[U.S. Stock Market's First Trading Day in 2026: Crypto Concept Stocks Rise Across the Board] On the first trading day of 2026, U.S. stock markets opened with the Dow Jones up 0.18%, the S&P 500 up 0.54%, and the Nasdaq rising over 1%. Crypto concept stocks saw broad gains, with BitMine up 3.03%, Circle up 2.43%, Coinbase up 1.91%, and Strategy up 1.75%. Data from (msx.com) shows that the platform has launched hundreds of RWA tokens, covering U.S. stock and ETF token assets such as AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT, NFLX, and NVDA.

[Nasdaq Rises Over 1% on the First Trading Day of U.S. Stock Market in 2026] On January 2, 2026, U.S. stock markets opened with the Dow Jones up 0.18%, the S&P 500 up 0.54%, and the Nasdaq rising over 1%. Baidu (BIDU.O) surged over 10% after announcing the spinoff of Kunlun Chip for a Hong Kong listing. Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 1.8%, with Q4 2025 vehicle deliveries reaching 418,200 units and full-year deliveries totaling 1.64 million units.

[Grayscale Research Director Predicts Bitcoin May Hit a New High in the First Half of 2026] Grayscale Research Director Zach Pandl stated in an interview with CNBC that Bitcoin could reach a new all-time high in the first half of 2026. He believes this prediction is based on four key factors: growing demand for alternative stores of value, a weakening U.S. dollar, potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, and bipartisan progress in U.S. cryptocurrency market structure legislation.

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US President Trump has stated that tariffs bring "overwhelming benefits" and are an important factor in US national security and economic prosperity. （Watcher.Guru）