Bitcoin, Ethereum Go Sideways All December: Why Is The Market So Slow?
Posted On December 29, 2025
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) prices remained largely stagnant in December, even as derivatives activity and leverage quietly increased.
What Happened: Data from on-chain data provider CryptoQuant shows that instead of capitulating amid falling volumes and elevated fear, traders added leverage.
Combined Bitcoin and Ethereum futures open interest rose about 7%, or roughly $2 billion to $3 billion, during December, even as BTC hovered near $88,000 and the Fear & Greed Index fell to 27.
Over the past week alone, …
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