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After the Bank of Japan raised interest rates, BTC rose from $85,200 to $88,000 within 5 hours. This rate hike did not trigger a capital flow into the yen. Open interest grew faster than price, and the funding rate turned positive, indicating the emergence of new leveraged long positions rather than short covering. Open interest for SOL and XRP declined, the altcoin season indicator hit a new low, and ETH outperformed BTC.

Foresight News reported, according to Zhitong Finance, Qianxun Technology (01640.HK) announced that on December 19, 2025, the group will officially launch PayKet, a global digital currency financial service platform based on compliant stablecoins.

According to TechFlow, on December 19, on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai_9684xtpa) monitored that the suspected "1011 flash crash short insider address" manipulator Garrett (@GarrettBullish) spoke out again after two months, posting 8 consecutive tweets expressing a bullish outlook. This address currently holds long positions worth $693 million, including 200,000 ETH (entry price $3,147.39) and BTC (entry price $91,506.7), with an overall unrealized loss of $42.55 million. Garrett stated that from a macro perspective, the bearish logic is collapsing and there is no major systemic risk in the US stock market; from a technical perspective, he believes US stocks will fluctuate upwards, and the probability of ETH outperforming the Nasdaq 100 index in the coming months is increasing. His first target prices are BTC at $106,000 and ETH at $4,500.