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The Week

Galaxy Digital (GLXY) fell 9.05% this week to close at $14.68, underperforming the S&P 500 by about 8.58 percentage points even as the benchmark slipped 0.47%. The stock had a wide 17.32% swing for the week and a reversal pattern: after Monday’s (19 Oct) slide to $15.72, it rebounded on Tuesday (20 Oct) and Wednesday (21 Oct), hitting a weekly high of $17.45 intraday, then fell back to $15.29 on Thursday (22 Oct) and closed at the week’s low of $14.68 on Friday (23 Oct).

Key Events

Galaxy Digital’s narrative this week ran along two lines: its own business mix and shifting market sentiment. Coverage early in the week traced a roughly 30% drop over two weeks while pointing to a 751% surge in data-centre revenue as a quiet transformation. Citi then upgraded Galaxy and Gemini while naming Circle and Bullish as top crypto picks; on the same day Piper Sandler cut price targets for MARA, RIOT, HUT and GLXY amid the AI trade reversal, hotter inflation and pricier debt. By Wednesday, Bitcoin reached $82,000 and ETH, XRP and Dogecoin gained around 3% on stronger ETF flows, helping Galaxy Digital rally about 7% intraday, with some call options up 266%. Later in the week, with earnings approaching, Morgan Stanley reiterated its buy rating while Galaxy itself warned that the momentum unwind exposed hidden risks in market-neutral strategies; the stock hit a record low in after-hours trading.

Analyst Ratings

Sixteen brokers cover Galaxy Digital: 10 rate it buy, 5 rate it overweight and 1 rates it hold, with no underweight or sell ratings. The consensus rating is strong buy and the consensus target price sits at $38.81, roughly 164.39% above the week’s close of $14.68. Targets range from $24 to $57, which is a wide spread. Within the asset management and custody banking industry, Galaxy Digital ranks 11th, with fewer covering brokers than the industry mean of 7 and median of 6.

The Week Ahead

Galaxy Digital reports fiscal Q3 2026 results before the open on Tuesday, 27 Oct, with consensus at $0.0933 EPS and $8.697 billion in revenue. The same week brings a heavy run of US macro data: consumer confidence, durable goods orders, FHFA home prices and new home sales, all of which will shape risk appetite and flows into crypto-linked assets.

In Short

Galaxy Digital’s share-price slide this week sits against a backdrop of strong-buy consensus and a price target more than 160% above spot, creating clear tension. Fast-growing data-centre revenue coexists with cost pressures on crypto miners, and the company’s own warning about momentum reversals has put a question mark over market-neutral positioning. The next test is whether next week’s earnings can back the transformation story, and how macro data reprices risk sentiment.

This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.