{"id":17797,"date":"2025-12-11T20:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-stumbles-as-dow-rockets-to-record-high-triggering-a-big-ticket-rotation-out-of-tech\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:02:00","slug":"crypto-stumbles-as-dow-rockets-to-record-high-triggering-a-big-ticket-rotation-out-of-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-stumbles-as-dow-rockets-to-record-high-triggering-a-big-ticket-rotation-out-of-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto stumbles as Dow rockets to record high, triggering a big-ticket rotation out of tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The crypto market slid on Thursday even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to a fresh record, underscoring a sharp investor rotation out of tech and into economically sensitive stocks following the Federal Reserve\u2019s latest interest-rate cut.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_7df632c22bbb1bf5a93a12d3e7e1e700\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crypto slumped even as the Dow hit a record high, with Bitcoin and Ethereum falling alongside a broad selloff.<\/li>\n<li>Investors rotated out of big tech and AI plays after weak Oracle earnings.<\/li>\n<li>Despite price declines, Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs saw strong inflows, signaling sustained institutional interest.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin hovered just above $91,000, down about 1.5%, while Ethereum slipped roughly 5% to trade near $3,200. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CoinGecko<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The declines mirrored a broader selloff across digital assets: total crypto market capitalization fell 2.3% to about $3.2 trillion. One report <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tallied<\/a> that 97 of the top 100 tokens were trading lower.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the slump, Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs still attracted fresh inflows, signaling persistent institutional appetite. According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-xrp-spot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">data<\/a> gathered on Thursday, Dec. 10:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $224 million-worth of net inflows <\/li>\n<li>Ethereum ETFs saw a net inflow of $57.6 million<\/li>\n<li>Spot XRP ETFs attracted $954 million in investment ever since Canary Capital\u2019s November launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traditional markets tell a different story<\/h2>\n<p>The 30-stock Dow jumped 600 points, or 1.3%. Per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/10\/stock-market-today-live-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNBC<\/a>, that\u2019s a record high. <\/p>\n<p>Investors fled high-growth tech names after Oracle\u2019s earnings disappointed, raising alarms about how quickly companies can monetize their massive artificial intelligence (AI) investments. <\/p>\n<p>Oracle carries more than $100 billion in debt tied to data-center expansion, a point that weighed heavily on sentiment and dragged down other AI-linked stocks: Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD, and CoreWeave\u2014to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The rotation dampened momentum from the prior session, when the S&amp;P 500 closed just shy of its own record after the Fed cut interest rates for the third time this year, bringing the benchmark range to 3.5%\u20133.75% and signaling no hikes ahead. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Lower borrowing costs boosted small-caps, sending the Russell 2000 (up 1.3% at last check) to a new intraday high Thursday, after hitting a record close the day before.<\/p>\n<p>In crypto, sentiment remains fragile: the crypto fear and greed index ticked down from 30 to 29, staying firmly in \u201cfear\u201d territory ahead of further macroeconomic signals and government actions following recent administrative disruptions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765483314_739_Crypto-stumbles-as-Dow-rockets-to-record-high-triggering-a.webp.webp\" alt=\"the crypto fear and greed index.\" class=\"wp-image-14439839\"><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s next<\/h2>\n<p>Even with uncertainty rising, ETF inflows suggested that big investors aren\u2019t leaving crypto\u2014just bracing for a choppier ride.<\/p>\n<p>Whether a so-called Santa Claus rally can push the S&amp;P 500 above 7,000 into year-end, remains to be seen. As for 2026, observers expect various headwinds, including a Fed leadership change and the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crypto market slid on Thursday even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to a fresh record, underscoring a sharp investor rotation out of tech and into economically sensitive&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17798,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17797\/revisions\/17798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}