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U.S. bitcoin ETF AUM fell less than 4% despite a 36% price correction from the October high.

BTC rose to $88,000 after the Bank of Japan raised interest rates. The increase, seen as a potential risk-off trigger, failed to spark a flight into the yen.

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The U.S. inflation slowdown data led to a frenzy in the U.S. stock market, but it could not prevent Bitcoin from falling below the $86,000 mark, with the entire cryptocurrency market cap evaporating again during overnight trading. According to HTX market information on December 19, in the overnight market, Bitcoin fell below $85,000, reaching a low of $84,450. Ethereum briefly dropped below $2,800, while SOL fell below $120. The total global cryptocurrency market cap fell below the $3 trillion mark during the overnight plunge.

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$2.93 trillion, this is the latest figure for the Federal Reserve's reserve balance as of the week ending December 18, a sharp decrease of $40.1 billion from the previous week, reaching the lowest point since early December. This shrinking number on the Federal Reserve's balance sheet has evolved from a technical indicator into the eye of a storm concerning global market liquidity. The reserve balance in the banking system has declined from about $3.2 trillion at the end of June 2025, with a cumulative decrease of approximately $270 billion over six months, since September.

Net inflow to Bitcoin exchanges has reached a peak stage, and the upcoming interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan, along with the Federal Reserve's indecisive policies, is triggering a comprehensive sentiment reversal in the cryptocurrency market. On December 18, the funding rates of current mainstream centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges indicate that the market remains broadly bearish. Behind this phenomenon is the fact that the price of Bitcoin has fallen back to around $85,600, and Ethereum has lost the $3,000 mark, while the driving factors have shifted from purely market

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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao painted a shocking picture of the industry in a year-end Q&A—current cryptocurrency market penetration may be less than 1%, and the future of artificial intelligence and robotics will have to choose cryptocurrency as a medium of value exchange. Changpeng Zhao is currently allocating his time mainly across four areas: leading the educational project Giggle Academy, mentoring entrepreneurs through YZi Labs, developing the BNB ecosystem, and providing blockchain and additional services to multiple governments.

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The US dollar plummeted in the short term, while gold surged rapidly, as a flawed inflation report dropped a bombshell in the year-end financial market. On the evening of December 18, Eastern Time, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released data showing that the unadjusted CPI year-on-year rate for November was 2.7%, far below the market expectation of 3.1%. Equally surprising was the unadjusted core CPI year-on-year rate, which was only 2.6%, not only falling short of the expected 3% but also marking the lowest level since March 2021. This inflation report