- BTC trading remains flat through December, with limited price action until liquidity improves post-holidays.
- Daily inflows and outflows drive short-term BTC volatility, while total assets respond gradually to sustained flows.
- Peak inflows in early 2025 pushed BTC to $90K, while repeated outflows later caused assets and price to decline sharply.
Bitcoin investors face a period of low volatility as year-end trading remains unpredictable. Analyst Daan Crypto Trades noted, “$BTC Decent liquidity cluster right below. With a new week approaching, a setup where the equal lows get taken out into a bounce would be something I’m watching.”
However, he added, “All in all, I’m not planning on trading much the next few weeks as I think it will mostly be chop and a waste of time, energy and capital.” Consequently, traders may encounter sideways movements until early January.
The choppiness continues as Daan Crypto Trades highlighted, “$BTC Two weeks into December and price is pretty much flat. Meanwhile, we’ve seen quite a lot of daily moves in this larger range we’re in.”
He expects this period to last until market volumes improve after the holidays. “Wouldn’t be surprised if you could just log off for 3-4 weeks, come back and not have missed much,” he added. The lack of decisive price direction reflects typical holiday season behavior in crypto markets.
Fund Flows Drive Market Movements
Sosovalue data shows that daily inflows and outflows in Bitcoin-related funds move up and down constantly. Green bars indicate money coming in, while red bars show money leaving.
Overall, total assets under management (AUM) grew steadily from about $90 billion in January 2024 to over $110 billion by October. On some days, inflows even topped $500 million. Small periods of outflows caused minor pauses in growth but didn’t stop the overall upward trend.
Similar trends were seen in the price of Bitcoin, which increased from about $30,000 in January 2024 to almost $60,000 by late 2025. The price occasionally stopped between March and July 2025 despite ongoing inflows and outflows.
Inflows exceeded $1 billion on a number of days between December 2024 and February 2025. As a result, overall assets increased, and by the middle of 2025, the price of Bitcoin had peaked at almost $90,000.
After mid-2025, large outflows of over $500 million became more frequent, particularly between August and December. Total assets fell from over $160 billion at their peak to around $118 billion by December 2025.
Bitcoin’s price also dropped from highs above $90,000 to about $60,000. Overall, the data shows that daily inflows and outflows create short-term price swings, while total assets respond more slowly to these movements.
