Crypto Frontline

BTCUSD (Coinbase)

Bitcoin has been consolidating lower last week, but as of today, we are starting to see an improvement in momentum. The price action reacted positively to the bottom of the bullish channel and because of that, we expect a recovery during the last full trading week of 2025.

Don’t forget liquidity will be very thin during the holidays, so if you want to spot some more trade opportunities, this week is the last chance. We expect the price to move above the 20 EMA and the 200 SMA. Given there is still potential for a Santa Claus rally, Bitcoin should be able to move towards the $98,500 resistance zone by the end of the year. 

As things stand right now, we expect dips to be bought. Sentiment will get slightly bearish below $88,000, but in the absence of major negative headlines, we don’t think it’s wise to expect a sharp move to the downside. 

Most traders will be back at work only on January 5th and that’s when we think liquidity will start to get back to more normal levels. 

ETHUSD (Kraken)

We’re seeing outperformance in ETH, given the price managed to break outside the channel we highlighted last week and at the same time, it is currently consolidating above a bearish trend line. Such conditions suggest a reversal is in play and thus, more gains should come this week. 

There are some important economic indicators to be published in the US (employment and inflation, particularly), but the market should be able to look past them. We expect $3,000 to act as support and ETH has the potential to move up towards $3,350, the least. 

Above last week’s highs, we see more upside into $3,600. We had heavy selling for weeks and since the holidays are close, this is a window of opportunity for buyers to squeeze those shorts and bank some more gains before the year wraps up. 

We’ll only shift back to a bearish stance if Ether breaks and holds below the trend line. That’s our less-likely scenario, given the current price action structure. 

LTCUSD (Coinbase)

Litecoin is the 3rd coin in our latest weekly crypto analysis because the 4h chart points to an inverted head and shoulders pattern. If that’s the case, we should see more gains from here and the coin edging towards the $87.5 neckline, at least. 

A break and hold above $88 is a bullish signal from our point of view and might suggest further upside from there. We must take things one at a time, so for now, it would be encouraging to see LTC gain ground towards the neckline. 

On the downside, the pattern will be negated if LTC breaks below last week’s low. In that scenario, we would expect $76 to act as meaningful support again. At this point, we favor the upside, given the entire market is usually favored by the period close to the Christmas holiday.