Crypto doesn't pause for holidays, does it? Bitcoin's hovering around $88,000 today, after dipping from those earlier highs. It's feeling like a consolidation period, with thin liquidity and some year-end profit-taking in the mix. Ethereum's sitting just under $3,000, down a bit too. Meme coins like BONK and PEPE have gone quiet—no more wild pumps, just treading water in this broader pullback. Altcoins overall seem hesitant, waiting for a spark.
Sometimes low-volume holidays surprise us with a little rally. But with sentiment in fear territory, more sideways or even lower action into 2026 wouldn't surprise me. What do you reckon—is this a dip to load up on, or should we brace for slower times ahead? What's your pick for a potential 2026 standout?
Share your thoughts below. Good to hear other views. $BTC
#Bitcoin chopping sideways isn’t the real story right now. The more interesting shift is happening one layer below the headlines: capital is quietly rotating from pure “beta” plays into infrastructure that actually earns its keep.
The clearest example is the growing split between speculative L2 narratives and protocols with verifiable cash flow.
Over the past few months, fees, MEV capture, and restaking yields have started to matter again.
Not in marketing decks, but in on-chain data. When token prices stall, attention moves fast toward who is generating revenue versus who is subsidizing activity.
This matters because we’re late enough in the cycle for scrutiny to return. Cheap liquidity used to mask weak models.
That cushion is thinner now. Projects paying double-digit incentives without organic demand are bleeding supply into a market that’s no longer chasing every story. Meanwhile, networks and middleware quietly compounding fees are holding value far better than their timelines suggest.
The opportunity here isn’t chasing the next hype launch.
It’s identifying where real usage is sticking. Look at protocols where fee growth is steady, validator or operator participation is increasing without aggressive bribes, and token emissions are trending down relative to revenue.
Those metrics usually turn before price does.
The risk is obvious too. Many tokens still trade as if growth is guaranteed. If activity flattens, valuation compresses fast. We’ve seen this movie before.
What comes next is likely a bifurcation. Strong balance sheets, real users, and sustainable yields get rewarded. Everything else gets repriced, slowly at first, then all at once.
This phase isn’t loud, but it’s decisive. Markets don’t top or bottom on excitement. They turn when incentives stop working.
LYN had a sharp impulsive move today, running from the 0.0945 base straight into 0.1246. That kind of expansion doesn’t happen quietly. Volume confirmed the move, especially on the 1H chart, where we saw a clear volume climax during the breakout phase.
After tagging the 0.1246 high, price has shifted into a short-term cooling phase and is now hovering around the 0.118–0.119 zone.
Market Structure
Trend remains bullish overall.
Higher highs and higher lows are still intact.
Current price is holding above the key breakout area.
Moving Averages
On lower timeframes, price is pulling back toward the short MA (7/25), which is healthy after a strong run.
On the 1H, price is still well above MA99, showing the larger trend strength hasn’t broken.
This looks more like consolidation than distribution for now. Volume and momentum Volume surged aggressively during the breakout, then tapered off which usually singals profit taking rather than panic selling
MACD on 15M is cooling down suggesting momentum is resetting. 👇
1H MACD is still positive through flattening hinting at pause rather than a reversal.👇
Key Levels to Watch
Support: 0.1129 – 0.1150 (previous breakout + MA confluence)
Intraday Support: 0.1180 zone
Resistance: 0.1246 (session high)
Extension Zone: 0.1260+ if momentum rebuilds
Bias As long as LYN holds above the 0.112–0.115 region, dips look corrective, not bearish. A clean hold and volume return could open another attempt toward highs. Losing that zone would mean deeper consolidation.
Patience matters here. After such a fast move, the market usually rewards those who wait for structure, not those who chase candles.
Kite AI: Handing Agents the Keys to Their Own Spending
Rank 3 in the Project Creator Pad snuck up on me, but it's a good feeling. Mostly because of the back-and-forth in the comments — folks sharing their own stories made it all click. Kite AI has lingered in my thoughts this month. There's that familiar letdown when an agent pulls off something sharp — like mapping out a road trip route with hidden gems or sifting through market trends for a quick trade idea — and then it all grinds to a halt over money. Happened to me just the other day. Kite steps in with a Layer-1 that's all about giving agents that independence, though with controls you dial in yourself. The sub-accounts are a highlight. You carve out budgets for each one — say, $200 a month for that road trip agent on gas apps and maps. Stablecoins glide through without a hitch. Off-chain handles the rapid bits. On-chain locks down the trust. Identities you can actually verify. And x402? It dusts off an old web standard for machines to pay each other straight up. Shopify tie-ins starting to show — agents could soon snag real items, like a new backpack for the trip, no hand-holding needed. Figures for today, December 26: KITE hovering around $0.086, market cap about $155 million, 24-hour volume roughly $29 million, circulating 1.8 billion out of 10 billion total. The $33 million raise adds some weight — PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures stepping in. Realism creeps in here, though. Will developers pile on and make agents that truly depend on this? Unlocks might jostle things down the line. If an agent overspends, sorting the fallout could get messy. Rules aren't fully there. Others pushing similar setups too. As the campaign rolls on, Kite's tight vision stands out. Quiet support for agents tipping locals on that road trip or splitting gas costs with buddies in 2026. Shifting from idea to something practical. Grateful for the exchanges! what's onw payment you'd hans off to an agent? #KITE @KITE AI $KITE
$H USDT is sitting around 0.1588 right now, coming off a pretty sharp rejection from that 0.170 to 0.177 supply zone. Looking at the hourly and 15-minute charts, the structure has shifted. What started as a bullish retracement now feels more like short-term bearish momentum taking over. 🧠 Candle Psychology (What the Price Is Really Saying 15M and 1H charts)
That push up near 0.1708 left some nasty long upper wicks behind. You know the kind—classic signs of distribution, where smarter money is offloading positions. Down around 0.159 lately, we've got these small-bodied candles with lower wicks poking out. Buyers are absorbing some selling, sure, but it's more defensive than anything convincing. The pressure from sellers seems to be easing a touch. Yet buyers aren't showing real strength. No big bullish engulfing candles, no volume surge to speak of. Nothing that screams reversal yet. It's that awkward emotional spot, honestly. Bulls hanging on, hoping for a bounce back. Bears just waiting, pressing a bit lower every time the price tries to rally weakly. 📐 Technical Structure Price remains below the 25 and 99 moving averages, so the broader trend bias is still bearish. The 7-period MA is playing the role of resistance on the shorter timeframes. MACD sits below zero, histogram fading but not flipping positive—momentum's bearish, though it's slowing down. Volume keeps dropping off, which lines up with no real buying conviction stepping in. 🔑 Key Levels to Watch Resistance Zones 0.1605 – 0.1620 (MA cluster + prior breakdown area) 0.1655 (solid sell-on-rise spot) Support Zones 0.1575 – 0.1560 (minor intraday hold) 0.1525 – 0.1500 (deeper demand zone) 🎯 Trade Plan (High-Probability Setup) 🔴 Primary Bias: Short on Pullbacks Short Entry: 0.1605 – 0.1620 Stop Loss: 0.1658 Targets: T1: 0.1560 T2: 0.1525 T3: 0.1500 This fits the trend, the resistance from averages, and those tentative candle patterns from buyers. 🟢 Alternate Long (Only on Confirmation) Only consider longs if price stays above 0.1560 and we see a proper bullish engulfing candle backed by volume. Conservative targets: 0.162 – 0.165 Otherwise, jumping in long against the flow looks pretty risky right now. 🧭 Final Thought Not a full-blown panic sell area by any means. But it's not clearly the bottom either. Feels like steady, controlled distribution downward. Patience tends to win out over trying to call the exact turn here.
#BitcoinETFMajorInflows Holiday Pullback in Bitcoin ETF Flows, But 2025 Still Looks Strong Overall
You know, as we're sitting here on December 26, 2025, the latest numbers from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs show another day of outflows over the Christmas period. On December 24, they recorded somewhere around $175 to $189 million in net outflows – figures vary a bit depending on the tracker, but it's clear there was selling pressure. BlackRock's IBIT took the biggest hit, with $91 million or even up to $157 million leaving in some reports, and Grayscale's GBTC chipped in another $25 million or so. A few others followed suit. It feels like classic holiday derisking: thin trading volumes, people closing positions for the year, maybe some tax harvesting. Nothing too alarming, really.
Yet step back and look at the full year. 2025 has been pretty remarkable for these products. BlackRock's IBIT alone pulled in over $25 billion in net inflows, landing it among the top ETFs across all categories – even though Bitcoin itself ended up down for the year in many snapshots. Crypto ETFs as a group attracted around $34 billion year-to-date through late December. That's a lot of institutional money flowing in, despite the price not cooperating lately.
Most analysts I follow chalk up the recent outflows to seasonal stuff, much like what we saw at the end of 2024. Bitcoin's hovering in the $87,000 to $89,000 range right now. If liquidity picks up after the holidays and regulatory tailwinds keep blowing, we could see inflows bounce back and push things higher into 2026. Of course, there's always the chance it drags on longer if broader risk appetite stays muted. On platforms like Binance Square, people are still chatting about long-term potential under hashtags like #BitcoinETFMajorInflows, though the immediate buzz is more on price action and general market updates – that specific tag isn't dominating trends. $BTC
XRP is compressing inside a triangle and just rejected cleanly from a bearish Order Block + FVG zone. That rejection tells us sellers are active at premium levels.
Liquidity is still resting below recent lows, and price is struggling to regain strength.
As long as we stay below the descending trendline, downside remains the higher-probability move. Liquidity target: 1.77 Resistance: 1.92 – 1.93
$ZKP spot trading – quick update. Price moving around 0.128 Short term trend bearish on 15m and 1H charts Market structure lower highbans lower lowe, price below MA 7 MA 25 and MA 99
Indicators: MACD bearish on both time frames weal momentum slightly flattening on 15M Selling volume has eased, suggesting possible consolidation rather than reversal.
Key levels: Support: $0.126–0.127 Resistance: $0.131–0.133 Major resistance: $0.137–0.140
I remember trying out one of those new AI agents last week. It was supposed to handle a simple task—find me the best price on some cloud storage, negotiate a short-term deal, and sign up. It did the searching part brilliantly. Found options I wouldn't have spotted. Even drafted a polite email to the provider. Then it hit the payment wall. Nothing. It couldn't touch my card. No way to spend even a few bucks without me jumping in. The whole autonomy evaporated in seconds. Frustrating, right? That's the exact itch Kite AI scratches. It's a Layer-1 blockchain designed from scratch for agents to transact on their own—safely, with rules you set upfront. You create a main account, then spin off sub-accounts for different agents. Each gets programmable limits: this one can spend up to $300 a month on storage, that one $50 on APIs, nothing else. Agents operate inside those boxes. Stablecoins move natively. Off-chain for quick stuff, on-chain when it needs to stick. Verifiable identities keep things honest. The x402 standard ties it together, letting machines request and settle payments directly—like reviving an old web idea, but practical now. Shopify integrations are starting to show up too, so agents could soon handle real purchases without you. Price-wise, as of December 25, KITE sits around $0.090 USD, market cap near $162 million, volume about $35-38 million daily. Circulating 1.8 billion out of 10 billion total. Backing is strong—$33 million raised, including PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. Not everything's rosy, though. We've watched similar AI-crypto ideas flare up and fade when no one actually builds on them. Dev adoption is key. Unlocks ahead. Liability if an agent goes off-script. Competition heating up. But picture this: agents routinely paying for data, compute, or tips in 2026. Splitting costs fairly. Donating small amounts. Kite as the quiet rails underneath—reliable, not flashy. Feels like the shift from speculation to utility. When the token powers fees, bonds, governance, it becomes essential plumbing. Thoughts on agents getting financial freedom? Useful evolution, or needs more safeguards? #KITE @KITE AI $KITE
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