Bitcoin price today slips under $88,000 as year-end trade thins; Coinbase, miners mixed
Bitcoin fell below $88,000 Wednesday, last down 0.7% at $87,753 as thin trading and rate uncertainty weighed. U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs saw $355 million in net inflows Tuesday, with BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust reporting $67.8 billion in assets. Initial U.S. jobless claims dropped to 199,000 last week. Coinbase fell 1.1%, while bitcoin miner Riot Platforms gained 1.6% in regular trading.
