December 9, 2025 - Crypto News
📈 Bitcoin (BTC)
Current Price: ~$109,120.50 (+1.8% in 24h)
Top News: Bitcoin is knocking on the door of $110,000, continuing its historic December rally. Bloomberg reports that U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their second-highest daily inflow day ever on Monday, with over $1.2 billion in net buying. Analysts attribute this acceleration to institutional portfolios rebalancing before the year-end, chasing the asset's performance.
📈 Ethereum (ETH)
Current Price: ~$4,150.00 (+1.6% in 24h)
Top News: Ethereum is holding strong above the $4,100 support level, maintaining its bullish structure. Consensys announced a major milestone for the upcoming "Pectra" network upgrade, confirming that the final testnet phase has launched successfully. This technical progress is reassuring developers and investors about the network's scaling roadmap for 2026.
📊 Altcoin Developments
RWA Sector Explodes on BlackRock Rumors The Real World Asset (RWA) sector is the top performer today. Chainlink (LINK) and Ondo Finance (ONDO) have both surged over 10%. CoinDesk reports that rumors are circulating regarding a new BlackRock liquidity fund that will exclusively utilize Chainlink's infrastructure for cross-chain settlement, triggering aggressive buying in related tokens.
Near Protocol Partners with AI Firm Near Protocol (NEAR) is up roughly 8% following a partnership announcement. The Block notes that the project has teamed up with a major open-source AI research lab to launch a "Data Availability" layer specifically for training AI models, positioning itself at the intersection of the two hottest market narratives (AI and Crypto).
