Bitcoin starts 2026 very well but beware of Blue Monday

This Monday is the dreaded ‘Blue Monday’ again, and some investors are very superstitious about it. Due to the lower trading volume (this time it coincides with Martin Luther King Day in the United States), it can sometimes be a very volatile trading day. Cryptocurrencies and the stock markets already saw a lot of profit-taking on Friday, although the year had started extremely well.

Venezuela and silver

The winners of the first two weeks of the year were mainly privacy coins Monero and Dash on the crypto market, silver among precious metals, and defense stocks on the stock exchanges (due to the US military operation in Venezuela).

Due to US President Donald Trump’s ambitions to acquire Greenland, analysts believe that European arms manufacturers (such as BAE Systems, Dassault Aviation, Rheinmetall, and Thales) are very well-positioned to secure large orders from European NATO members as well as Denmark.

Bitcoin and privacy

Bitcoin has risen by around 3% since the beginning of the year and remains at the technically important level between $90,000 and $100,000. Given its strong correlation with stock markets, geopolitical events will influence the price of the largest digital currency.

The rise of privacy coins like Monero and Dash is particularly noteworthy this year. A pause and a sharp drop due to profit-taking cannot be ruled out, but it seems that privacy coins could well become the buzzword of the crypto market this winter.