Author: James Wilson
Bitcoin price retreated below $90,000 today, Dec. 12, as a senior executive at Vanguard warned that it was a ‘digital Labubu’ and as an alarming pattern formed. Summary Bitcoin price dropped below the important support at $90,000. A senior Vanguard expert called it a digital Labubu. The coin has formed a bearish flag pattern on the daily chart. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading at $89,700 at press time, down sharply from the year-to-date high of $126,300. Its pullback coincided with the significant drop in American equities, with the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 indices falling by over 1% as artificial intelligence…
XRP price continued its recent downtrend even after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency granted Ripple Labs a conditional approval for a banking charter, and ETF inflows continued. Summary XRP price is stuck in a technical bear market after falling by ~45% from the year-to-date high. OCC granted Ripple Labs a national banking charter. The charter allows the company to offer custody services. Ripple (XRP) token dropped to a low of $1.980, continuing a downtrend that started in July when it peaked at $3.6600. SEC grants Ripple Labs a banking license The XRP price has dropped despite having…
Ethereum price trades within a rising wedge at $3,200, a bearish pattern signaling weakening momentum and raising the likelihood of a breakdown toward lower support regions. Summary ETH forms a bearish rising wedge as price approaches the $3,200 region. Loss of the Value Area High and weak volume indicate structural weakness. Breakdown below the wedge and POC could accelerate a move toward $2,500 support. Ethereum’s (ETH) price has recovered modestly from recent lows, but the structure of this rebound is flashing warning signs. The asset has rallied into a bearish rising wedge, a technical formation that often appears during corrective moves…
Shiba Inu Coin price has been in a freefall this year as demand for meme coins waned. This rebound could be about to end as key fundamentals and technicals align. Summary Shiba Inu Coin price has dropped and is now in a technical bear market. Whales have started buying SHIB as the supply in exchanges has tumbled. Technical analysis suggests that the token has more upside in the near term. Shiba Inu (SHIB) token was trading at $0.00000841 today, Dec. 12, a few points above the year-to-date low of $0.00000753. It remains ~75% below its highest point in November last…
Pi Network’s first Open Network hackathon crowned Blind_Lounge and other utility-focused Mainnet apps, highlighting growth but with clear risk disclaimers for users. Summary Pi Network’s Core Team picked Blind_Lounge as the top Mainnet app, with Starmax and RUN FOR PI taking second and third in a 215-submission hackathon. Honorable mentions like Kindrek, Workflet For Pi, PallyPay, SimpleJoy, and Agora Pulse show a push toward payments, work tools, and social use cases. The Core Team stressed these are independent projects, warning users to expect bugs and use all third-party Pi apps at their own risk. Pi Network’s Core Team announced the…
CryptoQuant’s Spot Taker CVD shows Bitcoin buyers regaining control in deep loss zones, hinting at spot-led accumulation and a potential end to the correction. Summary CryptoQuant’s Spot Taker CVD has shifted into Taker Buy Dominant mode, showing aggressive market buys now outweigh aggressive sells on spot exchanges. The flip comes as BTC sits in deep short-term holder loss zones, a phase historically linked to late-stage corrections and improving recovery odds. Strong confirmation needs sustained spot accumulation and BTC reclaiming key realized-price levels to validate a durable trend reversal, the firm noted. Bitcoin (BTC) buyers have returned to the market, according…
Ethereum price is trading below key moving averages as rising futures open interest and flat price action flag liquidation risk and heightened two-way volatility. Summary Ethereum price briefly broke a descending trendline and tested resistance before rejection, staying capped under its 100-day and 200-day moving averages. RSI has cooled from overbought while a nearby bullish order block and prior resistance turned support define the key zone to watch for a bounce or breakdown. Futures open interest is elevated despite modest price recovery, a structure that has historically preceded sharp liquidations when speculative positioning unwinds. Ethereum price is up roughly 1–1.5%…
Bitcoin extends weakness after the Fed’s third rate cut as on-chain data show realized losses at -18%, still far from the -37% capitulation zone seen at past bottoms. Summary The Fed delivered a third straight 25 bps cut to 3.5%–3.75%, with one Trump-appointed official pushing for a deeper 50 bps move. On-chain data from Ali Charts show Bitcoin trader realized losses near -18%, still well above the -37% level that has marked major cycle lows. Short-term holders are selling into weakness while long-term holders accumulate, keeping BTC pinned near support despite looser monetary policy. Bitcoin (BTC) may experience additional price…
Coinbase-backed x402 V2 adds multi-chain routing, wallet sessions and discovery so AI agents and web services can settle HTTP 402 payments across crypto and legacy rails. Summary x402 V2 standardizes network and asset IDs so one payment format can span Base, Solana, stablecoin rails, ACH, and card networks. New wallet-based sessions enable subscription-like access and repeated API or AI-agent calls without restarting onchain payment flows. Discovery extensions and a plug-in SDK let facilitators index x402 services while developers add chains and assets as modular components. The x402 payments protocol, incubated by Coinbase for autonomous machine-to-machine transactions, released its V2 upgrade…
YouTube has taken a subtle step that could reshape the way creators manage their income. Summary YouTube now supports PYUSD payouts for U.S. creators. PayPal handles conversion and settlement inside its network. PYUSD has been growing as banks and platforms expand stablecoin use. YouTube will now let U.S. creators receive payouts in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, marking one of the clearest steps Big Tech has taken toward crypto-linked earnings. The update was shared in a Dec. 12 Fortune report, which cited PayPal’s head of crypto, May Zabaneh, saying the feature is already live for eligible users. How PYUSD payments are being…