The Federal Reserve will provide its last answer of the year in the early morning.
The market has already determined a 25 basis point rate cut - with a probability of 89.4%. Both smart money and retail investors are waiting for the same thing.
In fact, everyone has a sense of whether there will be a rate cut; the key is how the expectations will be mapped out after the cut.
If it's just a routine 25 basis point cut, accompanied by a roadmap indicating no further cuts expected next year, the market is likely to turn directly downward afterwards.
Key battle for SOL bulls and bears! Price has retreated from the highs, and important support defenses are under pressure!
Solana failed to hold above $142, and the price increase has receded. Currently, the SOL price is below $140 and may find support around $135. The SOL price against the US dollar has started to decline, breaking below $142. The current price is above $135 and also above the 100-hour simple moving average. On the SOL/USD hourly chart, an ascending trend line is forming, with support at $135 (data source: Kraken). If it breaks below the $135 area, the downtrend of this currency pair may accelerate.
Solana price has begun a downward correction. Solana's price failed to break through $145 and, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, has started a downward correction. The SOL price broke below $142 and $140, entering a short-term bear market zone.
XRP's upward momentum comes to a sudden halt! Is the main force retreating or is it the calm before the storm?
XRP price has started to rise steadily above $2.150. The current price is correcting, which may make it difficult to maintain upward momentum. XRP price has begun a downward correction and tested the $2.080 area. The current price is above $2.050 and the 100-hour simple moving average. XRP/USD hourly chart is forming an upward trend line, with support at $2.070 (data source: Kraken). If it breaks through $2.120, the currency pair may start a new round of increases. XRP price has fallen again
Similar to Bitcoin and Ethereum, XRP price has retraced from the $2.180 area. The price entered a consolidation phase after breaking below $2.150 and $2.120 levels.
Is Dogecoin's 'monthly cloud layer' as thin as a cicada's wing? Hovering at a key position for months, is it a counterattack from the brink or a bottomless abyss?
According to cryptocurrency analyst Cantonese Cat (@cantonmeow), the chart shared via X shows that Dogecoin (DOGE) is currently above the long-term support band defined by its monthly Ichimoku cloud. The analyst summarized that DOGE is 'licking the bottom of its monthly Ichimoku cloud.' Dogecoin is hovering near the key monthly Ichimoku support level. The DOGE/USDT 1-month chart on the Binance platform (taken from December 7, 2025) shows that the price of Dogecoin is approximately $0.14050, down about 3.8% so far this month. The opening price for the month was $0.14599, with a high of $0.15340 and a low of $0.13177, indicating that the price movement this month is relatively compact but clearly declining.
2025.12.9 10:39 AM BTC/ETH Today's Trend Analysis Last night BTC hit 89700 and shouted to let you take action, those who listened made profits, while those who didn't could only stare blankly. In the early morning, it rebounded to a maximum of 91338, creating a space of 1660+, enough for 800/1500 profits. Last night I already said you could not set a stop-loss, but you must set a take-profit, for example, 40% at 90500, 40% at 90800-91200! At this moment, isn’t this just gradually taking profits while keeping the bottom position? With the loss set to breakeven, it becomes a zero-risk game! BTC Support 87250/82845 Resistance 96422/102400 Key levels 88035/92228 The current trend has a bit of a pre-explosion feel, giving you a weak trend that makes you feel like it can’t rise anymore, and it even tries to lure you into shorting multiple times. At least for today and tomorrow, I still maintain an optimistic outlook. Whether the specific Federal Reserve interest rate decision will change the forecast will have to wait until after it lands to see the trend. Based on the current trend, unless it breaks, it will eventually touch 96422 and 102400 again! ETH Support 2941/2749 Resistance 3400/3592 3170 has been tested multiple times, whether it will be tested again below 3000, we will quietly wait. In the next test, it will be another opportunity to enter; In terms of operations: Isn’t the volatile rise and fall the market you like? Without volatility, there’s no profit effect. Even with volatility, if you’re still not making money, then it’s not a problem with the market; the fundamental reason for not making money is your operation issues; The size of your position depends on how much you can bear, how much capital you have left after losses, and how many opportunities you have. Many people often confuse this. Today, continue to look for opportunities to go long while maintaining some patience during this pullback!
A classic meme faces a dilemma on sol: the funding attention on sol switches too quickly, with new hot topics emerging every day. The classic meme community lacks the necessary development period, making it difficult to achieve long-term balance in price consensus and cultural consensus.
The Bitcoin price is starting to consolidate at a relatively high level, digesting the emotions brought by this wave of increase. The overall parallel channel is still effective, and the upper edge has not been touched. If it starts to decline from here, pay attention to the central line around 90500!
The overall rhythm is still in a rebound phase, and no reversal has occurred. The rebound has formed a parallel channel, so for now, just focus on the reactions at the upper and lower edges of the channel! This is not a trending phase; it is recommended to operate primarily based on segments and not to get too carried away!
Recently, the topic of interest rate hikes in Japan has become the biggest variable affecting the financial markets after the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts. The Bank of Japan's interest rate hike is not just a domestic issue; it is a 'pricing anchor' concerning global capital costs. If the Federal Reserve controls the faucet's switch, then the Bank of Japan controls the water temperature. The sharp drop last August was a 'shock therapy,' and the current hawkish signals are akin to 'boiling a frog in warm water.' Although there won't be an instantaneous crash, it will continuously siphon off speculative liquidity from the market.
The price of U has dropped, the sky has fallen, and I have all the U prepared for buying at the bottom. I guess one reason is that the Federal Reserve will continue to cut interest rates in December, and the other reason is that the University of Tokyo continues to crack down on virtual currencies, especially targeting money laundering and illegal currency exchange involving stablecoins, leading many people to sell their U, hahahaha, damn it.
In some places, virtual currencies are recognized because they are free and democratic, and the people have the right to choose, while in other places, some officials see the common people as fish and meat, and the national treasury as private property, squandering without restraint. We have internal pests.
FARTCOIN After a good increase, FARTCOIN went fully direct last time!
Now at the current price, I've entered a small position to go long again, with a stop loss at 0.35 and the target remains what was previously mentioned, 0.48-0.5!
After breaking through the trendline channel and pulling back twice, this time it shouldn't be a scam, right?
Recently, the FIR ecological project has seen a significant increase in trading activity on the Alpha platform. This project combines AI with the music industry, and ecological construction continues to advance, with multiple collaborative singles performing outstandingly in the market. Among them, Kay Tse's new work "Cheng Guang Zhu Meng" has accumulated over 100 million plays on Tencent Music platform, ranking high on the charts and continuously contributing stable copyright revenue. Latest updates show that the project team has released a development plan, expecting that by 2026, annual revenue based on music copyrights is likely to exceed $30 million. At the end of December this year, they plan to launch the "Copyright Pledge Pool" feature, at which time users participating in FIR liquidity provision (FIR-LP) can receive 50% of the pool's profit share (distributed in USDT). Currently, the overall market value of FIR is approximately $6 million, still in the early stages of development. With business progress and market attention driving each other, combined with the current increase in trading volume and expectations for subsequent mechanism implementation, its valuation has certain growth potential. Investors should pay attention to its future developments based on their own judgment, be aware of market volatility risks, and make decisions cautiously.
This market is not pricing facts, but pricing fantasies
The market is ultimately driven by confidence and emotions:
Recently, I don't know if everyone has seen this truth: The crypto market has never been priced based on fundamentals, nor based on data; fundamentals and data are merely the results of narrative changes, while emotions and confidence are the main drivers!
Because the market is fundamentally not rational and linear, after the significant drop on 1011, the lack of liquidity in the market is just a surface issue, but the real problem is that confidence has been shaken; after the collapse of confidence, even good news will be seen as bad news, and a slight rise will be seen as an opportunity to sell; however, if confidence returns, every bullish candle might be interpreted as a new cycle.
So when you see the market rising, there are good news everywhere, but when it's falling, there is bad news everywhere!
If you don't believe it, search today; everyone will see quite a lot of good news today.
So do you think the market is pricing facts? Wrong! In fact, the market has always been pricing fantasies: most of the time, what can be different in the market mainly depends on the inner thoughts of market participants;
Prices are merely the average of everyone's fantasies: in a market driven by emotions, the value of all information depends on what the market currently wants to believe.
So, family, what do you believe in now?
Is this wave a rebound from a scam or a reversal after the washout is complete?
Come on, vote: let's see if we can avoid the emotional extremes of most people!
Currently, the fluctuations of Bitcoin are almost highly synchronized with the Japanese yen. Why is that? Let’s talk about the arbitrage logic behind it. Simply put, in the past, the interest rates of the yen were extremely low (the cost of borrowing was almost zero), and many big players borrowed a large amount of yen, then exchanged these yen for US dollars to invest in high-risk, high-return assets like $BTC. This is called yen arbitrage trading. Now, the Bank of Japan is going to raise interest rates, and the cost of borrowing yen has increased. The big players must quickly close their positions (sell $BTC to exchange for US dollars, then convert back to yen to repay their debts). Therefore, once the yen strengthens (arbitrage liquidation leads to increased buying of yen), $BTC will face selling pressure. Naturally, the price movement of $BTC is synchronized with the yen.
Thus, Bitcoin has completely integrated into the global macro liquidity cycle! It is no longer an isolated market but rather a barometer for the massive movement of global funds. The biggest risk now is the concentrated liquidation of yen arbitrage trades. This amount of capital is enormous, and once there is a large-scale withdrawal from the $BTC market, we will face continuous downward pressure.
A friend has been stuck with a long position in SOL for a while, and the forced liquidation is around 112. Around 2 AM yesterday, SOL was still near 137 and I suggested to open a short hedge, but he didn't. Today it suddenly dropped to 125, and if it breaks 120, it could easily accelerate down to around 114 and 104. It's hard to avoid a forced liquidation below 100.
Constantly adding to a long position that is stuck is a very dangerous behavior. After adding, you need to reduce your position in the rebound range of 137-144. Just adding without reducing leads to heavier positions, and if the position blows up, the losses will be greater. Especially since the forced liquidation of SOL long positions is between 110-100, all within this month's correction range, the position is very risky. This time the rebound didn't even touch 150; the next phase of volatility will be in the range of 144-100. One could say 150 has already become the ceiling. First, save your life; don't take chances. Japan hasn't raised interest rates yet, and if they do this month, 100 in January will be hard to maintain.
Putting the traditional web2 company valuation system onto real crypto projects is simply tying one's own hands and feet.
If someone talks about valuation in terms of how much a chain is currently making, what the PE is... and so on, I will immediately shut up and walk away, because there is no point in arguing.
Have the bulls collapsed? Various signs indicate that XRP may be on the verge of starting a new round of decline! Where is the bottom?
The XRP price has started to rise steadily above $2.220. Currently, the price is struggling to break through $2.280 and may fall below $2.150, beginning a new round of decline. The XRP price has started a new round of increases above $2.20. Currently, the price is trading around $2.180, close to the 100-hour simple moving average. The XRP/USD hourly chart is forming a nearly bearish trend line, with resistance at $2.2250 (data source: Kraken). If it breaks below $2.150, the currency pair may continue to decline. The XRP price is facing resistance.
The XRP price, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, has started to rise steadily above $2.120 and $2.150. Subsequently, the price accelerated to break through the resistance level of $2.20.