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Galaxy Digital reported strong third-quarter earnings, driven primarily by higher trading activity and continued expansion in asset management, signaling steady institutional interest in crypto-focused financial services.
The company <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/galaxy-announces-third-quarter-2025-financial-results-302590096.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">reported</a> net income of $505 million for the quarter ending Sept. 30, with adjusted earnings of $629 million, boosted by record results in its digital asset operations and investment gains. Galaxy closed the quarter with $3.2 billion in equity, including $1.9 billion in cash and stablecoins.
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Trading volumes jumped 140% from the previous quarter, fueled by increased spot and derivatives volumes. The quarter included the execution of a major client transaction involving the sale of more than 80,000 Bitcoin (<a href="/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer">BTC</a>) — one of the largest crypto trades to date.&nbsp;
While Galaxy did not disclose the client’s identity, it said the sale was part of the investor’s “broader estate planning strategy,” as <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/early-bitcoin-investor-sells-80000-btc-galaxy-digital" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">previously reported by Cointelegraph</a>.
Outside its core trading business, Galaxy is moving into data center and high-performance computing infrastructure. Its Helios campus in Texas is a key part of that push, though it isn’t expected to generate meaningful profits until mid-2026.
In August, <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/galaxy-digital-1-4b-coreweave-ai-datacenter" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Galaxy secured a $1.4 billion loan</a> to expand the Helios site and said it expects to generate around $1 billion in annual revenue from a long-term partnership with CoreWeave, a US-based cloud computing company specializing in GPU infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads.
Galaxy Digital shares jumped on the earnings news, climbing nearly 16% at one point before settling higher midday. The stock last traded above $43, up about 9% on the day.
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Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/galaxy-digital-stock-tokenized-solana" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Galaxy Digital stock goes onchain with Solana tokenization</a>
<h2 id="institutional-momentum-builds">Institutional momentum builds</h2>
Although Bitcoin remained largely rangebound during the third quarter, Ether (<a href="/ethereum-price" rel="noopener noreferrer">ETH</a>) surged to multi-year highs and several other digital assets showed renewed momentum.&nbsp;
According to CoinGecko’s <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/2025-q3-crypto-report" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Q3 2025 report</a>, the global crypto market expanded for a third consecutive quarter, adding roughly $563 billion in value to reach $4 trillion,&nbsp; its highest level since 2021. Galaxy’s results reflected that broader trend, underscoring continued strength across the digital-asset industry.
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The company also stayed active on the strategic front, embracing the growing, though <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-treasury-companies-btc-accumulation-david-bailey" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_self">sometimes controversial</a>, digital-asset treasury trend. During the quarter, Galaxy <a href="https://www.galaxy.com/newsroom/why-galaxy-is-sponsoring-a-solana-dat" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">announced</a> plans to participate in a $1.65 billion <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/galaxy-digital-multicoin-jump-crypto-1b-solana-treasury" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Solana treasury initiative</a> alongside Cantor Fitzgerald, Multicoin Capital and Jump Crypto.
As <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-etfs-record-inflows-institutional-bitcoin-demand" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Cointelegraph reported</a>, the bull market was also reflected in exchange-traded products, with BlackRock noting that its Bitcoin and Ether iShares funds contributed positively to quarterly earnings, driven by strong investor inflows and fee income.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-whales-move-into-etfs-blackrock-ibit" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin whales quietly embrace BlackRock ETF following SEC rule change</a>

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