- The price of Bitcoin has shown renewed weakness as bulls retreated below the $90,000 mark.
- The leading cryptocurrency fell despite the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.
- Oracle’s shares dropped 11% in pre-market trading due to AI-related concerns.
Bitcoin’s price failed to regain momentum on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates, showing weakness on Thursday as it fell below $90,000. This decline in BTC is mirrored across the cryptocurrency market, with major coins also experiencing significant drops amid renewed selling pressures.
As of December 11, 2025, the leading digital asset remained close to critical levels, with risk assets generally trending down against a backdrop of turbulence in tech stocks. Concerns surrounding artificial intelligence, especially visible in Oracle’s stock performance, have weighed heavily on Bitcoin and many AI-related tokens.
Why Did Bitcoin’s Price Drop Today?
Bitcoin was trading around $90,379 at the time of writing, down 2.4% over the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency managed to stay above its intraday lows of $89,458, despite the increased daily trading volume, which climbed 9% to over $70 billion.
While stocks saw gains following the Fed’s interest rate cut, a significant sell-off in Oracle’s stock has adversely affected shares of AI-related companies, signaling potential further losses that could encourage bearish sentiment on Wall Street.
During pre-market trading, CNBC reported that Oracle’s stock had plunged over 11%. This downturn extended to other AI-related stocks, with Nvidia and Micron dropping approximately 2% and 1.4% respectively, alongside negative trading for Microsoft, Coreweave, and AMD.
This grim outlook for cryptocurrencies contributed to Bitcoin’s decline, with Ethereum, XRP, and Solana also losing ground after the market continued to retrace following the collapse and subsequent sentiment shift following the bloodbath of October 10, 2025.
CryptoQuant analysts indicate that short-term holders dominate the current market landscape, remaining in what is identified as the “pain zone.” An analyst commented, “Structurally, these deep loss pockets usually show up closer to the late stages of a correction than the early ones.”
BTC Short-Term Holders are Still in a Pain Zone
“Structurally, these deep loss pockets usually show up closer to the late stages of a correction than the early ones.” – By @IT_Tech_PL pic.twitter.com/bw39CfxGh6
— CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) December 11, 2025
Standard Chartered Lowers BTC Forecast for 2025
The lack of momentum since Bitcoin fell below $100,000 has led analysts to recalibrate their year-end forecasts. Standard Chartered, for example, announced earlier this week that it has reduced its BTC price prediction for 2025 from $200,000 to $100,000.
Geoff Kendrick, head of digital asset research at the banking giant, pointed to a slowdown in Bitcoin purchases by treasury companies as a contributing factor. According to the analyst, buyers may now rely on a single key price driver: the spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market.
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