Bitcoin surged by as much as 2.4% to $96,348 early Wednesday, hitting its highest level since November 16, after drifting in a tight range through the end of 2025 and the first 2 weeks of 2026.
The mini rally revived the OG crypto’s bulls a bit after logging a 6% year-to-date loss, even as stocks and metals rallied.
Ether climbed even faster than Bitcoin, up by 5.1% intraday, according to data from CoinGecko. Meanwhile, tokenized stocks are booming, with volumes now at a record $800 million per month.
Jupiter Exchange is handling nearly $200 million/month alone, and Robinhood is calling tokenized assets a “freight train.” Back in November, Nasdaq’s crypto lead said they were “moving as fast as they can” to get SEC sign-off on trading them.
Source: Jupiter ExchangePrecious metals aren’t sitting still either. Spot gold hovered at $4,591.49/oz as of press time, just below its all-time high of $4,634.33 hit earlier. February gold futures settled 0.3% lower at $4,599.10.
But it’s silver stealing the spotlight, smashing through $90/oz for the first time ever and soaring +25% this year, lifting its market cap above $5 trillion, enough to eclipse Nvidia, now down to $4.52 trillion ahead of earnings. Copper is also on a tear at +40% in 6 months, now trading at record highs.
Source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/bitcoin-breaks-out-to-96300/
