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Price of Bitcoin: stable at $93.6K, Strategy disclosed Q4 loss
Bitcoin stabilized on Tuesday after improving risk appetite helped the world’s largest cryptocurrency show some strength at the start of 2026, although renewed concerns over treasury companies paused the cryptocurrency’s rise.
Strategy Inc (NASDAQ:MSTR), the largest corporate holder of bitcoin in the world, on Monday disclosed a significantly higher unrealized loss on digital assets in the fourth quarter as the value of the company’s assets deteriorated during 2025.
Cryptocurrency prices in general were rising along with bitcoin, although they largely lagged gains in other risk-oriented sectors, especially technology stocks.
Risk appetite improved as markets got over the initial shock of the U.S. invasion of Venezuela, which also saw the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Markets are now expecting more clarity on Washington’s plans regarding the Latin American country.
Bitcoin was up 1.3% to $93,576.7 by 05:59 GMT. The world’s largest cryptocurrency carried losses of more than 6% in 2025.
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Saylor’s Strategy discloses unrealized loss of $17.44B in Q4
Michael Saylor’s Strategy on Monday evening disclosed a huge unrealized loss of $17.44 billion for the fourth quarter of 2025, linked largely to a fall in the value of bitcoin, its biggest asset.
A comparable figure for the fourth quarter of 2024 was not available. Strategy reported a net loss of $670.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Strategy adopted accounting standards last year that required fair value of its bitcoin assets to be included in the profit and loss statement — a change that triggered sharp swings in profits and losses in its quarterly reports.
Shares of the bitcoin treasury fell nearly 50% in 2025 as investors were generally disappointed in the long-term prospects of its cryptocurrency accumulation strategy. A prolonged slump in bitcoin price, as well as the refusal to include Strategy in a key U.S. stock index, also undermined sentiment toward the company.
The fall in Strategy shares sparked concerns that the company may have to sell its bitcoin assets to meet future debt obligations and shareholder commitments — a scenario that could cause massive selling pressure on bitcoin price.
Cryptocurrency prices today: altcoins rise, XRP leads
Cryptocurrency prices in general were mostly positive following bitcoin, with XRP outpacing its rivals.
XRP rose 12% amid increasing inflows into spot exchange-traded funds, while supply of the cryptocurrency was also falling on major exchanges.
The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ether was up 2% to $3,220.24, while BNB gained 0.6%.
Solana and Cardano rose 2.5% and 5.5% respectively.
Among memecoins, Dogecoin added 0.4%, and $TRUMP increased by 2.6%.
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