Bitcoin struggles below $75K as Nasdaq rallies and crypto lags

Bitcoin struggled to regain ground below $75,000 while the Nasdaq advanced, leaving major crypto assets trailing a broader rally in technology-focused equities. The divergence highlighted a session in which risk appetite appeared stronger in parts of the traditional market than in digital assets.

Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market value and is often watched as a barometer for the wider crypto market. Its inability to move back above the $75,000 level kept attention on whether crypto could match the momentum seen in the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy U.S. stock index that includes many of the country’s largest growth companies.

The contrast does not necessarily mean the two markets will continue moving separately. Bitcoin and technology stocks have at times traded in similar directions because both can be sensitive to changing expectations around interest rates, liquidity, investor risk appetite and macroeconomic conditions. For now, the reported market action showed the Nasdaq rallying while crypto lagged.