Bitcoin price dips after-hours as MSCI lifts Strategy stock; Coinbase and miners swing
NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 17:49 (EST) — After-hours
- Bitcoin fell about 2% as traders reassessed the early-year bounce.
- Strategy rose after MSCI dropped plans to exclude crypto-treasury firms from its indexes.
- Investors watch Friday’s U.S. jobs report and daily spot bitcoin ETF flow data.
Bitcoin fell on Wednesday and stayed soft after the U.S. close, while shares of Strategy held firmer after MSCI backed away from an index change. Bitcoin was last down 2.3% at $91,031 after touching a session low of $90,629; Strategy was up 2.5% at $161.83.
MSCI on Tuesday dropped a proposal to exclude “digital asset treasury companies,” or DATCOs, from its indexes and said it would open a broader consultation on how to…
