XRP bergerak flat hampir sepanjang 24 jam terakhir dan masih turun sekitar 16,8% dalam 30 hari terakhir. Grafiknya masih terlihat bearish, namun musim Natal 2025 ini membawa tiga dorongan positif yang nampaknya mencoba menarik kereta ke arah baru.
Ini bukan ajakan reli, melainkan hanya sebuah setup. Jika pembeli benar-benar masuk, ini bisa menjadi awal dari sesuatu yang menarik.
Momentum dan Money Flow Coba Ikut Paduan Suara Natal
Harga XRP bergerak turun sejak 4 November sampai 24 Desember, membentuk penurunan harga baru yang lebih rendah. Tapi, Relative Strength Index (RSI) yang mengukur momentum justru mencatatkan tingkat rendah yang lebih tinggi dalam periode yang sama. Pola ini disebut bullish divergence. Ini terjadi saat harga turun, namun momentum pelan-pelan menguat, dan biasanya muncul sebelum ada upaya pembalikan arah.
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Money Flow Index (MFI) yang mengukur volume dan arus dana juga menunjukkan divergence.
Antara 21 November sampai 18 Desember, harga turun, namun MFI justru meningkat. Ini memberi sinyal tekanan beli saat turun dan dana mulai masuk lagi meski harga masih ragu-ragu. Akibatnya, harga XRP mulai bangkit setelah 18 Desember.
Saat ini, MFI masih mempertahankan pola low lebih tinggi dibanding 21 November, meski harga sempat turun lagi. Selain itu, MFI sudah keluar dari area oversold yang dalam, menandakan narasi beli saat harga turun nampaknya muncul kembali di area potensi pembalikan arah.
Kedua sinyal ini mengisyaratkan penjual mulai kehilangan kendali. Memang belum ada konfirmasi, tapi semuanya seperti lagu Natal yang mulai terdengar pelan di balik layar.
Whale Kembali Seperti Rusa Kutub yang Hati-hati
Dua klaster whale mulai menambah XRP lagi, meski belum besar-besaran. Kelompok terbesar kedua yang memegang 100 juta sampai 1 miliar XRP, menaikkan kepemilikan dari 8,11 miliar XRP ke 8,23 miliar XRP mulai 22 Desember. Dengan harga sekarang, ini berarti perubahan sekitar US$150 juta.
Klaster berikutnya yang memegang 10 juta sampai 100 juta XRP bertambah dari 10,88 miliar menjadi 10,9 miliar XRP, meski agak terlambat di tanggal 23 Desember. Pada harga saat ini, ini sekitar penambahan US$50 juta.
Penambahan Whale Secara Perlahan | Sumber: Santiment
Pola ini belum seperti akumulasi agresif layaknya lonjakan di pertengahan Desember. Kali ini lebih hati-hati, mirip rusa kutub yang menguji salju sebelum berlari. Tapi, dengan whale kembali menambah di saat momentum membaik, upaya pembalikan arah mendapat dukungan lebih. Ini menunjukkan pemilik dana besar di pasar belum meninggalkan XRP di harga sekarang.
Level Harga XRP yang Bisa Meramaikan Pohon Natal
Jika harga XRP ingin benar-benar mengubah sinyal ini menjadi hasil nyata, harga perlu memanfaatkan peluang ini. Rintangan pertama ada di dekat US$1,98. Level ini selalu membatasi kenaikan harga sejak 15 Desember. Jika pembeli XRP bisa menembusnya, potensi naik ke zona US$2,12 menjadi terbuka. Di atas situ, US$2,23 akan jadi area pembuktian apakah pembeli hanya sekadar tamu saat liburan atau benar-benar niat.
Untuk sisi bawah, level kunci ada di US$1,77. Level ini menjadi support utama sejak 10 Oktober. Jika harga harian ditutup di bawah US$1,77, itu pertanda kereta dorong XRP tidak jadi terbang dan penjual masih menguasai suasana Natal.
Saat ini, XRP masih bertahan di atas US$1,77 dengan momentum yang perlahan membaik, arus dana yang tidak lagi keluar deras, dan whale yang mulai masuk lagi. Tidak ada satu pun dari faktor ini yang langsung membuat grafik jadi bullish. Tapi jika digabung, semuanya menciptakan peluang untuk perubahan tren jika harga mendukung.
Jika XRP bisa naik di atas US$1,98 dengan kuat, dorongan positif Natal dari bawah akan semakin terasa pengaruhnya. Tapi sebelum itu terjadi, kereta ini memang sudah mulai bergerak maju, namun belum benar-benar lepas landas.
XRP has been flat for most of the last 24 hours and remains down about 16.8% over the past 30 days. The chart still feels bearish, but this 2025 Christmas season brings three tailwinds that look like they are trying to pull the sleigh in a new direction.
It is not a rally call. It is a setup. If buyers follow through, this could be the start of something.
Momentum and Money Flow Try To Join The Christmas Choir
The XRP price has been trending lower between November 4 and December 24, forming clear lower lows. But the relative strength index (RSI), which measures momentum, has made higher lows in the same period. That is called a bullish divergence. It happens when the price goes down, but momentum quietly turns up, and it often appears before a reversal attempt.
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The money flow index (MFI), which tracks volume and inflows, is also showing a divergence.
Between November 21 and December 18, the price trended lower, but the MFI trended higher. That hints at dip-buying pressure and money rotating back in even while the price hesitated. In response, the XRP price began to rebound after December 18.
Currently, the MFI still maintains the higher low setup relative to November 21, despite the recent dip against the rising price. Plus, it has now moved out of deeply oversold territory, hinting at a resumption of dip-buying narrative, near the reversal zone.
Both signals suggest sellers could be losing authority. They are not confirmations, but they are Christmas carols humming under the surface.
Whales Return Like Cautious Reindeer
Two whale cohorts have resumed adding, but not dramatically. The second-largest cohort, holding between 100 million and 1 billion XRP, increased its holdings from 8.11 billion XRP to 8.23 billion XRP starting on December 22. At the current price, that is roughly a $150 million change.
The next cohort holding between 10 million and 100 million XRP increased from 10.88 billion XRP to 10.9 billion XRP, a tad late on December 23. At current prices, that is roughly a $50 million increase.
This is not aggressive accumulation like the mid-December spikes. It is cautious, like reindeer testing the snow before charging forward. Still, whales adding while momentum improves gives the reversal attempt a spine. It shows the market’s deepest pockets are not abandoning ship at current levels.
XRP Price Levels That Can Light Up The Christmas Tree
If the XRP price wants to turn these signals into real results, it needs to work with them. The first hurdle sits near $1.98. That level has capped every upside move since December 15. If XRP buyers can help clear it, a move into the $2.12 zone becomes possible. Above that, $2.23 is where buyers would prove they are more than holiday visitors.
On the downside, the key level is $1.77. That has acted as structural support since October 10. A daily close below $1.77 would signal the sleigh might not get off the ground and that sellers still own the season.
For now, XRP is holding above $1.77 with momentum slowly improving, money flow no longer bleeding out, and whales stepping back in. None of these turns the chart bullish on its own. Together, they set the stage for a potential trend change if the price cooperates.
If XRP climbs above $1.98 with strength, the Christmas tailwinds pushing from underneath might get loud enough to matter. Until then, the sleigh is pulling forward, but it has not taken flight.
Bitcoin sebagian besar mengabaikan sinyal ekonomi makro yang seharusnya mendukung. CPI AS turun menjadi 2,7% pada Desember, menguatkan ekspektasi pemangkasan suku bunga, tapi Bitcoin tidak merespons. Alih-alih menarik modal baru, harga Bitcoin justru stagnan sementara dana berputar ke aset lain.
Ketidaksesuaian inilah yang membuat topik bear market Bitcoin kembali mencuat.
Direktur Global Macro dari Fidelity, Jurrien Timmer, baru-baru ini mewanti-wanti bahwa Bitcoin mungkin sudah mengakhiri siklus empat tahun terbarunya pada bulan Oktober, baik secara harga maupun waktu. Data on-chain dan pasar sejak saat itu semakin mendukung pandangan ini.
Data Menunjukkan Bitcoin Mungkin Sudah Masuk Bear Market
Berbagai indikator independen sekarang mengarah pada kesimpulan yang sama: modal mulai keluar, para holder dengan keyakinan tinggi mulai melepas kepemilikan, dan Bitcoin menerima risiko tanpa ada permintaan nyata.
Arus Masuk Stablecoin Anjlok sejak Puncak Siklus
Aliran stablecoin ke exchange biasanya menjadi ‘bahan bakar cadangan’ untuk reli kripto. Tapi, bahan bakar itu kini sudah lenyap.
Total arus masuk stablecoin ERC-20 ke exchange memuncak di sekitar 10,2 miliar pada 14 Agustus. Pada 24 Desember, arus masuk tersebut turun drastis menjadi sekitar 1,06 miliar, artinya berkurang hampir 90%.
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Puncak arus masuk bulan Agustus itu berdekatan dengan harga tertinggi Bitcoin pada bulan Oktober di atas US$125.000, yang juga menjadi periode yang disebut Timmer sebagai puncak siklus kemungkinan besar.
While I remain a secular bull on Bitcoin, my concern is that Bitcoin may well have ended another 4-year cycle halving phase, both in price and time. If we visually line up all the bull markets (green) we can see that the October high of $125k after 145 months of rallying fits… pic.twitter.com/Uxg9DTccnt
Sejak saat itu, modal baru belum kembali, mempertegas pandangan bahwa distribusi kini menggantikan akumulasi setelah puncak harga tercapai.
Holder Jangka Panjang Kini Jadi Penjual Agresif
Holder dengan keyakinan tinggi mulai menunjukkan perilaku berbeda setelah Oktober.
Perubahan posisi bersih holder jangka panjang Bitcoin berubah menjadi negatif tak lama setelah puncak siklus. Aksi jual meningkat dari sekitar 16.500 BTC per hari di akhir Oktober menjadi sekitar 279.000 BTC baru-baru ini. Ini merupakan kenaikan tekanan distribusi harian lebih dari 1.500%.
Holder BTC Jangka Panjang Melakukan Dump | Sumber: Glassnode
Ini sangat sejalan dengan tesis Timmer bahwa fase siklus halving empat tahun kemungkinan besar telah selesai di Oktober. Holder jangka panjang juga sepertinya sepakat, mereka justru mengurangi eksposur daripada mempertahankan harga.
Dominasi Bitcoin Naik, tapi Bukan karena Alasan Bullish
Dominasi Bitcoin naik lagi mendekati 57-59%, namun ini bukan sinyal risk-on.
Setelah rilis CPI yang lebih rendah, modal tidak mengalir ke Bitcoin. Dana justru mengarah ke aset lindung nilai tradisional. Dalam setahun terakhir, harga perak reli lebih dari 120%, sementara emas naik sekitar 65%. Di saat yang sama, pasar kripto lebih luas justru tertinggal jauh.
If you invested $10,000 in each asset at the start of 2025, you’d have:
Pergeseran arah modal ini menguatkan pandangan bahwa dominasi Bitcoin yang meningkat bukan karena minat risiko baru, melainkan karena modal keluar ke arah yang dianggap lebih aman di dalam pasar kripto.
Pandangan ini juga datang dari komentar pasar eksklusif yang dibagikan kepada BeInCrypto oleh Ray Youssef, founder sekaligus CEO NoOnes, yang menyoroti mengapa emas menjadi pemimpin trade debasement 2025 sementara Bitcoin masih sideways.
“While gold may clearly be winning the 2025 debasement trade on price performance, the comparison masks a more nuanced market reality. Gold’s recent run to new all-time highs and 67% YTD gains reflect classical defensive investor positioning as capital seeks certainty in a market environment defined by fiscal excess, geopolitical strain, and macro policy uncertainty. Increased central bank accumulation, a softer dollar, and persistent inflation risks have reinforced gold’s role as the market’s preferred defensive asset,” ujar Ray Youssef.
Youssef juga menyampaikan bahwa perilaku Bitcoin tahun ini sangat berbeda dengan narasi digital-gold.
“Bitcoin, by contrast, has recently failed to deliver on the hedge narrative. The asset has not traded like digital gold in 2025, owing to its heightened sensitivity to macroeconomic factors. BTC’s upside is now tied to liquidity expansion, sovereign policy clarity, and risk sentiment, rather than to monetary debasement alone,” papar Youssef.
Alamat Mega-Whale Nampaknya Mulai Turun Diam-Diam
Holder besar juga mulai mundur.
Jumlah alamat Bitcoin yang memegang lebih dari 10.000 BTC turun dari 92 pada awal Desember menjadi 88. Penurunan ini terjadi bersamaan dengan harga yang menurun dan bukan karena akumulasi.
Alamat-alamat ini sering mewakili pelaku institusi besar. Berkurangnya jumlahnya menambah konfirmasi tambahan bahwa smart money tidak sedang memposisikan diri secara agresif untuk kenaikan di sini.
Bitcoin Masih di Bawah Moving Average Jangka Panjang yang Penting
Moving average ini menjadi support secara teknikal dan psikologis. Gagal untuk mengatasinya lagi menandakan bahwa pasar sudah berubah dari kelanjutan tren ke risiko perubahan tren. Jika harga tetap di bawah level ini, sejarah mengarah ke zona penurunan yang lebih dalam di dekat range harga realisasi trader sekitar US$72.000.
Bitcoin is below its 365-day moving average ($102K), a key technical and psychological support level last broken at the start of the 2022 bear market.
If price fails to reclaim it, data suggest the next support lies near $72K, the Traders’ minimum realized price band. pic.twitter.com/VySVce5NY9
Semua sinyal ini sejalan dengan peringatan Timmer bahwa Bitcoin mungkin memang sudah memasuki fase bear-market atau sudah mendekatinya, meskipun harganya belum sepenuhnya mencerminkan situasi tersebut. Modal sudah mulai mengering, holder dengan keyakinan tinggi pun menjual, dominasi naik dengan cara defensif, dan kondisi ekonomi makro pun diabaikan.
Namun, tidak semua support siklus jangka panjang sudah patah. Sinyal kontra dan level-level penentu apakah ini akan menjadi bear market penuh atau transisi berkepanjangan akan dibahas selanjutnya.
Mengapa Skenario Bear Market Bitcoin Belum Sepenuhnya Selesai
Walau makin banyak bukti yang mengarah ke bear market Bitcoin, ada dua indikator siklus jangka panjang yang masih belum mendukung adanya penurunan struktural yang pasti.
Salah satu alasan mengapa kasus bear market Bitcoin belum mencapai kesimpulan, karena pasar menafsirkan perlambatan CPI secara berbeda. Biasanya, inflasi yang melandai bisa menguntungkan aset berisiko, namun respons saat ini menunjukkan investor lebih memilih keamanan dan likuiditas dibanding pertumbuhan.
Ini tidak berarti sinyal CPI salah. Mungkin sinyal ini hanya datang lebih awal, karena secara historis Bitcoin memang biasanya bereaksi belakangan setelah ekspektasi likuiditas benar-benar mengalir ke arus modal.
Indikator-indikator ini, serta yang akan kita bahas sebentar lagi, tidak meniadakan sinyal bearish di atas. Tetapi hal ini memberi alasan kenapa fase ini masih bisa menjadi transisi panjang dan bukan siklus bear market penuh.
Pi Cycle Top Belum Terpicu
Salah satu indikator siklus paling andal di Bitcoin, Pi Cycle Top, sampai sekarang belum memberikan sinyal puncak. Indikator ini membandingkan moving average 111 hari dengan moving average 350 hari dikali dua.
Secara historis, ketika dua garis ini berpotongan, Bitcoin sudah berada di dekat atau di puncak siklus besar.
Sampai sekarang, kedua garis ini masih berjauhan. Artinya, Bitcoin belum berada di fase panas atau euforia, bahkan setelah puncaknya di bulan Oktober.
Hal ini bertentangan dengan pendapat Direktur Global Makro Fidelity, Jurrien Timmer, yang menyoroti bahwa puncak Oktober di kisaran US$125.000 sesuai dengan waktu siklus-siklus sebelumnya.
Pada siklus sebelumnya, bear market baru dimulai setelah ada konfirmasi jelas dari Pi Cycle. Sinyal itu sampai kini belum muncul.
SMA 2 Tahun Masih Jadi Garis yang Paling Penting
Argumen kontra kedua yang lebih penting adalah secara struktur. Bitcoin masih diperdagangkan di dekat simple moving average 2 tahun yang ada pada kisaran US$82.800.
Level ini sudah berkali-kali menjadi pembatas tren jangka panjang Bitcoin. Penutupan bulanan di atas SMA 2 tahun biasanya menandai siklus bertahan.
Penutupan di bawah level ini secara berkelanjutan menandakan adanya fase bear yang dalam.
Sampai sejauh ini, Bitcoin belum mengalami penutupan bulanan di bawah garis tersebut.
Karena itu, penutupan bulan Desember sangatlah menentukan. Jika Bitcoin bertahan di atas US$82.800 sampai akhir tahun, kemungkinan pasar masih berada di fase transisi siklus akhir, bukan bear market Bitcoin yang sudah terkonfirmasi.
🚨 Bitcoin in a critical zone on the 2Y SMA Multiplier
The 2Y SMA Multiplier is one of Bitcoin’s most respected cycle charts — and the current moment demands attention.
📍 Today, BTC is trading very close to the 2Y SMA, currently at $82,800.
Skema ini masih membuka peluang bahwa tahun 2026 akan menunjukkan kenaikan tertunda, bukan penurunan berkepanjangan.
Akan tetapi, jika Desember ditutup jauh di bawah SMA 2 tahun, proyeksi penurunan menuju kisaran US$65.000–US$75.000 yang disebut Timmer menjadi lebih kuat secara struktural.
TL;DR — Level Harga Bitcoin Penting yang Perlu Kamu Pantau Sekarang
Kerangka bearish juga punya level pembatalan yang jelas. Jika Bitcoin berhasil kembali ke atas moving average 365 hari di sekitar US$102.000, ini akan sangat melemahkan skenario bear market. Hal ini sejalan dengan prediksi harga Bitcoin akhir tahun dari Tom Lee.
Level tersebut jadi penanda awal bear market 2022 saat ditembus, dan bila harga pulih ke atasnya, itu akan menandakan kekuatan tren kembali muncul.
Secara sederhana:
Di atas US$82.800 sampai penutupan Desember: fase transisi tetap berjalan
Di bawah US$82.800 secara bulanan: risiko bear market meningkat
Kembali ke atas US$102.000: struktur bullish mulai terbentuk lagi
Saat ini, Bitcoin berada di antara tekanan jual dan support siklus jangka panjang. Pasar belum memperlihatkan kekuatan, tapi juga belum benar-benar mengalami breakdown.
Penutupan Desember akan menentukan narasi mana yang akan berlanjut sampai 2026.
Dogecoin price has remained under pressure. The token is down around 2% over the past 24 hours and more than 12% over the past month. Price action has weakened, but the decline is slowing.
While the chart structure still leans bearish, on-chain behavior suggests the breakdown may not be a done deal yet. The next few sessions will decide whether DOGE slips into a deeper decline or stabilizes near current levels.
Dogecoin Price Pressure Builds as Short-Term Supply Exits
Dogecoin is trading near the lower boundary of a declining price structure, with a bear flag forming. That keeps downside risk active, especially if support near $0.124-$0.120 fails. However, what stands out is how speculative supply has behaved as price drifted lower.
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The 1-week-to-1-month-hold cohort, typically the most aggressive swing-trading group, has sharply reduced exposure, per the HODL Waves metric. This metric classifies hodlers by time.
On November 29, this cohort controlled roughly 7.73% of Dogecoin’s supply. As of December 23, that share has dropped to about 2.76%. That is a steep reduction in speculative positioning over a short period.
This matters because these holders tend to amplify downside when they panic sell. Their exit often reduces forced selling pressure near support.
Long-Term Holders Quietly Add as Coin Activity Drops
At the same time speculative supply is shrinking, longer-term holders are showing early signs of accumulation. The 1-year to 2-year holder cohort has increased its share of Dogecoin supply from around 21.84% to 22.34%. The increase is small, but the signal matters.
These holders typically add only when they believe downside risk is starting to fade.
Coin activity across the network, measured via the spent coins metric, supports that view. Spent coins activity has fallen sharply. The spent coins age band metric dropped from roughly 251.97 million DOGE to about 94.34 million DOGE. That represents a decline of more than 60% in coin movement.
Lower coin activity possibly means fewer holders are rushing to move or sell tokens. Historically, similar drops in activity have preceded short-term relief rallies in Dogecoin. Earlier in December, a similar slowdown preceded a rally from near $0.132 to $0.151, a near 15% move, within three days.
This does not guarantee a rally, but it shows selling aggression is cooling rather than accelerating.
Key Dogecoin Price Levels That Decide Breakdown or Recovery
The technical picture now hinges on a narrow price range. The $0.120 level remains the most important near-term support. A decisive daily close below it would expose the Dogecoin price to deeper downside toward the $0.112 zone and potentially lower if momentum builds.
On the upside, the recovery case depends on reclaiming nearby resistance. A move back above $0.133 would signal that selling pressure is easing. A stronger reclaim of $0.138 would confirm that buyers are regaining control and that the recent decline was corrective rather than the start of a larger breakdown.
In simple terms, Dogecoin is at a crossroads. Price structure still carries risk, but on-chain data shows speculative supply leaving, long-term holders slowly stepping in, and overall coin activity drying up. If support holds, those factors can help stabilize the price. If it fails, the breakdown remains valid.
Bitcoin has largely ignored what should have been supportive macro signals. US CPI cooled to 2.7% in December, strengthening rate-cut expectations, yet Bitcoin failed to respond. Instead of attracting fresh capital, the price stalled while money rotated elsewhere.
That disconnect is why the Bitcoin bear market discussion is resurfacing.
Fidelity’s Director of Global Macro, Jurrien Timmer, recently warned that Bitcoin may have already ended its latest four-year cycle in October, both in price and time. The on-chain and market data since then increasingly support that view.
Data Signals Suggest Bitcoin May Already Be in a Bear Market
Multiple independent indicators now point to the same conclusion: capital is retreating, conviction holders are selling, and Bitcoin is absorbing risk without real demand.
Stablecoin Inflows Have Collapsed Since the Cycle Peak
Stablecoin inflows often act as dry powder for crypto rallies. That fuel has vanished.
Total exchange inflows for ERC-20 stablecoins peaked at around 10.2 billion on August 14. By December 24, inflows had fallen to roughly 1.06 billion, a drop of nearly 90%.
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That August inflow peak closely preceded Bitcoin’s October high above $125,000, the same period Timmer identified as the likely cycle top.
While I remain a secular bull on Bitcoin, my concern is that Bitcoin may well have ended another 4-year cycle halving phase, both in price and time. If we visually line up all the bull markets (green) we can see that the October high of $125k after 145 months of rallying fits… pic.twitter.com/Uxg9DTccnt
Since then, fresh capital has failed to return, reinforcing the idea that distribution replaced accumulation after the peak.
Long-Term Holders Have Turned Aggressive Sellers
Conviction holders are behaving differently after October.
Bitcoin long-term holder net position change flipped negative shortly after the cycle high. Selling accelerated from roughly 16,500 BTC per day in late October to around 279,000 BTC recently. That is an increase of more than 1,500% in daily distribution pressure.
This aligns directly with Timmer’s thesis that the four-year halving cycle phase likely ended in October. Long-term holders appear to agree, reducing exposure rather than defending price.
Bitcoin Dominance Is Rising, But Not for Bullish Reasons
Bitcoin dominance has climbed back toward 57–59%, but this is not a risk-on signal.
After the softer CPI print, capital did not rotate into Bitcoin. Instead, it flowed into traditional hedges. Over the past year, silver has rallied by over 120%, while gold is up roughly 65%. At the same time, broader crypto markets have lagged badly.
If you invested $10,000 in each asset at the start of 2025, you’d have:
This shift reinforces the idea that Bitcoin’s rising dominance is not being driven by fresh risk appetite, but by capital retreating into relative safety within crypto.
That view is echoed by an exclusive market comment shared with BeInCrypto by Ray Youssef, founder and CEO of NoOnes, who highlighted why gold has led the 2025 debasement trade while Bitcoin remains range-bound.
“While gold may clearly be winning the 2025 debasement trade on price performance, the comparison masks a more nuanced market reality. Gold’s recent run to new all-time highs and 67% YTD gains reflect classical defensive investor positioning as capital seeks certainty in a market environment defined by fiscal excess, geopolitical strain, and macro policy uncertainty. Increased central bank accumulation, a softer dollar, and persistent inflation risks have reinforced gold’s role as the market’s preferred defensive asset,” he said.
Youssef added that Bitcoin’s behavior this year has diverged sharply from the digital-gold narrative.
“Bitcoin, by contrast, has recently failed to deliver on the hedge narrative. The asset has not traded like digital gold in 2025, owing to its heightened sensitivity to macroeconomic factors. BTC’s upside is now tied to liquidity expansion, sovereign policy clarity, and risk sentiment, rather than to monetary debasement alone,” he highlighted.
Mega-Whale Addresses Are Quietly Declining
Large holders are also stepping back.
The number of Bitcoin addresses holding more than 10,000 BTC has fallen from 92 in early December to 88. That decline came alongside falling prices, not accumulation.
These addresses often represent institutional-scale players. Their reduction adds another layer of confirmation that smart money is not positioning aggressively for upside here.
Bitcoin Remains Below a Critical Long-Term Moving Average
This moving average acts as both technical and psychological support. Failure to reclaim it suggests the market has shifted from trend continuation to regime risk. If price remains below this level, historical precedent points toward deeper downside zones near the traders’ realized price band around $72,000.
Bitcoin is below its 365-day moving average ($102K), a key technical and psychological support level last broken at the start of the 2022 bear market.
If price fails to reclaim it, data suggest the next support lies near $72K, the Traders’ minimum realized price band. pic.twitter.com/VySVce5NY9
Taken together, these signals support Timmer’s warning that Bitcoin may already be in a bear-market phase or closing in on that, even if the price has not fully reflected it yet. Capital has dried up, conviction holders are selling, dominance is rising defensively, and macro relief is being ignored.
That said, not all long-term cycle supports have broken yet. Those counter-signals, and the exact levels that decide whether this becomes a full bear market or a prolonged transition, come next.
Why the Bitcoin Bear Market Case Is Not Fully Settled Yet
Despite the growing evidence pointing toward a Bitcoin bear market, two long-term cycle indicators still argue against a confirmed structural breakdown.
Also, one reason the Bitcoin bear market case remains unresolved is how markets are interpreting the CPI slowdown. While cooling inflation typically benefits risk assets, the current response suggests investors are prioritizing safety and liquidity over growth.
That does not mean the CPI signal is wrong. It may simply be early, with Bitcoin historically reacting later than traditional hedges once liquidity expectations fully translate into capital flows.
These and the indicators we would discuss next do not negate the bearish signals discussed above. But they explain why this phase may still resolve as a prolonged transition rather than a full bear cycle.
Pi Cycle Top Has Not Triggered
One of Bitcoin’s most reliable cycle indicators, the Pi Cycle Top, has not flashed a peak signal. The indicator compares the 111-day moving average with the 350-day moving average multiplied by two.
Historically, when these two lines cross, Bitcoin has been near or at major cycle tops.
As of now, the two lines remain widely separated. That suggests Bitcoin is not in an overheated or euphoric phase, even after the October high.
This contradicts the idea raised by Fidelity’s Director of Global Macro, Jurrien Timmer, who noted that the October peak near $125,000 fit prior cycle timing.
In past cycles, true bear markets began after clear Pi Cycle confirmations. That signal is still absent.
The 2-Year SMA Remains the Line That Matters Most
The second and more immediate counter-argument is structural. Bitcoin is still trading near its 2-year simple moving average, which sits around $82,800.
This level has repeatedly acted as Bitcoin’s long-term trend divider. Monthly closes above the 2-year SMA have historically marked cycle survival.
Sustained closes below it have marked deep bear phases.
So far, Bitcoin has not confirmed a monthly close beneath this line.
That makes December’s monthly close critical. If Bitcoin holds above $82,800 into year-end, the market likely remains in a late-cycle transition rather than a confirmed Bitcoin bear market.
🚨 Bitcoin in a critical zone on the 2Y SMA Multiplier
The 2Y SMA Multiplier is one of Bitcoin’s most respected cycle charts — and the current moment demands attention.
📍 Today, BTC is trading very close to the 2Y SMA, currently at $82,800.
The bearish framework also has clear invalidation levels. A reclaim of the 365-day moving average near $102,000 would materially weaken the bear market thesis. That would align with Tom Lee’s year-end Bitcoin price prediction.
That level marked the start of the 2022 bear market when it broke, and would signal renewed trend strength if recovered.
In simple terms:
Above $82,800 into December close: transition phase remains intact
Below $82,800 on a monthly basis: bear market risk escalates
Back above $102,000: bullish structure begins rebuilding
For now, Bitcoin sits between conviction selling and long-term cycle support. The market is not confirming strength, but it is not fully breaking either.
The December close will decide which narrative carries into 2026.
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