Key Highlights:
- Bitcoin (BTC) prices up by 1.5% today, December 26, 2025.
- $87,000 supports holds strong according to various analysts.
- Altcoins not performing well as BTC dominance climbs.
Bitcoin has managed to gain around 1.5% to nearly $88,500, today, December 26, 2025. With this gain, analysts are closely watching the $87,000 and $84,500 price zone, as a lot of buying and selling has happened there in the past.
It has been observed that more than 1.1 million Bitcoins have been bought within the $83,300-$84,500 range. This range is something that could act as a strong support if the price of the token drops. The investors may also step up to defend this level.
Analysts also say that if at all Bitcoin keeps hovering with a good volume around these zones, it could help push the price higher.
Moreover, the money that is flowing into BTC has increased. This increases the Bitcoin dominance within the crypto market. This dominance puts a pressure on the altcoins and reduces the chances of an altcoin rally for now, as investors are treating Bitcoin as the safer option in uncertain market conditions.
Chip Turnover Tightens for Explosive Breakout
Murphy, a well-known crypto analyst, posted on X today, December 26, 2025, and pointed out that BTC is moving sideways in a very narrow range, showing a stalemate between buyers and sellers.
这段时间BTC始终被压制在一个极小的价格区间内盘整，经过换手后，我们看到目前在 $87,000 和 $84,500 这2处出现了明显高于其他价格的筹码分布（巨量柱）。
前者累计有 67w 枚BTC，后者有 65w… https://t.co/JLKpIpBVMn pic.twitter.com/XmW3OJ1HHO
— Murphy (@Murphychen888) December 26, 2025
As stated above, the analysts concluded $87,000 and $84,500 as the main areas where the most BTC has been bought and sold recently, with $87,000 standing out as the strongest support, especially after adjusting for some artificial activity from a Coinbase wallet cleanup.
It has been observed that when a lot of Bitcoin is held around a certain price range, it usually means that the market is getting ready to make a move. As of today, December, 26, 2025, Bitcoin has risen above $87,000, which clearly indicates that this level is holding strong and buyers have started to take control.
From this point of view, the chip structure looks bullish and as long as $87,000 continues to hold, the market’s next move is likely to become clearer and favor upward momentum.
At press time, the price of the token stands at $88,687.72 with an uptick of 1.5% in the last 24 hours as per CoinGecko.
High Bitcoin Dominance Keeps Altcoin Under Pressure
According to another crypto analyst, CyrilXBT, Bitcoin dominance has rebounded strongly from key support, currently holding above 59%, indicating that Bitcoin continues to attract the majority of capital in the crypto market.
$BTC.D – update
This is why alts feel like hell.
BTC.D bounced hard from support.
As long as dominance holds, alts bleed.Every BTC dip is capital rotating into BTC, not alts.
Alt season isn’t as close
It starts when BTC stops being the safest trade. pic.twitter.com/SMLRI2dYeN
— CyrilXBT (@cyrilXBT) December 26, 2025
Each dip in BTC is met with buying pressure, drawing funds away from altcoins and causing them to not perform. This change explains why the altcoins are struggling and why altseason seems like a far-fetched idea.
However, historically periods of elevated BTC dominance has always coincided with risk-off behavior, as investors favor Bitcoin’s relative stability over smaller, more speculative tokens.
On-chain and market data show that Bitcoin’s support zones are set around $83,000 and $84,500 and the other range from $86,000 to $88,500 acts as a short-term battleground for buyers and sellers.
Until BTC dominance begins to decline, capital is unlikely to rotate into altcoins. A broad altcoin rally generally emerges only when Bitcoin consolidates within a range and dominance weakens, which indicates a shift in market risk appetite toward riskier assets.
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