Crypto stocks pare gains as bitcoin (BTC) price retreats after rally to $90,000
The rally in crypto-linked stocks faded shortly after it started as bitcoin reversed from a move above $90,000. BTC is now trading around $86,500, down about 3.9% in the past hour.
Other cryptocurrencies also declined. The price of ether fell 5.3% to about $2,850 and XRP slipped 4.1% to roughly $1.89. The wider market, measured via the CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index, is now down 1.5% for the day.
The pullback hit miners hard. MARA Holdings (MARA) erased gains and is now 4.8% lower on the day, Core Scientific (CORZ) slid 6%. CleanSpark (CLSK), one of the outperformers earlier, gave back all of its gains to trade down 0.38% and Riot Platforms (RIOT) lost 0.7%.
Trading and crypto services stocks also cooled. Circle…
