24 Hour Crypto Market Update: Extreme Fear Drags Market Down 1.5%

Major Crypto Events Today

Source: Forex Factory

24-Hour Crypto Market Update: Prices, Volume & Trends

The global cryptocurrency market today reached a capitalization of $3.13 trillion, reflecting a 1.5% decrease over the last 24 hours. Total trading volume across all cryptocurrencies $90.9 billion, showing steady activity.

Bitcoin (BTC) remains the largest crypto, commanding 56.8% dominance, while Ethereum (ETH) holds 11.9%. Currently, 19,142 cryptocurrencies are being tracked, with Polkadot and XRP Ledger tokens showing the strongest gains in the past day.

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Price:

• Bitcoin (BTC) is currently priced at $89,061.34, down by 1.3% in the last 24 hours, with a trading volume of $48.6 billion and a market cap of $1.77 trillion.

• Ethereum (ETH) is priced at $3,107.28, dips 0.33% in 24 hours with a trading volume of $16.6 billion and a market cap of $375 billion.

Note: BTC and ETH are often viewed as less volatile historically, but still risky.

Top 5 Trending Coins in 24 Hours

Trending rankings, gains, losses are based on CoinMarketCap’s 24-hour trending data and Top gainers and Losers, respectively. This reflect a combination of price movement, trading volume, and user interest.

• SentisAI (SENTIS) is trading at $0.2591, up 35.23%, with a strong $312.7 million trading volume (TV).

• Yooldo (ESPORTS) is priced at $0.4244, down 0.41%, recording a high $1.01 billion in TV.

• Boogie (BOOGIE) trades at $0.00008348, surging 1.10%, with $93.47 million in TV.

• Ethereum (ETH) stands at $3,104.58, slipping 0.42%, while posting $16.56 billion in TV.

• Solana (SOL) is valued at $130.85, down 1.7%, with a TV of $2.56 billion.

Top 3 Gainers in 24 hours

• MYX Finance (MYX) is trading at $3.25, up 4.65%, with a strong trading activity of $70.7 million.

• TRON (TRX) is priced at $0.2793, gaining 2.40%, and recorded a high trading volume of $531.7 million.

• Canton (CC) is trading at $0.07257, up 1.77%, with a trading volume of $20.1 million.

Top 3 Losers in 24 hours

• Dash (DASH) is trading at $42.17, down 6.63%, with trading activity $99.6M.

• SPX6900 (SPX) is priced at $0.5523, falling 5.90% with $14.7M in trading volume.

• Aerodrome Finance (AERO) is currently at $0.5758, lower by 5.39%, with trading activity close to $18.7M.

Stablecoins and Defi Update

• Stablecoins recorded a 0.1% positive change in the past 24 hours, with a market cap of $314 billion and trading volume of $69.8 billion.

• The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) market dips 1.3% in the last 24 hours, reaching a market cap of $110.7 billion, while total value locked (TVL) stands at $4.2 billion.

Fear and Greed Index Today

Source:  Alternative Me

Today’s Fear and Greed Index is 16 (Extreme Fear), down from 21 yesterday and 20 last week, but higher than 10 last month. The constant selling pressure, macro uncertainty, and volatility continue to keep sentiment low, but fear has calmed down to monthly lows.

Latest Crypto Market News Today, 15 December

1. The UK intends to regulate Cryptocurrencies since 2027.

By 2027, cryptocurrencies will be regulated by FCA rules in the UK Treasury as financial products, and political contributions through crypto will also be prohibited.

2. YO Labs Secures $10M Series A Funding

YO Labs raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Foundation Capital, with Coinbase Ventures joining, to expand YO Protocol’s cross-chain yield optimization and strengthen blockchain infrastructure.

3. South Korea Delays Won-Stablecoin Rules

South Korea's FSC has failed to meet the deadline of Dec. 10 to present the won-stablecoin rules, stating inter-agency disputes, particularly with the Bank of Korea regarding control and big tech restrictions.

4. Deadly Crypto Kidnapping Ring Busted by Spanish Police.

The Spanish police broke down a crypto kidnapping gang, arresting its members and confiscating wallets and equipment following violent kidnappings as a form of extorting digital assets, one of which resulted in a death.

5. Jeff Park Decomposes the Stagnant Bitcoin Momentum.

Bitwise Alpha manager Jeff Park argues that Bitcoin has an upward limit because early investors are selling options, which counter ETF purchases and hold BTC stuck in a high-supply, low-volatility band.

6. Prysm explains the outage of Ethereum Fusaka.

Prysm Ethereum client attributed the Dec. 4 Fusaka outage to resource exhaustion, which resulted in 41 missed epochs, reduced participation, 382 ETH losses, and software fixes.

Note: All these updates have effects on traders, as they influence liquidity, industry sentiment, and possible returns, and hence, have to be closely monitored.

Comparative Insight

On December 15, 2025 (compared to Dec 13, 2025), a decreasing momentum with slightly lower losses to 1.5% from 1.9% but weaker volumes to $90.9B from $137.3B. Bitcoin dominance calmed down slightly, and the fear and greed index shows sentiment decreased from 23 (Dec 13) to 16 (today), which means that panic trading had decreased, but the fear of risk remained strong among investors.

What This Means for Crypto Users

The volatility is likely to increase as fear is still the order of the day among crypto users. Volatile volume is actively involved, yet regulatory changes, technical failures, and macro uncertainty imply prudent positioning, diversified exposure, and close observation of both the majors and new altcoins.

Risk Context

CoinGabbar’s Opinion

Currently, the crypto sphere is at a stage of consolidation, which is not based on fundamentals but on fear. Investors can consider long-term projects and blue-chip assets to accumulate, and short-term traders ought to handle risks well when there is a steep rise and fall, as well as news-driven movements.

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