Bitcoin Tops $90,000 as U.S. Session Sees Early-Year Rebound

After a stretch of near-daily selloffs during U.S. trading in late 2025, crypto markets showed signs of a reversal on 2026's first official trading day, with prices rising while American markets were open.

The move pushed bitcoin above $90,000 and marked a 2.5% gain over the past 24 hours. Ether (ETH $3,099.48), Solana (SOL $130.67) and XRP ($2.0060) were each advancing by roughly 4%.

Risk assets were broadly higher in the session, with the Nasdaq up 0.6%, led by AI-focused chipmakers such as Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and Intel, which posted 3%–6% gains. Silver rose about 3%, while gold and copper were modestly higher.

Bitcoin miners that have pivoted to AI infrastructure saw sharp gains: Hut 8 (HUT), CleanSpark (CLSK) and TeraWulf (WULF) climbed about 10%, while Cipher Mining (CIFR) and IREN (IREN) gained about 8%.

Other crypto-related stocks also rose, with Strategy (MSTR) and Coinbase (COIN) up more than 3%, Galaxy Digital (GLXY) ahead about 7% and Circle Financial (CRCL) up roughly 4.5%.

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