Bitcoin pushes above $90,000 as traders eye change in pattern
Bitcoin pushes above $90,000 as traders eye change in pattern
Particularly hard-hit in 2025’s final sessions, crypto-related stocks are bouncing in this year’s first trading day.
What to know:
- Bitcoin rose above $90,000 during U.S. trading hours on Friday.
- It’s a notable change in trend, as crypto prices late in 2025 were typically on the defensive while American stocks traded.
- Strategy, Coinbase, Hut 8 and Galaxy Digital were among the crypto-related stocks seeing strong gains.
Last year in crypto will be remembered for many things, but one notable trend — particularly late in the year — was the selloffs that occurred nearly every day during U.S. trading hours.
It’s not much to go on just yet, but on 2026’s first official trading day, a change could be afoot as crypto prices are actually rising while American markets are open.
The action has pushed bitcoin above $90,000, up 2.5% over the past 24 hours. Ether , solana and are seeing advances closer to 4%.
Assets in general are on the rise in the year’s first session, with the Nasdaq higher by 0.6%, led by AI-related chipmakers like Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and Intel posting 3%-6% gains. Favored commodity play of late, silver has added 3%. Gold and copper are each modestly higher.
Bitcoin miners turned AI infrastructure firms are sharply higher across the board, with Hut 8 (HUT), CleanSpark (CLSK), TeraWulf (WULF) sporting 10% gains, and Cipher Mining (CIFR) and IREN (IREN) each higher by 8%.
Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN) are each ahead more than 3%, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) by 7% and Circle Financial (CRCL) by 4.5%.
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KuCoin Hits Record Market Share as 2025 Volumes Outpace Crypto Market
KuCoin captured a record share of centralised exchange volume in 2025, with more than $1.25tn traded as its volumes grew faster than the wider crypto market.
What to know:
- KuCoin recorded over $1.25 trillion in total trading volume in 2025, equivalent to an average of roughly $114 billion per month, marking its strongest year on record.
- This performance translated into an all-time high share of centralised exchange volume, as KuCoin’s activity expanded faster than aggregate CEX volumes, which slowed during periods of lower market volatility.
- Spot and derivatives volumes were evenly split, each exceeding $500 billion for the year, signalling broad-based usage rather than reliance on a single product line.
- Altcoins accounted for the majority of trading activity, reinforcing KuCoin’s role as a primary liquidity venue beyond BTC and ETH at a time when majors saw more muted turnover.
- Even as overall crypto volumes softened mid-year, KuCoin maintained elevated baseline activity, indicating structurally higher user engagement rather than short-lived volume spikes.
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Strategy’s STRC perpetual preferred stock returns to $100, may trigger more bitcoin buying
The bitcoin treasury company’s perpetual preferred equity, STRC, hit $100 for the first time since early November.
What to know:
- Stretch (STRC), the perpetual preferred equity issued by bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) reclaimed its $100 par value in pre-market trading on Wednesday.
- At that level, Strategy may sell more of the stock through at-the-market offerings to fund further BTC purchases.
- STRC, which pays an 11% dividend, last traded at par between Nov. 4 and Nov. 13.
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