MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) and Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) shares jumped in pre-market trading on Monday following Bitcoin’s latest surge.
Software firm MicroStrategy gained almost 11% while cryptocurrency exchange operator Coinbase climbed over 5%, as Bitcoin jumped 4.1% to US$72,115.
Bitcoin has rebounded from a slight decline since hitting an all-time high of US$73,777 in mid-March, thanks to a resurgence in exchange-traded fund flows.
The approval of such spot-Bitcoin funds earlier this year had driven the initial surge to record levels.
A halving event in April has added further upward pressure, with this set to see the reward for mining Bitcoin slashed, in turn effectively cutting supply in half.
10x Research analysts predicted on Monday that Bitcoin could climb above the US$80,000 mark over the coming weeks as a result.
Benchmark’s Mark Palmer doubled a share price target for Microstrategy, which adopted Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset in August 2020, to US$1,875 in the meantime.
“Our new price target is based on our assumption that the price of Bitcoin will reach [...] $150,000 by the end of 2025,” he said in a note.
MicroStrategy climbed 10.9% to US$1,596, while Coinbase gained 5.1% to reach US$253.20.