NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 17:08 ET — After-hours
- Bitcoin was down about 0.4% near $87,100 after failing to hold above $90,000 earlier in the day.
- Strategy disclosed it bought 1,229 bitcoin for $108.8 million between Dec. 22 and Dec. 28, an SEC filing showed.
- CoinShares reported $443 million of weekly outflows from bitcoin investment products.
Bitcoin eased in late New York trade on Monday, slipping about 0.4% to $87,129 after an early jump above $90,000 fizzled.
The retreat matters heading into the final three U.S. equity sessions of 2025, when thinner liquidity can amplify moves around big, round-number levels that many traders use as reference points.
Markets are also resetting expectations for 2026 rate cuts, with investors awaiting Federal Reserve meeting minutes due Tuesday and watching whether year-end funding strains spill into risk assets such as crypto.
Bitcoin traded between $86,780 and $90,247 on the day, market data showed. Ether slipped about 0.2% to around $2,930 after earlier topping $3,050.
U.S. stocks ended lower and Treasury yields eased, a backdrop that kept risk appetite in check at the start of a holiday-shortened week.
“In light volume trading, we’re seeing a reversal of what we saw over the last couple of days,” said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. Reuters
Crypto-linked U.S. stocks were also softer after the bell, with Coinbase down about 1.3% and Strategy down about 2.2%.
Strategy said in an SEC filing that it bought 1,229 bitcoin between Dec. 22 and Dec. 28 for $108.8 million, paying an average $88,568 per coin and lifting total holdings to 672,497.
The purchase was funded through an at-the-market share-sale program, which allows a company to sell stock into the market over time; the filing showed Strategy raised $108.8 million in net proceeds last week.
Investment flows have been running the other way. CoinShares said digital-asset investment products recorded $446 million of outflows last week, including $443 million from bitcoin and $59.5 million from ethereum.
CoinShares said XRP and Solana products saw inflows over the same period, pointing to selective positioning rather than a broad return of demand across the space.
In money markets, New York Fed data showed banks borrowed $25.95 billion on Monday via the Fed’s standing repo facility — an overnight cash backstop against Treasury or mortgage securities that often sees heavier use around quarter-end.
Traders will parse the Fed minutes on Tuesday for clues on how policymakers see the next leg of rate cuts, while chart-focused investors watch whether bitcoin can reclaim $90,000 or retest support near Monday’s $86,780 low.
Bitcoin remains well below its October record high above $125,000, leaving prices sensitive to shifts in liquidity and risk sentiment into the new year.
