Early 2026 opens with digital assets reassessing risk as the Bitcoin market responds to shifting liquidity, macro trends, and growing institutional activity. Summary Bitcoin market and early 2026 trading dynamics ETF flows, liquidity and institutional positioning US macro backdrop: yield curve and dollar trends Corporate balance sheets and digital asset strategies Sovereign developments and regulated
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2932.9, up 3.4% (+96.24) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday. Nineteen of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: CRO (+9.0%) and POL (+8.0%). Laggards: UNI (-3.2%) and DOT (+0.6%).
Bitcoin (BTC) spent the last months of 2025 in decline. After its all-time high of $126,000 in October, it experienced a sharp drop, nearing the $80,000 mark, before starting 2026 with a slight recovery. Although Bitcoin prices have shown some recovery, analysts are warning that the Coinbase Premium Index, which measures demand from US investors,
Key Takeaways Strategy reported a $17.4 billion unrealized loss on digital assets in Q4 due to declining Bitcoin prices. As of the end of 2025, the company had a cumulative unrealized loss of $5.4 billion for the year. Strategy, the enterprise software company and largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, reported a $17.4 billion unrealized loss
Prior to the US market opening this week, Bitcoin is trading around the low $90,000s again after the unprecedented weekend macro activity. You can feel the familiar shift in the room: less celebration, more checking phones, more chart screenshots. More people are asking the same question in different ways: “Are we about to dip?” Right
Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs said it is “selectively constructive” on brokers and crypto companies heading into 2026, arguing that a resilient retail trading environment and continued regulatory progress should underpin growth. “We expect the meeting of traditional retail brokerage and crypto trading to continue in 2026, driving increasing competition, potentially impacting market share and
BNB Chain’s 2026 roadmap targets 20,000 TPS, sub-second finality and lower fees with parallel execution and a Rust client to stay competitive in Layer 1. Summary BNB Chain’s 2026 roadmap targets up to 20,000 TPS and sub-second finality via parallel execution and a Rust-based client. The upgrades aim to cut latency and fees, attracting DeFi
Bitcoin’s decisive breakout above $92,000 to start 2026 has been accompanied by a surge in activity from large holders, signaling a shift in market participation even as analysts project a volatile but range-bound quarter ahead. The top crypto is up 6.3% over the week and 1.7% in the past day, according to CoinGecko data. Roughly
In a dramatic corporate governance clash shaking the cryptocurrency investment world, EZ Labs—the venture capital arm formerly known as Binance Labs—has launched a scathing public critique against the board of Nasdaq-listed CEA Industries. The central dispute revolves around the board’s adoption of a controversial “poison pill” defense and an alleged pivot away from the company’s
While Bitcoin (BTC) forced all investors to stay on the sidelines during its decline in the final months of 2025, the situation has begun to change in recent days. Bitcoin, after its quiet recent rise, briefly climbed above $93,000 today, sparking activity among options traders. According to recent data, investors have increased their bets on