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CoinGape Newsletter
December 18, 2025
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announce key crypto policy changes and guidance, reducing crypto adoption barriers. It provides a major boost for institutional investor participation, tokenization, and overall crypto market liquidity.
Bitcoin price continues to weaken after breaking below its recent consolidation range, now trading within a descending channel on lower timeframes. The broader crypto market dropped 1.51% in 24 hours, deepening the week’s losses to 7%.
 Cardano price has entered a decisive phase as NIGHT token liquidity rotation intersects with structural compression. Meanwhile, ADA price reflects deeper interaction between ecosystem capital flows and historical demand behavior. Recent NIGHT token redemptions have shifted the focus on the way internal liquidity recycling can affect the valuation dynamics. Meanwhile, price structure condenses around an area that had created aggressive upside. This convergence places Cardano price at a technically critical stage, without yet resolving direction. |  Solana price declined by 4% over the past 24 hours, breaking below the key $130 support zone. Bitwise analysts are bullish in the long-term despite weakness in the short-term outlook. They forecast that the network growth will push Solana to new all-time highs by 2026. The dip mirrors a broader market slump, as the global crypto market fell 1.5% in the same period, extending its weekly losses to 7.5%. |