MN Trading Capital's Michael van de Poppe said the likelihood of a broad Bitcoin correction after the US military strike in Venezuela is relatively slim. At the time of publication, BTC traded near $91,290 after reclaiming $90,000, while CoinGlass reported $60.04 million in 24‑hour liquidations, including $55.01 million in shorts.

Bitcoin miner Hut 8 has increased its credit facility with Coinbase to $200 million to bolster its artificial intelligence and high-performance computing strategy. The amended line of credit, disclosed in a recent SEC filing, follows a $7 billion Fluidstack deal and comes as Hut 8's stock gains and sizable Bitcoin treasury distinguish it from struggling peers.

Bitcoin rebounded after an initial pullback, climbing to almost $91,800, its highest level since December 12, before easing to around $91,300. The wider crypto market turned green, with WLFI up 14% and TRUMP gaining nearly 7%. Analysts flag potential volatility when some oil futures markets open on Sunday at 6 PM ET.

Bitcoin held near $90,000 on Saturday after a brief dip below that mark, despite US President Donald Trump announcing airstrikes on Caracas and the capture of Nicolas Maduro. Analysts Michaël van de Poppe and Lennaert Snyder pointed to the 21-day moving average and potential post-weekend market activity as near-term factors for volatility.

Bitcoin is trading in a tight weekend range with muted volatility, while traders focus on critical levels around $90,930, $88,430, and $83,900. Analyst Lennaert Snyder is watching the upper and lower intraday boundaries for liquidity sweeps, and Patel highlights the Investor Tool Model Support near $83,900 as a major pivot tied to the 730-day moving average. Price behavior around these zones could help define whether the market remains in a corrective phase or risks a deeper bearish shift.

Bitcoin has trailed recent rallies in traditional havens like silver and gold, even as silver briefly hit a new all‑time high of $83 while BTC stayed below $90K. Analyst Garret Bullish, known as the White House whale, now argues that metals have topped and that capital is shifting into crypto, backing his view with $10 billion in positions across BTC, ETH, and SOL and a recent $70 million gain. Despite a $458 million weekly uptick in BTC ETF demand and easing gold ETF inflows around 28 December to 2 January, inflows into both assets have generally declined since November, leaving the upcoming MSCI and Fed decisions in January as potential catalysts for BTC’s next major move.

Retail crypto analyst and YouTuber Oscar Ramos began 2026 highlighting what he views as a powerful Bitcoin structure emerging from a "boring bottom" around the high-$80,000 zone. He also described XRP trading below $2 as a key accumulation area in his personal strategy, while noting broader strength across several altcoins as market sentiment shifts from extreme fear toward simple fear.

On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin's Genesis Block, a date now celebrated by Bitcoin users as Genesis Day. As this year's anniversary passed, United States national debt climbed above $38.5 trillion, with the US National Debt Clock showing around $38,561,900,451,378 outstanding. Bitcoin advocates contrast the growing debt and expanding M2 money supply with Bitcoin's fixed 21 million coin cap and predictable issuance.