Bitcoin Price Today (Dec. 15, 2025, 11:30 a.m. ET): BTC Slides Toward $86K as Liquidations Hit, While Traders Watch ETF Flows and Central Banks
As of 11:30 a.m. ET on Monday, December 15, 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $86,450, down roughly 2.9% on the session, after printing an intraday range that has stretched from about $86,454 to $89,948. The late-morning drop pushed BTC below the $87,000 area that many traders had been watching as a “line in the sand” after a choppy start to the final full trading week before the Christmas break—when liquidity often thins and sudden moves can accelerate. Crypto Briefing Bitcoin price today: what’s happening right now Bitcoin’s slide into the mid-$86,000s follows a cautious overnight tone. Earlier in the