Jumat, 19 Desember 2025

BTC still can’t clear $90K


Despite a friendly CPI surprise and new long positioning, Bitcoin's move toward $90K fizzled fast.	͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏	View in browser

December 18, 2025

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👉 BTC still can't clear $90K

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Bitcoin Trips at $90K Even After a Softer CPI Print

Bitcoin got its macro tailwind and still stumbled. After the November CPI print came in at 2.7% year-over-year versus forecasts of 3.1%, BTC briefly pushed toward $90,000 as risk assets caught a bid. The softer inflation number narrowed the gap to the Fed's 2% target and should have been textbook fuel for a cleaner rally. Instead, the move stalled, and the tape looked more like opportunistic positioning than a regime shift.

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Cypherpunk Values Are Fading — But Not Dead Yet

Crypto's origin story is built on privacy, self-sovereignty and decentralization, yet almost every major growth vector in 2025 is pulling in the opposite direction.

Robert Baggs is joined by our Editor-in-Chief, Jon Rice, to find out why —with the people who know best...

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USDC Is Headed for Tax Refunds and Business Invoices

Stablecoins are moving from crypto-native apps into the software that runs small businesses and households. Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, has signed a multi-year partnership with Circle that will plug USDC and Circle's infrastructure into its platforms. The goal is simple: faster, cheaper payments for everything from business transactions to tax refunds and marketing flows.

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Coinbase taps George Osborne to chair advisory council

Coinbase is leaning deeper into political and regulatory influence, and its latest move makes that explicit. The exchange has appointed George Osborne, former UK chancellor of the exchequer, to chair its internal advisory council. Osborne began advising Coinbase in 2024 as the company fought the SEC in the United States and pushed the UK to adopt more robust digital asset rules. His new role signals a bigger bet on high-level access in foreign capitals where policy is still fluid.

James Check: What the Chain Really Says About BTC's 2026 Path

Most Bitcoin outlooks for 2026 boil down to slogans; the on-chain data tells a more complicated story. In this interview, we sit down with Glassnode lead analyst James Check to map what the current market structure actually implies for the next two years. He walks through sell-side dynamics, ETF behavior, sovereign interest and how different cohorts are cycling in and out of profit. His base case is uncomfortable for both extremes: more downside and chop before a sustainable move higher, rather than a straight line in either direction.