Bitcoin took a big hit yesterday. It was the worst Sunday for the digital currency since April, but it has largely recovered overnight. However, the market seems to be starting this new week with a sense of anxiety.
BTC rebounds after hard blow #
The bitcoin price closed the day yesterday with a loss of 2.30 percent. Since Sunday, April 6, the last day of the week has not been this bad.
Bitcoin started the day just above $90,000. That’s also where it hovered all day Saturday. But from late morning, the price could not hold on.
It slowly drifted further down and that continued until midnight. Eventually, a low was found at $87,650.
Bitcoin price over the last 24 hours. – Source: CoinGecko
After that, it recovered very quickly. Less than three hours later, $90,000 was being paid again for the largest cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, the price is a few hundred dollars lower.
On Friday, the bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed the weekend at a price of $90,400. However, the new trading week started at $88,575, creating a price gap.
We see this often and in recent months such a gap has always been filled within a week. That would now mean a recovery towards $90,400.
But we can only be truly optimistic again when the $93,000 is broken. That sell wall has been there for a while, but with each new test it gets a bit weaker. On the downside, $86,000 is the level that must absolutely hold.
$BTC Breakout is only a matter of time.. 📈🔥 Bulls MUST Reclaim the $93k Resistance to fully regain Bullish momentum.. Bulls are still struggling to Reclaim the $93k Resistance but with every Retest, this Resistance is getting weaker.. Once the wedge breaks to the upside,… pic.twitter.com/vRDZdqpBYP — Captain Faibik 🐺 (@CryptoFaibik) December 15, 2025
For this week, the main fear is the new interest rate decision by the Japanese central bank. On Thursday night, the interest rate will likely be raised for the first time since January. The previous rate hikes always led to major bitcoin drops, but this has been anticipated for some time now.
At the time of writing, the BTC price on the crypto exchange OKX is $89,597. On the Dutch crypto exchange Bitvavo, the BTC price in euros is therefore €76,377. Compared to 24 hours ago, BTC is up 0.61 percent.
Ethereum outperforms bitcoin #
Most altcoins, like bitcoin, are starting the week in the red. But ethereum, the second largest coin, is one of the exceptions.
The altcoin king is up 0.53 percent from yesterday and is currently trading at $3,128. This puts it in a much stronger position than bitcoin.
The other well-known coins are all in the red, but they are all modest losses. For example, ripple is down 0.88 percent, solana 0.47 percent and cardano 0.87 percent.