ETFs bleed, keeping bitcoin in stasis: Crypto Daybook Americas

Crypto Daybook Americas Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email ETFs bleed, keeping bitcoin in stasis: Crypto Daybook Americas Your day-ahead look for Dec. 17, 2025 By Omkar Godbole | Edited by Sheldon Reback Dec 17, 2025, 12:15 p.m. (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk) What to know : You are viewing Crypto Daybook Americas, your morning briefing on what happened in the crypto markets overnight and what's expected during the coming day. Crypto Daybook Americas will kickstart your morning with comprehensive insights. If you're not already subscribed to the email, click here . You won't want to start your day without it. By Omkar Godbole (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin BTC $ 87,105.81 has churned between $86,000 and $88,000 over the past 24 hours, with Tuesday’s U.S. jobs data failing to inject meaningful volatility. The price sits near a major technical level which, if broken, could bring more pain. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . The number of BTC/USD longs (bullish bets) on Bitfinex continues to climb, reaching 72,184 at press time, the highest since February 2024. It may sound counterintuitive, but rising longs have historically turned out to be contrarian indicators, accompanying prolonged downtrends. Adding to the gloom, the 11 U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs bled $227 million on Tuesday following Monday’s $357.69 million outflow. So, in two days, the ETFs have lost over $584 million. That's more than double last week’s net inflow of $286.60 million, according to SoSoValue. Clearly, institutional appetite for BTC has weakened, leaving the market in a fragile state. The lack of a bullish response to Tuesday's spike in the U.S. jobless rate to its highest level since April 2021, a figure that supports Fed rate-cut bets, also points to market exhaustion. “For crypto, the lack of reaction is telling. Markets appear more focused on internal liquidity and positioning than macro releases," said Timothy Misir, head of research at BRN. "Until macro data meaningfully shifts rate expectations or liquidity conditions, price action is likely to remain range-bound and reactive rather than directional.” Speaking of positioning, options market data point to expectations for a broad range trade between $85,000 and $100,000 in the near term. In the wider crypto market, there are some gainers like the Cardano-based NIGHT $ 0.06375 token, which has gained 9% in 24 hours. SKY and XMR have added 4% each, while the rest of the top 100 tokens are in the red. The CoinDesk 20 and CoinDesk 80 indices are both down over the period. Shares in crypto exchange HashKey fell 5% early Wednesday following their debut in Hong Kong. In traditional markets, the dollar index has recovered from 2.5-month lows to above 98.00, with the 10-year Treasury yield holding steady above 4.10%. The Chinese yuan remains bid at two-month highs, offering policymakers room to provide stimulus to the slowing economy. Stay alert! Read more: For analysis of today's activity in altcoins and derivatives, see Crypto Markets Today What to Watch For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk's " Crypto Week Ahead ". Crypto Dec. 17, 5 p.m.: Coinbase system update: A set of new features for the Coinbase platform, expected to include tokenized stocks and prediction markets livestream on X . Macro Dec. 17: Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller speech ("Economic Outlook"). Watch live . Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data) Nothing scheduled. Token Events For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk's " Crypto Week Ahead ". Governance votes & calls SSV Network is voting to streamline committee operations ( DIP-47 ) and cap the ETH/SSV fee ratio at 700 ( DIP-49 ). Voting ends Dec. 17. Dec. 17: VeChain, Plume, and Aleo to discuss growing institutional momentum in RWAfi. Dec. 17: Venus Protocol, Solv Protocol, BounceBit, BNB Chain and Lista DAO to discuss BNB Chain’s New Chapter in 2026 and Beyond Unlocks No major unlocks. Token Launches Dec. 17: Binance to delist FIS $ 0.01869 , REI $ 0.004046 , and VOXEL $ 0.01409 . Conferences For a more comprehensive list of events this week, see CoinDesk's " Crypto Week Ahead ". Nothing scheduled. Market Movements BTC is down 1.51% from 4 p.m. ET Tuesday at $86,436.95 (24hrs: +1.14%) ETH is down 0.89% at $2,924.45 (24hrs: -1.17%) CoinDesk 20 is down 1.45% at 2,702.96 (24hrs: -0.88%) Ether CESR Composite Staking Rate is up 1 bp at 2.85% BTC funding rate is at 0.0098% (10.7222% annualized) on Binance DXY is up 0.41% at 98.55 Gold futures are up 0.24% at $4,342.80 Silver futures are up 4.13% at $65.94 Nikkei 225 closed up 0.26% at 49,512.28 Hang Seng closed up 0.92% at 25,468.78 FTSE is up 1.68% at 9,847.03 Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.2% at 5,729.49 DJIA closed on Tuesday down 0.62% at 48,114.26 S&P 500 closed down 0.24% at 6,800.26 Nasdaq Composite closed up 0.23% at 23,111.46 S&P/TSX Composite closed down 0.7% at 31,263.93 S&P 40 Latin America closed down 2.46% at 3,100.62 U.S. 10-Year Treasury rate is up 2.1 bps at 4.17% E-mini S&P 500 futures are up 0.34% at 6,879.50 E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures are up 0.38% at 25,476.25 E-mini Dow Jones Industrial Average Index futures are up 0.21% at 48,583.00 Bitcoin Stats BTC Dominance: 59.34% (-0.11%) Ether-bitcoin ratio: 0.03373 (0.03%) Hashrate (seven-day moving average): 1,068 EH/s Hashprice (spot): $36.97 Total fees: 2.72 BTC / $236,707 CME Futures Open Interest: 122,645 BTC BTC priced in gold: 20 oz. BTC vs gold market cap: 5.82% Technical Analysis The chart shows daily changes in the dominance of USDT, the biggest stablecoin, a measure of the token's share of the total crypto market. The dominance rate has surpassed the three-year descending trendline, confirming a bullish breakout. It means that tether could grab more market share in coming weeks, a scenario typically seen during bear markets. Crypto Equities Coinbase Global (COIN): closed on Tuesday at $252.61 (+0.87%), unchanged in pre-market Circle (CRCL): closed at $83 (+9.99%), -0.12% at $82.90 Galaxy Digital (GLXY): closed at $24.31 (-0.94%) Bullish (BLSH): closed at $42.96 (+1.25%), -0.33% at $42.82 MARA Holdings (MARA): closed at $10.69 (-0.09%), -0.47% at $10.64 Riot Platforms (RIOT): closed at $13.47 (-1.75%), -0.3% at $13.43 Core Scientific (CORZ): closed at $14.73 (-3.6%) CleanSpark (CLSK): closed at $11.86 (-0.46%), unchanged in pre-market CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI): closed at $38.36 (+1.13%) Exodus Movement (EXOD): closed at $14.43 (+6.42%) Crypto Treasury Companies Strategy (MSTR): closed at $167.50 (+3.34%), -0.87% at $166.05 Semler Scientific (SMLR): closed at $17.40 (+8.55%) SharpLink Gaming (SBET): closed at $9.71 (+2.1%), -0.21% at $9.69 Upexi (UPXI): closed at $2.05 (+0.49%) Lite Strategy (LITS): closed at $1.52 (-0.65%) ETF Flows Spot BTC ETFs Daily net flows: -$277.2 million Cumulative net flows: $57.25 billion Total BTC holdings ~1.31 million Spot ETH ETFs Daily net flows: -$224.2 million Cumulative net flows: $12.66 billion Total ETH holdings ~6.23 million Source: Farside Investors While You Were Sleeping Why Investors Are Worried About Japan’s Bond Market (Bloomberg): Investors are uneasy as Japan’s central bank buys fewer bonds just as government borrowing rises, leaving weak demand to absorb new debt and pushing long-term yields to multiyear highs. Bitcoin trades near key price safety net that Strategy already breached (CoinDesk): The cryptocurrency is hovering near its 100-week moving average after holding it for three weeks, while shares of its largest corporate holder have already fallen below the same long-term support. Grayscale outlines top crypto investing themes for 2026 as institutional adoption grows (CoinDesk): The asset-management firm says regulatory clarity is driving institutional investment, and fiat currency debasement is increasing interest in alternative stores of value, such as BTC and ETH. Oil jumps over 1% as Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela (Reuters): Markets reacted to a Truth Social post from Trump by pricing in potential disruptions to Venezuelan crude flows, halting a recent downturn driven by easing war risks and persistent demand concerns. Crypto Daybook Americas More For You Protocol Research: GoPlus Security By CoinDesk Research Nov 14, 2025 Commissioned by GoPlus What to know : As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M. GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month. Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B. View Full Report More For You Brace for volatility as U.S. jobs data loom: Crypto Daybook Americas By Omkar Godbole | Edited by Sheldon Reback Dec 16, 2025 Your day-ahead look for Dec. 16, 2025 What to know : You are viewing Crypto Daybook Americas, your morning briefing on what happened in the crypto markets overnight and what's expected during the coming day. Crypto Daybook Americas will kickstart your morning with comprehensive insights. If you're not already subscribed to the email, click here . You won't want to start your day without it. 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