Electronic display at the Bithumb lounge in Gangnam-gu, Seoul./Courtesy of News1

Buying has continued in the sharply fallen virtual asset market, leading to slight gains.

At 8:10 a.m. on the 9th, Bitcoin (BTC) was up 0.73% from the previous day at $90,671, according to CoinMarketCap, a global virtual asset market tracker. Ethereum (ETH) was trading up 2.41% at $3,131.20. XRP rose 1.81% to $2.07, and Solana (SOL) gained 1.722% to $132.94.

Amid the recent downturn in virtual assets, institutions are continuing to buy. Bitcoin treasury company Strategy purchased an additional 10,624 bitcoins (about $962.7 million). The average purchase price was $90,615, and Andrei Dragos, Bitwise's head of European research, said the purchase was "the largest since July 2025."

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