December kicked off with a rough patch—major equity futures and Bitcoin both took hits right out of the gate. But here's the twist: Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are showing signs of life, creeping back up in early trading.

The opening days of the month caught traders off guard. Stocks stumbled, Bitcoin dipped, and the market mood turned cautious. Yet the futures market isn't waving the white flag. Incremental gains across the board suggest some buyers are stepping in, testing whether this pullback is just noise or the start of something bigger.

What's interesting? The parallel movement. When both traditional equities and crypto markets get slapped down together, it often signals broader risk-off sentiment—maybe profit-taking, maybe macro jitters. But the bounce in futures hints that not everyone's convinced the selling will stick.

Eyes are on whether this uptick holds or fades as the session progresses. December can be weird—holiday liquidity, year-end positioning, tax-loss harvesting. The next few sessions will tell us if this is just a dead cat bounce or actual conviction returning to the market.