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Crypto Market AM Brief — 19 December 2025 Pulse Check Bitcoin (BTC): Spot seen around $87.3k (snapshot). Macro and Narrative Backdrop U.S. data reset (this week): • Retail Sales MoM (Dec 16): 0.0% vs 0.2% forecast → softer growth impulse. • Unemployment Rate (Dec 16): 4.6% vs 4.4% forecast → softer labor tone. • CPI YoY (Dec 18): 2.7% vs 3.1% forecast → disinflation surprise (typically USD and yields down, risk supported). Central banks (Dec 18): • BoE cut to 3.75% (from 4.0%). • ECB held at 2.15% and Deposit Facility held at 2.00%. Japan (today risk): • BoJ decision scheduled Dec 19 (base case: hold at 0.50%). Guidance tone is the real volatility trigger. Sentiment I do not have a clean, date-stamped Dec 19 Crypto Fear & Greed value available from the sources I can verify right now. Technical Context BTC: • Support: mid-$80ks (near-term) • Resistance: $90k, then $93k–$94k ETH: • Support: $2.9k–$3.0k • Upside pivot: $3.1k–$3.2k

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