We have come to the end of a whole year and Bitcoin It still continues to linger at 88 thousand dollars. Altcoins are stalling at support levels as volumes remain weak due to the holiday. Tomorrow, we will make a fast start to 2026, and many important developments will affect cryptocurrencies until January 15. So what are the markets like on the last day of the year?
US Markets Latest Situation
At the time of writing, US unemployment application data was announced. The announced figures of 219 thousand, against the expectation of 220 thousand, are at the lowest level since November 29. The decline in unemployment claims may indicate a recovery in employment, but this needs to be supported by non-farm employment and other comprehensive reports.
US markets It will close early today at 21:00 and there will be a holiday tomorrow. Oil refinery attacks between Ukraine and Russia continue, and Trump has failed to bring peace in his first year as president. The signals he gave that tensions with Iran might increase were bad for the coming year.
The dollar index is experiencing one of its biggest annual declines amid concerns about Fed policy, and that will be confirmed hours later. Due to the holiday, trading activities also weakened in the US markets. Although the Fed minutes pointed to a separation within the institution, they did not cause activity in crypto as we did not see anything new.
China announced a $51 billion public spending plan to support consumption and investment next year. US futures are falling slightly. We will probably see a horizontal trend today as well.
Cryptocurrencies December 31
Bitcoin, which seemed willing to close the year below 90 thousand dollars, started to decline before completing yesterday’s experiment. Increasing sales at $90,000 show that investors are desperate for at least the first quarter of 2026. Social media is full of “I’m giving up now” posts from small and medium-sized investors who lost all their capital in futures transactions.
Last time I experienced this kind of weather FTX We’ve lived this long in its collapse. Individual investor appetite has weakened considerably, especially as altcoins have fallen below last year’s bottoms. Coinbase Premium, which shows the demand situation of US investors, is still in the negative.
The only good news is December 30th BTC ETF The flow turned positive for the first time since December 17. BlackRockArk and Fidelity ETFs saw net inflows totaling $345 million.
