NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 11:11 ET — Regular session
- CleanSpark shares climbed in late morning trading as bitcoin miners rallied.
- Bitcoin traded higher near $89,000, lifting sentiment across crypto-linked stocks.
- Traders are watching next week’s U.S. jobs data and the next wave of miner updates.
Shares of CleanSpark, Inc. rose about 10% on Friday morning, extending a rebound in U.S.-listed bitcoin miners. The Nasdaq-listed stock traded at $11.15 after earlier touching $11.24.
The move matters now because miners tend to magnify swings in bitcoin, the asset that drives their revenue. When bitcoin rises, investors often price in faster cash-generation, even if operating costs such as power contracts and equipment depreciation do not move as quickly.
Analysts have said bitcoin has been trading more like a traditional “risk asset,” moving with broader market sentiment rather than as a hedge. “bitcoin increasingly exhibits the characteristics of a risk asset within the global financial system,” said Linh Tran, a senior market analyst at XS.com. 1
Bitcoin was up about 1.8% near $89,394. Shares of Marathon Digital gained about 8.8%, Riot Platforms rose about 9.9%, and Hut 8 climbed about 9.6% in late morning trade.
Bitcoin mining companies run specialized computers to validate transactions on the bitcoin network and earn newly minted coins as a reward. Their economics are sensitive to bitcoin’s price, but also to “network difficulty,” a measure of how hard the network makes it to win those rewards as more computing power competes for them.
Friday’s strength also came as Wall Street started 2026 on firmer footing after a late-December pullback, with investors focused on the Federal Reserve’s rate path. A key test for risk appetite will be next week’s U.S. labor market data, which can shift expectations for interest rates and ripple into bitcoin-linked trades. 2
CleanSpark has often traded as a high-beta proxy for crypto sentiment, meaning its shares can move more than bitcoin on both up and down days. That sensitivity can pull in short-term traders when crypto prices stabilize after volatile stretches.
The main near-term catalyst investors watch across the group is the next set of operating updates that disclose bitcoin production and mining capacity, often discussed using “hashrate,” or computing power. Those snapshots help investors estimate whether miners can expand output faster than network difficulty rises.
Beyond crypto prices, the sector remains exposed to power costs, funding conditions and policy headlines that can change the market’s risk mood quickly. Those factors can matter as much as day-to-day moves in bitcoin.
For CleanSpark specifically, the next widely tracked date on many market calendars is its expected earnings window in early February. Nasdaq’s earnings page shows an estimated report date of Feb. 5, though companies can confirm dates separately. 3
