Ether, BNB and dogecoin each gained between 4% and 5%, while solana rose nearly 3% and TRON managed just over 1%, the weakest of the majors. The seven-day picture is far more muted, with bitcoin up roughly 1%, ether and $XRP close to flat, and solana and TRON both down nearly 3%, according to CoinDesk data.
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in about $277 million on Thursday on provisional figures, following four sessions that alternated between inflows and outflows. The funds have yet to string together a run of buying that would confirm the bid rather than a one-day rebound.
Global equities extended their advance, with MSCI’s Asia Pacific gauge climbing nearly 1% and the All Country World Index rising for a third day. The dollar steadied after sliding to its lowest since May, and an index of Asian currencies reached levels last seen in October 2024.
The yen took most of the attention in Asia, strengthening about 2% on Thursday and erasing a month of gradual decline. Traders raised their bets on Bank of Japan rate increases and stayed alert to the risk of official intervention to push the currency higher.
It pared some of that move to trade near 156.35 per dollar, having touched 155.30 in the prior session.