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Bitcoin slipped back to just above $94,000 Friday morning, giving back most of this week’s early gains. The selling came alongside a broader risk wobble, with precious metals and U.S. equities flipping from early strength into modest losses.
Miners went their own way. The space caught a bid as investors leaned into the AI infrastructure angle. Riot Platforms jumped roughly 11% after announcing a major data center lease with AMD, a clear signal the company is pivoting beyond pure bitcoin mining and toward AI-driven compute demand.
Flows remain constructive. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.81 billion this week, the largest net inflow since October, reinforcing that institutional appetite is still very much there on dips.
On the policy front, a key Senate Banking Committee vote on crypto market structure was pulled at the last minute after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong withdrew support for the bill in its current form. Coinbase flagged concerns around a reduced role for the CFTC, tighter restrictions on stablecoin reward programs, and other provisions they see as detrimental to crypto innovation.
Geopolitics continue to escalate in the background. 2026 has already seen the Trump administration oust Venezuela’s Maduro regime, threaten force against Iran, and openly discuss annexing Greenland. Even so, risk assets have largely shrugged it off. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Trump’s tariffs is still pending, but for now global markets appear to have adjusted to the White House’s 2025 policy shifts.
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