The 3 Conditions To Extend The Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Rally: Bitwise

Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise Invest, outlined three key conditions that must be met for cryptocurrency markets to extend their early 2026 rally and transition from a bounce into a sustained uptrend. What Happened: Crypto markets have started 2026 strong, with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC BTC - $90474.387 and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH ETH - $3088.720 both up roughly 7% year-to-date, while higher-beta altcoins have significantly outperformed.

Source: benzinga.com

Related symbols: XRPUSD

2026-01-08 12:57:04 GMT.

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Price & Market Data

Price: $90474.387

Volume 24h: $34,750,528,135.62

Market Cap: $1,807,129,705,790.20

Description

Bitcoin (BTC) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2010. Users are able to generate BTC through the process of mining. Bitcoin has a current supply of 19,973,496. The last known price of Bitcoin is 90,260.45803688 USD and is up 0.28 over the last 24 hours. It is currently trading on 12513 active market(s) with $39,352,566,405.65 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://bitcoin.org/.

Price & Market Data

Price: $3088.720

Volume 24h: $16,865,801,671.92

Market Cap: $372,792,267,708.21

Description

Ethereum (ETH) is a cryptocurrency . Ethereum has a current supply of 120,694,785.74415835. The last known price of Ethereum is 3,203.59636815 USD and is down -0.54 over the last 24 hours. It is currently trading on 11365 active market(s) with $27,354,763,831.04 traded over the last 24 hours. More information can be found at https://www.ethereum.org/.