A wave of selling rippled through U.S. pre-market trading today as cryptocurrency-linked stocks took a hit.
Summary
- Major U.S. cryptocurrency-related stocks fell in pre-market trading, with MicroStrategy, Coinbase, and Robinhood each dropping as investor sentiment weakens.
- Smaller crypto-focused firms, including SharpLink Gaming and BitMine Immersion Technologies, also declined sharply, mirroring losses across digital assets.
- The broader crypto market remains under pressure, with Bitcoin sliding below $104,000 and major tokens like ETH, BNB, and SOL posting steep weekly losses.
The U.S. pre-market session started with notable declines among key cryptocurrency-related stocks. Strategy Inc. (ticker MSTR), the largest Bitcoin treasury company, fell 3.3%. Coinbase (COIN), one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, dropped by a similar margin of 3.12%, per data from YahooFinance.
Robinhood Markets (HOOD), another important player in crypto trading, saw its shares decline 3.35%. The weakness extended to smaller crypto-focused firms, with SharpLink Gaming (SBET) losing 4.28% and Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) falling 4.9%.
Today’s declines come amid a broader market downturn that has unsettled investor sentiment across digital assets, and the synchronized drop in crypto stocks underscores the ongoing volatility facing the crypto market and its related equities. The close relationship between crypto asset prices and the performance of these stocks amplifies the effect of digital asset market swings on related equity values.
As trading unfolds through the day, market watchers will be closely monitoring whether this downward trend persists or if a recovery in key tokens can offer support to these concept stocks.
Crypto market falls deeper
The wider crypto market is firmly in the red as top tokens post double-digit losses on the week and steep declines on the day. Market data from crypto.news shows Bitcoin (BTC) is changing hands at $103,700, down 3.5% in the last 24 hours and almost 9% over the past week. Ethereum (ETH) sits at $3,493, notching a 5.9% daily fall and dropping more than 15% on the week.
Binance Coin (BNB) is now trading near $954, losing 6.7% since yesterday and over 16% on the week. Solana continues its sharp descent after losing the $200 level. SOL (SOL) has dropped to $160 after falling more than 21% for the week.
XRP (XRP) is also deep in the red as it faces a 5.5% drop to $2.27 in today’s session and over 14% since last week. The synchronized selling across major tokens paints a clear picture of negative sentiment dominating the market, with bulls struggling to establish support as the downturn deepens.
