New York, Jan 24, 2026, 06:01 EST — The market has closed.
- IREN closed Friday higher by 8.46%, finishing at $56.68. (Bloomberg)
- The company plans to release its next quarterly results on Feb. 5. (IREN)
- Bitcoin stayed near $89,000 late Friday, fueling activity in crypto-related stocks. (Investopedia)
IREN Limited shares surged 8.5% on Friday, settling at $56.68. After-hours trading saw the stock dip slightly by 0.5%. (Yahoo Finance)
IREN announced Thursday it will release results for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2025, on Feb. 5, followed by a conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern. (GlobeNewswire)
Crypto remained in focus. Bitcoin hovered near $89,685 Saturday morning, while U.S.-listed bitcoin miners mostly closed stronger on Friday. Marathon Digital edged up 2.1%, Riot Platforms advanced 1.3%, CleanSpark jumped 3.9%, and Cipher Mining increased 1.1%.
IREN’s tape was all over the place, even by its usual chaotic standards. The stock bounced between $50.11 and $58.58 on Friday, with about 56.6 million shares changing hands, per market data. (Investing)
In its earnings-date release, IREN positioned itself as an AI cloud service provider operating large GPU clusters — the chips behind AI model training and execution — spread across sites in the U.S. and Canada. This shift has helped some investors see the company as more than “just” a bitcoin miner. (Nasdaq)
Citizens JMP analyst Greg Miller flagged that ex-miners such as IREN hold “critically-scarce” power resources crucial for high-performance computing and AI. He noted that GPU clusters might “unlock significant value” for the company. (TipRanks)
The key development came months back. Microsoft inked a $9.7 billion, five-year deal with IREN, Reuters reported, locking in access to Nvidia’s cutting-edge chips as it races to boost AI computing power. (Reuters)
Cantor analyst Brett Knoblauch described the Microsoft deal as “transformative,” according to a report from Barron’s at the time. (Barron’s)
Some analysts have lifted their targets lately. On Jan. 13, H.C. Wainwright upgraded IREN to a “Buy” and bumped the price target up to $80, according to GuruFocus. (GuruFocus)
The downside scenario is easy to map out. The Microsoft deal locks IREN into a major buildout and a $5.8 billion equipment buy from Dell, backed by a customer prepayment, AP reported — a setup that can amplify gains or losses depending on how deliveries, power-up schedules, or demand hold up. (AP News)
U.S. markets remain closed until Monday, Jan. 26, leaving traders to watch weekend moves in bitcoin and shifts in risk appetite. The next clear trigger comes Feb. 5, when IREN is set to release its quarterly earnings. (Zacks)
