{"id":15681,"date":"2025-12-15T03:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T03:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?p=15681"},"modified":"2025-12-15T03:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T03:37:11","slug":"the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: Traders Remain Cautious in Last Weeks of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Bitcoin fell below $89,000 over the weekend. Sunday trading was quiet, and traders avoided risks ahead of important economic data due to be released this week. By Monday morning, Bitcoin traded at about $89,600 &#8211; still down 7.6% over the past month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Other major altcoins like Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, and Cardano fell. They added to their double-digit losses from the past month, and the CoinDesk 20 Index dropped nearly 1%.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: inter; color: #000000;\">Upcoming Events<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Some traders have already pulled back their crypto positions as they derisk to protect their portfolios in the last few weeks of the year. Others continue to wait for positive U.S. economic data this week. This includes unemployment rates, ADP jobs data, jobless claims, November inflation, December PMI previews, and speeches from Fed officials Stephen Miran and Christopher Waller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Japan&#8217;s Bank of Japan may raise rates to 0.75% on Thursday to fight high inflation. This could affect yen carry trades, which have supported crypto prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Markets are relatively stable now with low volumes being seen, but could spike again if a large catalyst emerges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The likelihood of a Santa Claus rally in the last few weeks is low given rising pessimism that the US stock market will continue its rally, especially since the Fed is giving mixed signals about its outlook for next year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inter; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">For now, Bitcoin and Ethereum are trading at relatively subdued levels &#8211; now might be a good time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/en\/trading\/BTC-USDT\">add them<\/a> to your portfolio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin fell below $89,000 over the weekend. Sunday trading was quiet, and traders avoided risks ahead of important economic data due to be released this week. By Monday morning, Bitcoin traded at about $89,600 &#8211; still down 7.6% over the past month. Other major altcoins like Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, and Cardano fell. They added to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[419],"class_list":["post-15681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-insights","tag-the-week-ahead"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Traders Remain Cautious Before Economic Data Release &#8212; BTSE Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With Bitcoin falling and major altcoins losing ground, traders remain cautious. Stay updated on the latest market movements.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Week Ahead: Traders Remain Cautious in Last Weeks of 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With Bitcoin falling and major altcoins losing ground, traders remain cautious. Stay updated on the latest market movements.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BTSE Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-15T03:37:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/meta-image.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&quality=75&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"BTSE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BTSE_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BTSE_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"BTSE\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Traders Remain Cautious Before Economic Data Release &#8212; BTSE Blog","description":"With Bitcoin falling and major altcoins losing ground, traders remain cautious. Stay updated on the latest market movements.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Week Ahead: Traders Remain Cautious in Last Weeks of 2025","og_description":"With Bitcoin falling and major altcoins losing ground, traders remain cautious. Stay updated on the latest market movements.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/","og_site_name":"BTSE Blog","article_published_time":"2025-12-15T03:37:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/meta-image.jpeg?fit=1280%2C960&quality=75&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"BTSE","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BTSE_Official","twitter_site":"@BTSE_Official","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"BTSE","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"BTSE","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ad80e1bffe6cf5d79938127822f2ca"},"headline":"The Week Ahead: Traders Remain Cautious in Last Weeks of 2025","datePublished":"2025-12-15T03:37:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/"},"wordCount":248,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Week-Ahead04.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=75&ssl=1","keywords":["the week ahead"],"articleSection":["Market Insights"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/","name":"Traders Remain Cautious Before Economic Data Release &#8212; BTSE Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Week-Ahead04.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=75&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-12-15T03:37:11+00:00","description":"With Bitcoin falling and major altcoins losing ground, traders remain cautious. Stay updated on the latest market movements.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Week-Ahead04.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=75&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Week-Ahead04.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=75&ssl=1","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/the-week-ahead-traders-remain-cautious-last-weeks-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Week Ahead: Traders Remain Cautious in Last Weeks of 2025"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/","name":"BTSE Blog","description":"Navigating the Crypto Frontier - Insights, Analysis, and Strategies","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"BTSE","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/btse-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/btse-logo.png","width":1007,"height":306,"caption":"BTSE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/BTSE_Official","https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/btse","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/btsecom\/","https:\/\/t.me\/btsecom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/46ad80e1bffe6cf5d79938127822f2ca","name":"BTSE","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc01110861deb9c4a6b15c6c841e4457320749d7c005164340fbf8d4eacefc5d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc01110861deb9c4a6b15c6c841e4457320749d7c005164340fbf8d4eacefc5d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc01110861deb9c4a6b15c6c841e4457320749d7c005164340fbf8d4eacefc5d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"BTSE"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/author\/btseadmin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Week-Ahead04.png?fit=1920%2C1080&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15682,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15681\/revisions\/15682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}