Representation of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency in this illustration taken on September 10, 2025.
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Bitcoin The world’s oldest cryptocurrency plunged further into the red, falling below $95,000 on Friday, continuing its fourth day of declines amid a broader artificial intelligence-related stock decline.
The digital asset hit $94,491.22 early Friday, its lowest since May 7. Bitcoin is down nearly 9% week to date, despite briefly regaining $107,000 on Tuesday and then rolling over.
The token recouped some of its morning losses, ending the day at $97,163.99 or 1% lower.
The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization attracts many of the same investors who poured money into Big Tech stocks, tying the two together. Several of these stocks have fallen this week as concerns about astronomical spending on AI efforts by Silicon Valley giants resurface.
“There is less money in the system,” Yat Siu, co-founder of crypto investment and blockchain development company Animoca Brands, told CNBC. As a result, investors will be “selling certain things to basically address other shortages and concerns because there is widespread withdrawal.”
Bitcoin, 5 days
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell about 0.6% on Friday. Meta, alphabet, Intel, Nvidia and tesla It decreases by approximately 1% to 2%.
Cryptocurrency stocks also fell on Friday. Software companies and Bitcoin vaults strategyformerly Microstrategy, fell 6%. trading platform gemini space station and strong‘s stock price fell 2%, but coinbase The stock price fell 1%. digital asset mining company Bitmine Immersion Technology It was also trading 3% lower.
Siu noted that this cryptocurrency market cycle may be different from past ones, especially with the relatively recent influx of institutional investors into digital assets. He said financial institutions typically don’t follow long-term Bitcoin holders’ “religious” beliefs about the token’s four-year price cycle. This could allow Bitcoin and other digital assets to maintain some resilience against recent and future headwinds.
“People think Bitcoin will drop to $60,000 because of the four-year cycle (and token history) of declines and corrections,” Siu said. “But I don’t think so because financial institutions aren’t going to follow that particular cycle. They’re going to see (the market decline) as a buying opportunity.”
