{"id":65653,"date":"2025-12-30T08:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65653"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:01:41","slug":"crypto-market-news-today-december-30-bitcoin-price-struggles-to-bounce-as-year-ends-expecting-2026-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65653","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Market News Today, December 30: Bitcoin Price Struggles To Bounce as Year Ends | Expecting 2026, What\u2019s Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin is almost ending the year with chaotic and frustrating price actions. It now hovers at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president, a gap that is sending BTC lower on a year-to-year basis for the 3rd time.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, retail interest has cooled, with Google Trends showing searches for Bitcoin at their lowest point in a year. For many of us, this Bitcoin price is just unexpected.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-322681\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-googletrends.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin price is now hovering at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president. What will happen next year?\" width=\"1000\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-googletrends.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-googletrends-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-googletrends-768x279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-googletrends-50x18.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/p>\n<p>(source \u2013 <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/explore?q=bitcoin&amp;hl=en-US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Google Trends<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>However, not all assets are down or have a frustrating price chart like Bitcoin. Silver, following gold, has just recorded a breakout that hasn\u2019t been seen in more than forty years. As we know, strength in precious metals has often signaled shifting liquidity conditions. When capital begins flowing into hard assets, the Bitcoin price has frequently followed, although not immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Silver\u2019s chart shows a familiar pattern with a long, boring base, slow upward movement, and plenty of giving up before the real move began. The current Bitcoin structure looks similar. This \u201cpainful\u201d phase is uncomfortable, but it\u2019s where momentum usually builds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-322682\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-TradingView.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin price is now hovering at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president. What will happen next year?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-TradingView.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-TradingView-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-TradingView-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-TradingView-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Bitcoin-price-TradingView-50x35.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/p>\n<p>(source \u2013 <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/1YM1GbAn\/?symbol=BITSTAMP%3ABTCUSD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>BTC USD, Silver, TradingView<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">10+ Next Crypto to 100X In 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Price and Liquidity Clues From Metals<\/h2>\n<p>Liquidity doesn\u2019t always announce itself all at once; it shows up in places, and this time it\u2019s at metals, long before it reaches crypto. The metals run is a sign that financial conditions are easing.<\/p>\n<p>This lag is normal. Bitcoin price movements tend to frustrate us, as usual, right before the real run begins. Sharp pullbacks and sideways action are designed to wear down conviction, and the odds increase that Bitcoin price will eventually respond to the same macro forces.<\/p>\n<p>The popular 4-year Bitcoin price cycle is widely accepted, but it\u2019s based on only three historical examples. When longer economic cycles are considered, such as the 18-year real estate pattern or the Benner cycle, the timeline points toward 2026 as a major peak.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">18-year real estate cycle says 2026=CYCLE PEAK <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f6a8.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udea8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"><\/p>\n<p>200 year old farmer chart says 2026=CYCLE PEAK <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/1f6a8.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udea8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WPkC11hMZe\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/WPkC11hMZe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Quinten | 048.eth (@QuintenFrancois) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuintenFrancois\/status\/1984932573185741105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin and crypto behavior have consistently aligned with real-world business cycles. Extended US debt refinancing and post-pandemic monetary policy stretched the current cycle, delaying the explosive phase we expected after the last halving. That delay really explains why Bitcoin price has felt muted.<\/p>\n<p>Encouragingly, leading indicators are beginning to stabilize. Past data suggests that as metrics turn up, Bitcoin price rallies usually begin. This December might be the beginning, not the end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-binance-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">16+ New and Upcoming Binance Listings in <\/a><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>A Quietly Bullish Setup<\/h2>\n<p>Recent derivatives data show cooling leverage, neutral funding rates, and reduced speculation. On-chain metrics also show steady accumulations by whales, even as sentiment hit <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/crypto-market-news-today-december-27-federal-reserve-injected-2-5-billion-into-the-market-bullish-for-bitcoin-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fear<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cfg-indicator-container\">\n<div class=\"cfg-top-content-holder\">\n\t\t<!--\n\n<h4 class=\"cfg-title\" style=\" font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; \"><\/h4>\n\n\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"cfg-last-updated\">Last updated: <\/div>\n\n--><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"cfg-title\" style=\" font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; \">Crypto Fear and Greed Index<\/h4>\n<div class=\"cfg-last-updated\">Last updated: Dec 30, 2025<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"cfg-main-content-holder\">\n<div class=\"cfg-indicator-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"cfg-gauge\" data-index=\"32.98\">\n<div class=\"cfg-now-label-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"cfg-now-number\">32.98<\/span><br 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the price starting to stabilize. Once liquidity continues to improve, Bitcoin will likely follow metals higher, with 2026 shaping up as the cycle peak. We just need to remember, Bitcoin is here to stay to revolutionize the banking system.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The banks\u2026will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered\u2026. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.\u201d \u2014 Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">10+ Next Coin to 100X In <\/a><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Follow 99Bitcoins on\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/99BitcoinsHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>\u00a0For the Latest Market Updates and Subscribe on\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@99bitcoins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0For Daily Expert Market Analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-live-articles-list\">\n<div class=\"nnbtc-updates-container\">\n<div class=\"nnbtc-no-updates\">\n<p>There are no live updates available yet. Please check back soon!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/crypto-market-news-today-december-30-bitcoin-price-struggles-to-bounce-as-year-ends-expecting-2026-whats-next\/\">Crypto Market News Today, December 30: Bitcoin Price Struggles To Bounce as Year Ends | Expecting 2026, What\u2019s Next?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin is almost ending the year with chaotic and frustrating price actions. It now hovers at $20,000 below where it stood when Donald Trump officially became president, a gap that is sending BTC lower on a year-to-year basis for the 3rd time. Right now, retail interest has cooled, with Google Trends showing searches for Bitcoin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-65653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}