Bitcoin Breaks $82,000, Crypto Stocks Surge Alongside It

The largest cryptocurrency climbed sharply on Thursday, with related equities rising at an even faster clip as a rally that began several weeks ago regained momentum.

The price of bitcoin reached $81,282 during Thursday morning trading in New York, representing a gain of nearly 3% over the prior 24 hours.

Over the last month, bitcoin has risen more than 23%, driven by favorable regulatory developments and announcements from the U.S. Treasury Department concerning debt buybacks.

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Shares of major crypto-focused firms, however, outpaced bitcoin's advance. Strategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), a bitcoin treasury company, traded more than 13% higher on Thursday. The firm resumed bitcoin purchases on Monday after a 10-week hiatus to reorganize its cash balance sheet.

Coinbase, the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, also saw its stock climb. Its Nasdaq-listed shares, trading under the ticker COIN, were up 11% during the same period.

Bitcoin mining companies also experienced gains. Leading public miners — including HIVE Digital, MARA, and CleanSpark, all listed on the Nasdaq — traded higher on Thursday.

HIVE Digital posted the strongest performance among them, rising 13%, while MARA Holdings climbed more than 10% on the day.

CleanSpark, a miner focused on clean energy, gained 9%; IREN, which is gradually winding down its mining operations to shift toward AI-computing, was up 4%.

Bitcoin posted a strong performance in August, its third-best August on record, following the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement that it would more than double the size of its government debt repurchases.

That move, intended to curb surging yields not seen in nearly two decades, weakened the dollar while benefiting non-yielding assets such as bitcoin and gold.

Shortly thereafter, President Donald Trump urged lawmakers to pass the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act, digital asset legislation that the industry has advocated for extensively.

Investors subsequently returned to bitcoin exchange-traded funds, pouring over $2.8 billion into the products — the highest level since October, when bitcoin reached a new all-time high.

Bitcoin spent much of the year trading below $80,000, with June and July mostly under $65,000. It hit a record of $126,080 in October and now sits nearly 40% below that mark.