Bitcoin trails gold as yen intervention concerns weigh on risk assets
Your day-ahead look for Jan. 26, 2026
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Your day-ahead look for Jan. 26, 2026
The temporary loss of mining power underscores academic concerns that geographic and pool concentration can magnify infrastructure failures, though markets showed little immediate reaction.
A rare streak of four consecutive declines collides with January options expiry that could influence short term price action.
Bitcoin bounced off $86,000 alongside the CME futures open, but broader price action still points to a grinding downtrend as risk-off sentiment lifts precious metals.
Past yen shocks were followed by BTC dropping 30% before rebounding more than 100%, a pattern traders are watching as talk of Japan's intervention returns.
The company forecasts revenue of over $100 million for FY2026, with 97.5% of projected sales coming from its Bitcoin Income Generation business.
Crypto ETPs reversed course last week, with outflows led by Bitcoin and Ether as bearish sentiment outweighed inflows into altcoins such as Solana.
Despite the losses, Metaplanet raised its 2025 earnings projection on the back of its bitcoin income generation business.
As bitcoin remains in a downtrend, several technical and onchain levels stand out as critical areas of support.
Bitcoin price analysis forecast a long-term BTC price bottom in the coming days as geopolitics and macroeconomic mayhem seize markets.
The purchases of Coinbase, Circle Internet and Bullish were Ark's first buys of the three stocks since mid-December.
Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has hiked its 2025 revenue and profit guidance, forecasting a near doubling of sales in 2026 as its BTC income and treasury strategy scale up.