NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 13:47 ET — Regular session

• Bitcoin was little changed near $87,500 after briefly topping $90,000 in holiday-thinned trade.
• A regulatory filing showed Strategy bought 1,229 bitcoins for $108.8 million using proceeds from stock sales.
• Coinbase and major bitcoin miners slipped, while a key spot bitcoin ETF edged higher.

Bitcoin was little changed near $87,500 on Monday afternoon, after briefly pushing above $90,000 earlier in the session, as traders navigated choppy year-end markets.

The muted headline move masked a wide intraday swing that spilled into U.S.-listed crypto-related shares, which tend to track the token when liquidity is thin.

The timing matters because markets are entering the final days of the year…