Thin Holiday Liquidity Lifts Crypto, But The Tape Still Looks Fragile
Key Points
- Majors are green, but ETF outflows and shrinking open interest show caution.
- Bitcoin is firm on the 4-hour, yet daily and weekly charts still cap rallies.
- Zcash is rising on privacy usage and a trust filing, while Flow’s exploit shows altcoin tail risk.
Bitcoin traded near $89,595 (+2.16%) on $2.7B in BTC perpetual notional. Ether was $3,017.78 (+2.74%) on $2.08B.
Solana rose to $127.65 (+2.65%), XRP to $1.8949 (+1.39%), and Zcash to $52.783 (+1.93%) on $83.24M. Litecoin lagged at $79.18 (-0.63%).
Outliers: ONT (+21.84%), SQD (+16.31%), XPL (+10.22%); losers: FLOW (-18.71%), STORJ (-12.99%), ZKP (-10.31%), NTRN (-7.10%).
A big part of the bounce is the calendar. One market-making desk said liquidity was “thinning meaningfully” into the holidays. In the same overnight window, BTC perpetual open interest fell $3B and ETH perpetual open interest $2B, amplifying moves.
ETF flows stayed negative. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw -$782.0M net outflows across Dec. 22, 23, 24 and 26, including -$275.9M on Dec. 26.
Ether ETFs were -$102.4M over the same dates, including -$38.7M on Dec. 26. Solana’s flows were small: +$13.1M across Dec. 22–24, then flat on Dec. 26.
Mixed Signals Keep Bitcoin on Edge
Technicals are split. On the 4-hour, BTC RSI was 63.59; resistance ~$91,000; supports $89,345, $89,118, $88,842, $88,450. On the daily, RSI was 51.29; resistance $91,878 and $94,001; long-term average $107,197.
On the weekly, RSI was 39.48 (RSI avg 44.86) and MACD stayed negative; resistance $91,186, $95,634, $99,519–$100,353; supports $86,358 and $79,458; long-term line $57,057.
Cointelegraph said Bitcoin needs a 6.24% rally above $93,374 to close 2025 positive, and noted mining difficulty at new highs with another rise forecast in January.
It also reported Bitmine bought 98,852 ETH in a week at $2,991 on average, taking holdings above 4 million ETH, alongside signs of net-long positioning.
Zcash matters because its shielded supply share rose to 23% from roughly 8% earlier in 2025, even as regulators push for more visibility, and a Grayscale Zcash Trust filing dated Nov. 26 adds an access narrative.
Flow showed the downside: a reported ~$3.9M execution-layer exploit and rollback debate preceded a steep drop. For now, it trades like leveraged risk: strong hours, fragile foundations.
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| Instrument | Last | Change | YoY | Prev. | High | Low | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | 63,384 | -0.26% | -47.24% | 63,552 | 64,346 | 63,305 | 22,774,743,040 |
| ETH | 1,886 | +0.26% | -58.90% | 1,881 | 1,920 | 1,879 | 7,916,475,392 |
| SOL | 75.89 | -0.40% | -60.44% | 76.20 | 76.99 | 75.39 | 1,473,821,056 |
| XRP | 1.01 | -1.15% | -69.07% | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1,144,044,416 |
| BNB | 609.60 | -1.12% | -26.81% | 616.50 | 619.30 | 609.23 | 1,266,706,432 |
| ADA | 0.18 | -1.98% | -78.22% | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 238,085,632 |
| DOGE | 0.07 | -1.56% | -70.00% | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 553,256,192 |
| AVAX | 6.38 | +1.04% | -74.11% | 6.32 | 6.42 | 6.21 | 248,470,560 |
| LINK | 8.77 | -0.06% | -62.73% | 8.77 | 8.87 | 8.68 | 317,054,880 |
| DOT | 0.78 | -0.75% | -81.11% | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 43,490,492 |
| LTC | 45.08 | -0.85% | -65.45% | 45.47 | 45.59 | 44.98 | 143,727,712 |
| BCH | 213.85 | +0.10% | -65.44% | 213.64 | 215.69 | 212.54 | 137,956,688 |
| TRX | 0.34 | +0.28% | -4.73% | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 436,576,064 |
| XLM | 0.16 | -1.33% | -64.46% | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 89,559,864 |
| HBAR | 0.07 | -0.53% | -74.67% | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 22,546,186 |
| NEAR | 1.65 | +2.42% | -40.55% | 1.62 | 1.68 | 1.61 | 187,591,264 |
| ATOM | 1.40 | -2.36% | -70.15% | 1.44 | 1.44 | 1.40 | 18,626,964 |
| AAVE | 89.06 | +0.93% | -72.33% | 88.24 | 90.20 | 88.19 | 129,099,704 |
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