Bitcoin ended the first quarter of 2026 at $68,200 after falling 22% over the period, its weakest opening three months since 2018. The slide erased an early push higher that had briefly carried the cryptocurrency close to $95,000 before the market turned lower.
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Bitcoin continues to trade within a compressed range bounded by $60,000 and $73,000, though mounting evidence suggests the market foundation is deteriorating. The leading digital asset by market capitalization tumbled as much as 3.6% to $65,709 during Thursday's session before staging a modest rebound.
The stablecoin powerhouse Circle, known for issuing USDC, is expanding its product lineup with a wrapped Bitcoin offering. The firm revealed Thursday its intention to introduce cirBTC — a digital asset with 1:1 Bitcoin backing — on Ethereum's blockchain infrastructure.
Riot Platforms (RIOT), a leading Bitcoin (BTC) mining and digital infrastructure company, revealed that it sold 3,778 Bitcoin during the first quarter of 2026.
After aggressively accumulating Bitcoin over the past two years, several public companies are now reversing course. With BTC hovering around $66K and prolonged price weakness weighing on balance sheets, firms, especially mining companies, are increasingly offloading holdings to stay liquid.
Circle announced cirBTC on April 2, 2026, a wrapped Bitcoin (BTC) token backed 1:1 by native BTC with real-time onchain reserve verification, marking the firm's first expansion beyond stablecoins into tokenized BTC infrastructure.
Another outflow from Riot Platforms has been spotted on the Bitcoin network, a sign that the mining company may be participating in further selling.
The firm overtook MARA Holdings as markets reacted to Trump's latest remarks.
According to a recent report published by Bloomberg, the long-dormant wallets belonging to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the original cryptocurrency, could be in the crosshairs of future hackers.
Cryptoquant data shows there are 8.2 million Bitcoin currently at a loss, which is still under the amount of Bitcoin at a loss during the 2022 bear market.
Circle plans to launch its own version of wrapped Bitcoin on the Ethereum network to target institutional markets.