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This week's recap
- The crypto market ends the week with a complete market capitalization of $2.99 trillion.
- Bitcoin’s trading price fell to around $88,500.
- Ethereum lost over 3% and was trading at around $2,900.
- XRP is down 4%, Solana is down 3%, and Dogecoin is down 3%.
- With a number of exceptions, just about all altcoins are trading within the red.
- In the DeFi sector, the overall value locked (TVL) fell to around $119 billion.
Crypto Trends December 15 – 21, 2025: Market Analysis and Performance
The crypto market is anticipated to finish the yr with a disappointing downward trend. Last week, most cryptocurrencies lost invaluable gains as investors closed their wallets and liquidity continued to flow out of the market. As a result, the overall market capitalization fell back below the $3 trillion threshold, albeit only barely.
Bitcoin attempted to climb above $90,000 once this week. However, the bears quickly pushed it back by not less than $1,000. The king of cryptocurrencies saw his goal of ending the yr with $100,000 completely squandered. Meanwhile, analysts consider BTC will likely be lucky if it trades above $85,000 in 2025.
Ethereum has also lost a very important support level in recent days. The second-largest cryptocurrency fell below $3,000 because it aligned with the market's overall bearish trend. Analysts are pessimistic about developments over the following two weeks and consider a return above $3,000 is unlikely.
Altcoins and DeFi
Most altcoins are trading within the red, although there are some notable exceptions. For example, XRP is down 4%, Solana is down 2%, Cardano is down 9%, Avalanche is down 6%, Sui is down 8%, Chainlink is down 7%, and TRON is up 4%. On the opposite hand, Zcash is up 7%.
There were also some interesting developments with memecoins. For example, Dogecoin is down 3%, Shiba Inu is down 10%, and Pepecoin is down 3%.
The Metaverse sector has also seen notable moves over the past week. For example, Axie Infinity is down 13%, The Sandbox is down 8%, and Floki is down 9%. Meanwhile, Decentraland is down 9%, Render is down 16% and ApeCoin is down 11%. Stacks decreased by 12% and virtuals decreased by 10%. Meanwhile, MultiversX fell 9%.
The DeFi sector lost almost $2 billion of the overall value locked in protocols (TVL), bringing the overall to about $119.13 billion.
Crypto Market Analysis – What’s New?
- Terraform Labs sued Jump Trading for $4 billion over an alleged $1 billion benefit from Terra's collapse.
Crypto market forecast for next week
The crypto market is coming under the overwhelming control of the bears with each passing day. Most cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, are removed from the degrees they reached in October. Some have lost invaluable support levels, stopping them from resisting the present downtrend or recovering. From the looks of things, the top of the yr will likely be drowned in negativity and FUD.
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