Bitcoin (BTC) traders are watching a familiar sentiment signal after CNBC host Jim Cramer’s latest public comments skewed sharply negative on BTC, a shift that some in crypto circles treat as a contrarian cue.
Third-party tracker Unbias, which logs Cramer’s Bitcoin-related posts, shows his recent calls leaning bearish. But the trading community thinks this could be a good thing for bitcoin.
Cramer’s latest Bitcoin calls tilt bearish
Unbias’ dashboard categorizes several of Cramer’s most recent BTC entries as bearish or “bearish (nuanced),” indicating a permanently bearish stance on the leading cryptocurrency across his latest batch of tracked calls.
Cramer’s recent BTC commentary has focused less on long-term adoption narratives and more on market structure and leverage, warning about derivatives and heavily indebted “bitcoin pseudo-companies,” in Unbias’ archived posts.
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Why traders treat Cramer as a contrarian signal
The “Cramer curse” is a nickname traders use for the idea that assets Jim Cramer strongly praises or criticizes often move in the opposite direction soon after.
Over time, his most confident calls have coincided with market turning points, leading some investors to treat his commentary as a contrarian signal rather than a forecast.
A widely shared belief , the “Cramer curse” means his public enthusiasm can jinx a name—a dynamic that crypto analysts have imported into Bitcoin discourse as well.
Cramer’s “reverse indicator” reputation isn’t just crypto folklore. It became such a cultural phenomenon that an “Inverse Cramer Tracker ETF” was launched to bet against his stock picks, even if the product itself didn’t last.
That history helps explain why some traders interpret high-conviction Cramer sentiment as an anecdotal fade signal, especially during choppy, late-cycle price action.
Ki Young Ju, founder of the onchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, said ,
"BREAKING: Jim Cramer is 100% bearish on Bitcoin. Merry Christmas."
Bitcoin’s setup looks fragile
That contrarian framing is showing up as Bitcoin trades in a tight, fragile range.
In a Dec. 17 “Week On-chain” report , Glassnode said Bitcoin faces “heavy overhead supply” and fading demand, with “price rejection near $93k and support near $81k” defining the battlefield into late December.
In other words: if Bitcoin rallies despite loud bearish takes, traders will point to sentiment being “too negative,” but if it breaks key support, the joke stops being funny.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading around $87,586, up roughly 0.5% over the past 24 hours, as prices remained range-bound following thin holiday trading volumes.
This story was originally published by TheStreet on Dec 25, 2025, where it first appeared in the MARKETS section. Add TheStreet as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
