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Bitcoin pushes above $90,000 as traders eye change in pattern

2026/01/03 00:16
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Bitcoin pushes above $90,000 as traders eye change in pattern

By Stephen Alpher
Updated Jan 2, 2026, 4:18 p.m. Published Jan 2, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Bitcoin rises above $90,000 (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

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.

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The action has pushed bitcoin BTC$90,071.31 above $90,000, up 2.5% over the past 24 hours. Ether ETH$3,122.31, solana SOL$130.81 and XRP$1.9531 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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