Despite the several consecutive all-time highs registered in 2025, bitcoin\u2019s price ultimately closed below its starting price, which was the first such occasion in a post-halving year.<\/p>\n
The cryptocurrency\u2019s price actions have been choppy and uncertain for several weeks. It dipped to a local low of $84,500 on December 19, shortly after the US CPI numbers for November came out, but quickly tightened its trading range. In the following ten days or so, it stood between $90,500 and $86,500.<\/p>\n
It tried to take down the upper boundary on at least three occasions since then, but each attempt was met with an immediate rejection and a subsequent retracement to the lower boundary. The current business week began similarly, as BTC spiked to $90,500, where the bears stepped up<\/a> and pushed it south to under $87,000.<\/p>\n The bulls intercepted the move and provided an immediate relief rally to $88,000. Sideways action continued in the following days, but BTC ultimately closed 2025 below $88,000, which was a 6-7% yearly decline. January 1 was expectedly a dull trading day, but bitcoin went on the offensive earlier today.<\/p>\n It tapped $90,000 once again, only to be stopped and driven south by a grand and a half. Nevertheless, it has managed to bounce off and now sits above $89,000. This means that it\u2019s over 2% up weekly, but its market cap has declined by 0.6% weekly as most alts have marked bigger gains since last Friday.<\/p>\n These include ETH, BNB, SOL, and ADA, all of which are up by 5-6%. DOGE has risen by more than 9%, and so has ZEC. XMR, HYPE, and BCH are among the few alts in the red weekly.<\/p>\n <\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview Weekly Jan 2. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\n Market Cap: $3.110T | 24H Vol: $100B | BTC Dominance: 57.1%<\/p>\n BTC: $89,300 (+2.3%) | ETH: $3,080 (+5.5%) | XRP: $1.92 (+3.8%)<\/p>\n Bitcoin (BTC) Breaks History: First Post-Halving Year Ends in the Red<\/strong>. As explained above, BTC finished<\/a> 2025 in the red. While that\u2019s not a first, it did break history as bitcoin had never ended a post-halving year with a negative performance until now.<\/p>\n The $10,000 Trump Trade: What Actually Made Money Since Inauguration Day<\/strong>. Trump re-entered the White House on the white crypto horse due to his multiple promises. However, data from almost a year later shows<\/a> that none of the larger-cap digital assets were in the green, unlike the US stock market or, even better, the precious metal industry.<\/p>\n Ethereum Suffered Worst Year Since 2018: 9 Red Months in 2025<\/strong>. The second-largest cryptocurrency also tapped a new all-time high in 2025, but its overall performance was quite the opposite. It saw nine monthly closures<\/a> in the red, which made it its worst year since 2018.<\/p>\n Tether Confirms $779M Bitcoin Purchase Despite Weak Market Momentum<\/strong>. The Paolo Ardoino-led stablecoin giant continues to accumulate BTC on a frequent basis, buying 8,888.8888888 units in Q4 2025. Strategy also announced<\/a> a substantial bitcoin purchase last week, while Metaplanet returned<\/a> to the BTC accumulation scene after a brief hiatus.<\/p>\n Bitcoin Set for Range-Bound 2026: Analysts Predict Trading Between $80K and $140K<\/strong>. Now that 2025 is in the history books, analysts have turned to BTC\u2019s performance in 2026. An assessment published<\/a> by XWIN Research Japan predicted that the cryptocurrency will trade between $80,000 and $140,000 during the new year.<\/p>\n BitMine Doubles Down on Ethereum as Markets Cool into Year-End.\u00a0<\/strong>Just like BTC, the sluggish performance of ETH has not deterred its biggest accumulator from adding more to its stash. Recent on-chain data indicated<\/a> that BitMine had bought another 32,938 ETH and staked almost 120,000 tokens.<\/p>\n The post Metaplanet Resumes BTC Accumulation, Strategy and Tether Buy More, but Bitcoin Ended 2025 in Red: Weekly Crypto Recap<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite the several consecutive all-time highs registered in 2025, bitcoin\u2019s price ultimately closed below its starting price, which was the first such occasion in a post-halving year. The cryptocurrency\u2019s price actions have been choppy and uncertain for several weeks. It dipped to a local low of $84,500 on December 19, shortly after the US CPI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":124285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Market Data<\/h2>\n
This Week\u2019s Crypto Headlines You Can\u2019t Miss<\/h2>\n
![<\/a>Cryptocurrency Market Overview Weekly Jan 2. Source: QuantifyCrypto<\/p>\nMarket Cap: $3.110T | 24H Vol: $100B | BTC Dominance: 57.1%<\/p>\nBTC: $89,300 (+2.3%) | ETH: $3,080 (+5.5%) | XRP: $1.92 (+3.8%)<\/p>\nThis Week\u2019s Crypto Headlines You Can\u2019t Miss<\/h2>\nBitcoin (BTC) Breaks History: First Post-Halving Year Ends in the Red<\/strong>. As explained above, BTC finished<\/a> 2025 in the red. While that\u2019s not a first, it did break history as bitcoin had never ended a post-halving year with a negative performance until now.<\/p>\nThe $10,000 Trump Trade: What Actually Made Money Since Inauguration Day<\/strong>. Trump re-entered the White House on the white crypto horse due to his multiple promises. However, data from almost a year later shows<\/a> that none of the larger-cap digital assets were in the green, unlike the US stock market or, even better, the precious metal industry.<\/p>\nEthereum Suffered Worst Year Since 2018: 9 Red Months in 2025<\/strong>. The second-largest cryptocurrency also tapped a new all-time high in 2025, but its overall performance was quite the opposite. It saw nine monthly closures<\/a> in the red, which made it its worst year since 2018.<\/p>\nTether Confirms $779M Bitcoin Purchase Despite Weak Market Momentum<\/strong>. The Paolo Ardoino-led stablecoin giant continues to accumulate BTC on a frequent basis, buying 8,888.8888888 units in Q4 2025. Strategy also announced<\/a> a substantial bitcoin purchase last week, while Metaplanet returned<\/a> to the BTC accumulation scene after a brief hiatus.<\/p>\nBitcoin Set for Range-Bound 2026: Analysts Predict Trading Between $80K and $140K<\/strong>. Now that 2025 is in the history books, analysts have turned to BTC\u2019s performance in 2026. An assessment published<\/a> by XWIN Research Japan predicted that the cryptocurrency will trade between $80,000 and $140,000 during the new year.<\/p>\nBitMine Doubles Down on Ethereum as Markets Cool into Year-End.\u00a0<\/strong>Just like BTC, the sluggish performance of ETH has not deterred its biggest accumulator from adding more to its stash. Recent on-chain data indicated<\/a> that BitMine had bought another 32,938 ETH and staked almost 120,000 tokens.<\/p>\nThe post Metaplanet Resumes BTC Accumulation, Strategy and Tether Buy More, but Bitcoin Ended 2025 in Red: Weekly Crypto Recap<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the several consecutive all-time highs registered in 2025, bitcoin\u2019s price ultimately closed below its starting price, which was the first such occasion in a post-halving year. The cryptocurrency\u2019s price actions have been choppy and uncertain for several weeks. It dipped to a local low of $84,500 on December 19, shortly after the US CPI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":124285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-02-173543.png\"){kind=link}