.0002 (+0.03%), XRP is at 2.1000 (–4.1%), and BNB is around 900.00 (+1.3%). The total crypto market capitalization at the end of the week stands at 3.14 trillion dollars, with Bitcoin’s dominance at 58.7%. Over the same period, Bitcoin ETF balances fell by 142.5 million dollars, while Ethereum ETFs saw inflows of 9.8 million dollars.
By John Isige Bitcoin is barely holding the $92,000 level, as both macroeconomic pressures and industry-specific developments weigh on the market.
For crypto, the framework is similar to traditional financial markets but comes with its own twist. Here, price action turns on liquidity, adoption, regulation, and flows from institutions alongside retail sentiment. Network health—hash rate, staking, active wallets—adds another layer. Macro still matters too: rates, dollar strength, and risk appetite shape inflows and outflows. Then, as with any market, you use the chart—trend, support and resistance, momentum, and volume—to spot setups and manage risk.
