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. 1
- CoinShares reported $443 million of weekly outflows from bitcoin investment products. 2
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. 3
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. 4
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. 3
“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. 3
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. 1
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. 1
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. 2
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. 2
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. 5
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. 4
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. 6
