The last year in crypto will be remembered for many things, but one notable trend – particularly at the end of the year – was the massive sell-offs that occurred almost every day during US trading hours.
There’s not much going on right now, but on the first official trading day of 2026, a change could happen as cryptocurrency prices rise while U.S. markets are open.
Action pushed bitcoin above $90,000, up 2.5% in the last 24 hours. Ether Solana And are experiencing progress closer to 4%.
Assets in general are up in the first session of the year, with the Nasdaq up 0.6%, led by AI-related chipmakers like Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and Intel posting gains of 3-6%. Silver, a favorite commodity of late, gained 3%. Gold and copper are each slightly higher.
Bitcoin miners turned AI infrastructure companies are significantly higher across the board, with Hut 8 (HUT), CleanSpark (CLSK), TeraWulf (WULF) posting gains of 10%, and Cipher Mining (CIFR) and IREN (IREN) each up 8%.
Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN) are each ahead by more than 3%, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) by 7% and Circle Financial (CRCL) by 4.5%.
