Hut 8 stock jumps 12% to start 2026 as Coinbase boosts bitcoin-backed credit line — what to watch next

Hut 8 Corp shares ended the first trading day of 2026 up 11.6% on Friday, a sharp move that put the bitcoin miner and data-center operator back on momentum screens heading into Monday’s open. The stock closed at $51.27.

Hut 8 Stock (HUT) Jumps on Benchmark’s Street-High $85 Target as $7 Billion AI Data Center Deal Re-Rates the Story

Hut 8 Stock (HUT) Jumps on Benchmark’s Street-High $85 Target as $7 Billion AI Data Center Deal Re-Rates the Story

Hut 8 Corp. is back in the spotlight on Monday, December 22, 2025, as the company’s shares extend a sharp rally tied to its pivot from crypto-native infrastructure toward AI and high-performance computing data centers. The latest catalyst: Benchmark raised its price target to a Street-high $85, arguing that Hut 8’s newly announced River Bend transaction marks a structural shift in the company’s revenue quality and durability. Investing.com+1
22 December 2025
Hut 8 (HUT) Stock Surges on $7 Billion Google-Backstopped AI Data Center Lease: Key News, Price Targets, and What’s Next

Hut 8 (HUT) Stock Surges on $7 Billion Google-Backstopped AI Data Center Lease: Key News, Price Targets, and What’s Next

Hut 8 Corp. grabbed investors’ attention on December 17, 2025 after announcing a landmark AI-infrastructure transaction anchored by a 15-year, 245-megawatt data center lease at its River Bend campus in Louisiana—a deal the company says carries $7.0 billion in base-term contract value and is financially backstopped by Google. PR Newswire+1
17 December 2025
Hut 8 Corp (HUT) Stock Slumps Over 10% as Bitcoin Miners Crack — Is the AI and Power Play Still Worth the Risk?

Hut 8 Corp (HUT) Stock Slumps Over 10% as Bitcoin Miners Crack — Is the AI and Power Play Still Worth the Risk?

Hut 8 Corp is back in the spotlight on 2 December 2025, as its share price slides sharply alongside a broader sell‑off in Bitcoin mining stocks — just weeks after reporting record quarterly results and laying out an aggressive AI and power‑infrastructure expansion plan.StockAnalysis+2Investorsobserver+2

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