Bitcoin steadied near $88,000 in early Asian trading on Tuesday as equities pushed higher into the year-end, with traders leaning on risk appetite while gold and silver powered to fresh records on rate cut bets and geopolitical tension.
A broad MSCI gauge of Asia Pacific shares rose about 0.31% as the mood carried over from Wall Street, where late-week buying revived talk of a year-end rally.
Crypto moved in step with that calmer tone rather than leading it, with Bitcoin trading around $88,680, up about 0.4% on the day, based on CoinGecko data.
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