This Week in Crypto, Full Written Summary: W4 December 2025
- Retail sentiment has exploded into the new year, with Bitcoin optimism hitting a multi-month high and memecoins like $PEPE surging over 41%, signaling a return of speculative interest.
- Beneath the surface, large ‘whale’ investors are quietly accumulating, with wallets holding 10-10,000 BTC adding over 55,000 Bitcoin in just two weeks—a strong underlying bullish signal.
- Despite the hype, on-chain data reveals some weakness: the average long-term Bitcoin holder is still down 11.5% (MVRV), indicating that underlying market health has not yet recovered from the recent downturn.
Kicking off the new year, Brian and Maksim returned for their first livestream of 2026 to analyze the crypto markets. In this session, they uncovered…
