Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund

FBTC

Market cap $12.9B

About $161 billion. That's how much has been added to the global crypto market's aggregate market value between Saturday and Wednesday, rising from $3.17 trillion to $3.3 trillion, according to CoinGecko.

This weekly update tracks some of the largest cryptocurrencies by market share: bitcoin and ether. While both are considered to be high-risk when it comes to investing, the two have foundational differences that investors should know.

Fred Thiel, chairman & CEO of MARA Holdings, says Bitcoin is shifting from speculation to strategic asset. Liquidity, energy, and geopolitics now drive price, while mining infrastructure becomes vital for AI and sovereign compute.

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their largest daily net inflows in more than three months on Tuesday, signalling a renewed wave of institutional demand as investors move past year-end portfolio rebalancing and re-engage with digital assets. According to data from Farside Investors, spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $753.

Buying and selling Bitcoin ETFs is a little different than buying and selling spot Bitcoin directly. While the Bitcoin exposure is the same, the tradability and cost factors of Bitcoin ETFs should be considered.

Stock futures were getting hit, but digital assets were higher—moving more like haven assets.

Bitcoin fell below the $90,000 level early Friday as cryptocurrencies struggled to sustain their recent momentum.

BlackRock's Larry Fink once believed Bitcoin was mainly used for nefarious purposes. Fink now sees a new reason investors turn to it: fear.

This weekly update tracks some of the largest cryptocurrencies by market share: bitcoin and ether. While both are considered to be high-risk when it comes to investing, the two have foundational differences that investors should know.

In December 2025, silver emerged as the more volatile asset over Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) , marking a sharp reversal of long-held assumptions about where macroeconomic risk manifests.