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Gate Research: Market Under Continued Pressure with Declining Risk Appetite | Institutional Capital Keeps Piling into BTC and ETH

2025-12-18 08:14:12 UTC 11472 Read

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* Market Commentary: The crypto market continues to consolidate under pressure, with BTC oscillating repeatedly in the $85,000–$87,000 range while remaining within a descending channel—the bearish structure remains intact. ETH broke below the key $2,900 support level and briefly probed around $2,800, with short-term moving averages in bearish alignment and the weak consolidation pattern persisting. Market risk appetite stays subdued, with most major altcoins weakening in tandem; against this backdrop of broad pressure, H, GHST, and ACT bucked the trend with strength, driven respectively by post-airdrop capital reallocation, reward mechanism adjustments, and momentum from the AI narrative.
* Key Data: Traditional finance giant EquiLend invested in Digital Prime, connecting the tokenized market to a roughly $40 trillion capital pool in traditional financial markets; Ripple partnered with AMINA Bank to advance cross-border settlement services; Securitize plans to launch a fully on-chain stock trading platform in early 2026.
* This Week's Focus: Active trader numbers on Hyperliquid continued to decline, underscoring intensifying competition in the Perp DEX sector; institutional-grade capital kept positioning counter-cyclically amid weak market conditions, with BitMine adding another 102k ETH (total holdings nearing 4 million) and Strategy accumulating an additional 10,645 BTC (total holdings surpassing 670k).
* Next Week to Watch: Over the next 7 days, ZRO, H, and MBG will unlock approximately $33.16 million, $10.16 million, and $7.94 million in tokens respectively—pay close attention to the potential impact on short-term supply and price volatility around these unlocks.

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