AscendEX Web3 Weekly: Flagship Weekly Report: The Macro "Fake-Out," Liquidity Shifts, and the Great Whale Migration

By AscendEX Dec 15,2025

1. Opening Remarks: Undercurrents Beneath the Deep Freeze To our loyal AscendEX users, industry colleagues, and believers in the crypto universe: On the surface, this week was defined by an "Extreme Deep Freeze." Bitcoin (BTC), after a failed attempt to breach the $94,000 high, faced resistance and spent most of the week in a lackluster defensive battle around the $90,000 threshold. The Fear & Greed Index plummeted to 21 (Extreme Fear) this week, hitting its coldest point since Q4 began. 1

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