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By Krisztian Sandor|Edited by Stephen Alpher
Updated Dec 17, 2025, 4:21 p.m. Published Dec 17, 2025, 4:11 p.m.
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What to know:

  • Wednesday's early U.S. rally in crypto suffered a near-instant reversal, sending bitcoin back to the $87,000 area minutes after it had jumped above $90,000.
  • Artificial intelligence favorites Nvidia, Broadcom, and Oracle were sharply lower, dragging the Nasdaq down by more than 1%.

Crypto markets suffered major whipsaw action in morning U.S. trade, with bitcoin BTC$86,621.38 in the space of a few minutes rallying from around $87,000 to above $90,000 and then back to the $87,000 area.

The largest crypto was recently trading at $87,300, down by 0.5% over the past 24 hours after being higher by more than 3% minutes earlier.

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The quick decline happened alongside sharp losses for artificial intelligence-related stocks, with Nvidia, Broadcom and Oracle suffering 3%-6% drops. The tech-centric Nasdaq was lower by more than 1%.

Helping to deflate AI sentiment, Blue Owl Capital was reported to have pulled out of funding a $10 billion deal for an Oracle data center in Michigan.

The sudden price swings triggered over $190 million in liquidations across crypto derivatives markets in the past four hours, CoinGlass data shows. The volatile action hit $72 million in long positions, seeking to profit from rising prices, and $121 million in shorts, betting on a decline.

Shrinking liquidity at the margin is the main culprit behind bitcoin's directionless trading, making it vulnerable to any outside pressure, Hunter Rogers, co-founder of the bitcoin yield protocol TeraHash, said in a note.

"I think we’re now seeing an exhausted market," he said. "In that environment, even mild selling activity pushes the market lower."

He added that BTC needs to hold the $80,000-$85,000 area as support, which could decide if fresh lows or a more sustainable rebound come next.

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Robinhood stands to gain more from prediction markets than Coinbase as users plan to deploy fresh capital rather than sell existing crypto, the bank said.

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  • Robinhood and Coinbase users are about nine times more likely to use prediction markets than non-users, Mizuho found.
  • About 50% of Robinhood users plan to invest new money in prediction markets, while 37% of Coinbase users expect to sell cryptocurrency to fund their activity, according to the report.
  • The bank raised its Robinhood 2026–2027 revenue estimates and kept its $172 price target, while trimming Coinbase’s target to $280.
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