Last year in crypto will be remembered for many things, but one notable trend – especially late in the year – was the sell-off that took place almost every day during US trading hours.
It’s not much to go by yet, but on 2026’s first official trading day, a change could be in the works as crypto prices actually rise while the US markets are open.
The action has pushed bitcoin above $90,000, up 2.5% over the past 24 hours. Ether solana and sees progress closer to 4%.
Assets are generally up in the first session of the year, with the Nasdaq up 0.6%, led by AI-related chipmakers such as Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and Intel, which are up 3%-6%. Favorite commodity plays lately, silver has added 3%. Gold and copper are each modestly higher.
Bitcoin miners turned AI infrastructure companies are significantly higher across the board, with Hut 8 (HUT), CleanSpark (CLSK), TeraWulf (WULF) up 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%.
