“Bearish Pressure and Recovery Rally” — Key Events in the Crypto World 12-19. 12. 2025

📉 “Bearish Pressure and Recovery Rally” — Key Events in the Crypto World 12-19. 12. 2025

The last week of crypto markets was another exciting one: investors await the market reaction to central bank decisions, cryptocurrency prices fluctuate, and regulatory steps and institutional news increase. Here are the most important events that shaped the crypto world between December 12 and 19, 2025.

1. Bitcoin and altcoins: volatility and an attempt to stabilize

Bitcoin hovered around ~$92,000 during the week, then fell to ~$87,000, and the market recorded a strong intraday development. The market was marked by volatility and an attempt to stabilize after the drops of previous weeks.

Ethereum and other altcoins such as XRP and Dogecoin also showed short-term rebounds, although the overall market capitalization remained under pressure.

For example, Zcash became one of the most profitable tokens during 12/12 with a significant 24-hour increase of up to around +13%.

The market remained nervous — with high volatility and significant differences in daily price fluctuations.

📊 2. Macroeconomic Impact and Market Reaction

Cryptocurrencies have been reacting to new inflation data and monetary policy expectations, which have affected investor sentiment. For example, Bitcoin briefly declined after the inflation data was released, but then rebounded slightly.

There was a lot of uncertainty ahead of the Fed and its expected rate cut — some markets were attempting a “rate cut rally,” as investors speculated that lower rates could boost interest in risk assets like cryptocurrencies.

This combination of macro signals and sentiment has kept the market on edge — many traders are waiting for clearer signals.

🏛️ 3. Regulatory and Institutional News

Regulation in the United Kingdom: The UK Treasury is preparing new rules for the supervision of crypto markets, which should come into force around 2027. The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) would be subject to rules for exchanges, wallets and transparency, with the aim of increasing investor protection and reducing fraud.

Such steps show that major economies continue to adjust the rules that can affect the market in the long term.

🏦 4. Institutional innovation: JPMorgan and tokenized funds

JPMorgan Chase, a traditional American bank, has launched a new tokenized money market fund (MONY), based on the Ethereum blockchain and with an initial capital of $ 100 million. This fund will offer investors the opportunity to receive returns including dividends and is an example of institutional adoption of blockchain solutions.

JPMorgan thus continues the trend of integrating blockchain and tokenized products, despite previous criticism of cryptocurrencies by its management.

📊 5. Market Data: Sentiment and Liquidation

According to community data from 12/19, there was a number of futures position liquidations and high volatility in the market, with the Fear & Greed Index remaining low, signaling “extreme fear.” Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP attempted to bounce back after the decline, but longer-term weekly returns were often negative.

These statistics show that short-term fluctuations and price pressure continue to dominate investor sentiment.

📌 Weekly Summary

Bitcoin and ETH continued to hold at relatively strong levels above key supports.

Institutional activity — new tokenized products — shows the growing integration of the traditional financial sector with blockchain.

Volatility and sentiment remain nervous — the market reacts to macro data and political signals.

The regulatory environment is still evolving, bringing both long-term risk and the potential for greater stability.

📈 Overall, the period 12-19 December 2025 was characterised by a mix of market pressure, macro-reactions and institutional action. It is key for investors to monitor further central bank decisions, regulatory changes and the behaviour of large institutions, which may further shape the market in the second half of December and into 2026.

*This is not an investment recommendation.

The Coingarage Team