Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are fighting to break on Friday what's been a consistent pattern of sell pressure during U.S. hours.
Dipping below $85,000 late on Thursday afternoon, BTC once again climbed after U.S. markets closed, pushing back above $89,000 they opened Friday morning. That level, though, has roughly capped every attempt of a breakout throughout the week, with sellers hammering prices back to square one — sometimes within minutes and sometimes over the course of a few hours.
The largest crypto for the moment is holding fairly steady ahead of the pre-holiday weekend, trading at $88,400, up 0.3% over the past 24 hours.
Ether (ETH) bounced to just shy of $3,000, up 1% over the past day, while Solana's SOL (SOL) and SUI (SUI) lead the overnight rebound among altcoins.
U.S. equities are having another strong session, led by the Nasdaq's 1% gain, with AI bellwethers Nvidia, Oracle and AMD rising 3%-6%.
