Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Tops $106K as New Accounting Rule Takes Effect

today is when the FASB fair value accounting rule, which passed in 2023, takes effect, allowing companies to report their bitcoin holdings at fair market value instead of the purchase price. The change gives firms more control over how they classify these assets and may accelerate corporate adoption. Note, though, the new standard doesn’t apply to NFTs, wrapped tokens or internally generated digital assets.

Alex Kuptsikevich, an analyst at The FXPro, said, quoting a JPMorgan report, that publicly traded companies have already begun implementing a MicroStrategy-like strategy to add BTC to their balance sheets.

The rule change might also explain why BTC spiked above $106,000 in Asia, boosted further by President-elect Donald Trump's assurance to create a strategic BTC reserve and a short squeeze on Deribit.