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Crypto Trends 1 – 7 December 2025: Market Analysis and Performance

The crypto market’s revival lasted less than a week. Unfortunately, the bears returned even stronger than before, pushing all cryptocurrencies into the red. Most coins lost everything they had gained in the last bullish run, with some losing even more. Meanwhile, the market capitalization has decreased by over $130 billion and is now close to dropping below the $3 trillion threshold again.

Bitcoin declined steadily over the past five days, eventually breaking below the $90,000 support level. The king of cryptocurrencies faces massive liquidations, pushing its value further into bear territory. Another attack on the $100K level seems unlikely before year-end.

Ethereum is trading around $3,000 for now, despite a largely positive week. Unfortunately, the recent market downturn forced ETH to erase its recent gains. The second crypto in command is preparing for another spell below $3K, which is more of a comfort zone for Ethereum.

Altcoins & DeFi

Most altcoins are trading in the red, though there are notable exceptions. For example, XRP is down 8%, Solana is down 6%, Cardano is down 3%, Avalanche is down 7%, Sui is down 1%, Chainlink is up 1%, and TRON is up 1%. On the other hand, Zcash is down 23%.

The memecoins also saw some interesting trajectories. For instance, Dogecoin is down 8%, Shiba Inu is down 4%, and Pepecoin is down 7%.

The Metaverse sector has also seen notable movements in the past week. For instance, Axie Infinity is down 7%, The Sandbox is down 11%, and Floki is down 7%. Meanwhile, Decentraland is down 11%, Render is down 14%, and ApeCoin is down 15%. Stacks decreased by 9% and Virtuals by 11%. Meanwhile, MultiversX increased by 6%.

The DeFi sector added nearly $0.5 billion to the total value locked in protocols (TVL), bringing the total to about $120.26 billion.

Crypto Market Analysis – What’s in the News?

• Ethereum’s Fusaka Hard Fork update went live this week. Its goal is to improve data availability and scalability across the network.

Next Week’s Crypto Market Forecast

The crypto market is back under the bears’ control, leaving little hope of a new bullish run before year-end. Most cryptocurrencies struggled to hold onto their recent, hard-earned gains, but to no avail. The traditionally bearish December is taking its toll on the market, keeping sentiment generally negative.

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