Crypto industry sees relief bounce in midst of winter

Crypto assets and crypto-adjacent companies are catching a bid and rebounding off recent lows, with stablecoin issuer Circle soaring after reporting strong earnings before the bell. The company beat on revenue and reported that USDC in circulation has grown to $75.3 billion, up 72% year over year.

The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies has increased 4.5% in the last 24 hours, and both tokens and companies close to crypto are enjoying a boost:

• Altcoins ethereum, XRP, solana, dogecoin, hype, chainlink, and avalanche are all in the green.

• Bitcoin treasury firms Strategy and Strive Inc. are rising along with bitcoin.

• Bitcoin miner Hut 8, which reported Q4 earnings that beat on earnings per share while missing on revenue, is up in early trading, as are miners MARA Holdings and Riot Platforms.

• Ethereum treasury firms BitMine Immersion Technologies, SharpLink Gaming, and Bit Digital are up.

• Solana treasury firms Upexi and DeFi Development Corp. are also both rising.

• Crypto trading platform Coinbase and Robinhood are both enjoying a boost from the rise in crypto sentiment.

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Despite the relief bounce, some are still uneasy. “The whole market still seems very heavy to me,” Glenn Rosenberg, managing partner at Persistent Trading, told Sherwood News. “Jokingly, BTC feels like it’s now 100% correlated to any asset or news that’s negative! I think we test 60,000 — that’s a big long-term channel and could push lower from there,” he said. “The whole [space] looks risky right now.”