Daily Crypto Signals: Bitcoin Eyes $100K Target, Bitcoin Cash Leads Layer-1 Performance in 2025
Bitcoin traded below $88,000 heading into the weekend as markets anticipated the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, with analysts
Quick overview
- Bitcoin traded below $88,000 as markets anticipated the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, with predictions of a potential rally to $100,000 within two weeks.
- Bitcoin Cash emerged as the top-performing Layer-1 blockchain asset in 2025, gaining nearly 40% and outpacing major competitors due to favorable supply dynamics.
- Major institutional players are increasing their digital asset offerings, with WisdomTree launching a new tokenized fund and BPCE allowing retail clients to trade cryptocurrencies.
- Coinbase Institutional predicts a 'December recovery' for cryptocurrencies, citing increased liquidity and a high likelihood of Federal Reserve rate decreases.
Bitcoin BTC/USD traded below $88,000 heading into the weekend as markets anticipated the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, with analysts predicting a brief dip to $87,000 before a potential rally to $100,000 within two weeks. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Cash BCH/USD emerged as 2025’s top-performing Layer-1 blockchain asset with gains approaching 40%, outpacing major competitors amid favorable supply dynamics and renewed investor demand.
Crypto Market Developments
The cryptom market was very unstable this week since a lot of things changed how investors felt about it. Major institutional players were adding to their digital asset offerings. For example, WisdomTree, an asset manager, launched its 15th tokenized fund. This fund is a complicated options-income strategy product that follows put-writing benchmarks that are usually used to make money and protect against market volatility. The company’s Government Money Market Fund alone currently has more than $730 million in assets, which shows that more and more institutions are using blockchain-based financial products.
European banking firm BPCE said it would let millions of retail clients trade cryptocurrencies using its Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Épargne mobile apps. The deployment will start with four regional banks that serve about 2 million users. users will be able to buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and USDC directly. The bank wants to slowly roll out the service to all 25 of its regional branches by 2026, eventually reaching its whole 12 million customers. This will be a big step forward for the use of cryptocurrencies by traditional European banks.
Coinbase Institutional had a positive prediction for how cryptocurrencies would do by the end of the year. They said that increased liquidity, a 92% chance of Federal Reserve rate decreases, and a growing global money supply are all important factors. The company expects a “December recovery” after saying that prices would be poor in October. This fits with the seasonal pattern of asset prices going up during the holiday season.
Bitcoin Bounces to $90,000 After Sunday’s Drop
Bitcoin (BTC) had a lot of strong downward movement as it approached the weekly close on Sunday. It fell below $88,000 and got near to the $87,000 barrier as traders got ready for Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The cryptocurrency dropped $2,000 in two hours, ending an otherwise quiet weekend. This could have created a new price gap on CME Group’s Bitcoin futures markets, which tend to fill up rapidly once typical macro trading starts again.
Market participants still expected the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates by 0.25%, which was the most important macroeconomic event of the week. Michaël van de Poppe, a crypto expert, said that Bitcoin may drop to $87,000 because people were concerned before the FOMC meeting. However, it could quickly bounce back, and if the upswing is confirmed, it could break beyond $92,000 and head toward $100,000 in one to two weeks. Van de Poppe said that $86,000 is the most important support level for bulls. If the price breaks below that level, it might drop below $80,000. If it doesn’t break and stay above $92,000, the bullish scenario is no longer relevant.
Technical expert TXMC said that Bitcoin’s “liveliness” indicator, which measures long-term on-chain currency spending against keeping, has started to rise again. This is a sign of a bull market phase. Even while prices are still low, the metric’s rise signals that demand for spot Bitcoin is stronger than what current price action shows. This is because older coins are starting to move and long-term accumulation patterns are changing.
Bitcoin Cash Becomes the Best-Performing L1
Bitcoin Cash has become the best-performing Layer-1 blockchain asset in 2025, rising almost 40% to take the title of best-performing major network. Analyst Crypto Koryo said that BCH has done better than BNB, Hyperliquid, Tron, and XRP, which only saw small gains. Most other Layer-1 networks, such Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Cardano, and Polkadot, are still deep in the red, with some down more than 50% for the year.
Bitcoin Cash did well even though it doesn’t have an official presence on social media site X. Analysts say this is because of very clean supply dynamics and new demand drivers. There are no token unlocks, no foundation treasury, and no venture capital overhang on the supply side of BCH. These things make it much less likely that people will sell compared to other cryptocurrencies. The whole supply is currently moving about freely, with no risk of future dilution from vesting schedules or institutional selling. This makes it a good time for prices to go higher as fresh demand comes into the market. Bitcoin Cash has been able to take advantage of increasing investor interest because of its unique position, whereas many other blockchain networks have had to deal with negative pressure throughout 2025.
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