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Bitcoin held near $86,000 on Tuesday after a powerful rally spanning multiple trading sessions, reviving confidence across the cryptocurrency market. Investors embraced risk as oil prices retreated, giving digital assets fresh momentum after an extended period of weakness.

The leading token climbed more than 5% on Friday before gaining another 6% on Monday. Those advances helped propel bitcoin above an important technical marker and encouraged analysts to argue that the latest move represents more than a temporary rebound.

Fundstrat head of digital assets Sean Farrell offered a confident assessment of the breakout. "The BTC breakout is credible," Farrell told Yahoo Finance on Monday.

Farrell also declared that the punishing market cycle may have run its course, while cautioning investors against expecting an uninterrupted ascent. "I think the crypto winter is over, although that does not necessarily mean the path higher will be linear."

Compass Point analyst Ed Engel similarly described the market as being in the beginning stages of a broader advance. "We believe crypto is in the early innings of a new bull market and we see few signs of overheating," Engel wrote on Tuesday.

Several forces appear to be supporting the rally, including renewed demand through exchange traded funds. Nicolai Søndergaard, senior research analyst at Nansen, said the move looked "like a combination of renewed ETF demand and a large short squeeze."

A short squeeze occurs as traders who wagered against bitcoin are forced to buy the token back, adding more buying pressure to the market. That dynamic has provided additional fuel as bitcoin pushes beyond levels that previously constrained its advance.

The token also broke decisively above its 50 day moving average, according to Yahoo Finance's AlphaSpace chart. Strategists view that technical breakthrough as confirmation that the rally is more than a "bear-market relief rally."

Bitcoin has not been alone in the upswing. Other digital assets also advanced after the Securities and Exchange Commission granted a five year exemption last week covering trading in certain tokenized stocks.

That decision lifted optimism surrounding blockchain based markets and supported tokens including ether and solana. The regulatory development arrived after the Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act, which would have created a regulatory framework for digital assets.

The cryptocurrency market's total capitalization reached $2.94 trillion on Monday. Even after the latest gains, that valuation remained about 30% below the market's October record, when bitcoin reached an all time high above $125,000.

The latest move extends a rally that began in August, when bitcoin rose roughly 25%. Those gains followed Treasury actions to buy back bonds and support the Japanese yen, which Wall Street interpreted as an attempt to lower Treasury yields.

Yields remain important because higher rates raise borrowing expenses across the economy. They make government debt more expensive to service while also increasing financing costs for businesses and households.

Bitcoin's advance has continued despite the Federal Reserve raising interest rates. Markets were also pricing in a 56% chance that the central bank would deliver another increase this year, yet crypto maintained its upward momentum.

The combination of technical strength, ETF demand, forced buying by bearish traders, and improving enthusiasm for tokenized markets has strengthened the bullish case. Still, Farrell's warning remains relevant because declaring the winter over does not guarantee that bitcoin's climb will follow a straight path.

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