Christmas Stocking Stuffers? Don’t Ignore These Bitcoin Mining Stocks That Gave Impressive Returns In 2025
Christmas brings cheer, cakes and cozy vibes, but it can also be a perfect time for kicking off investments you may not have considered before. A handful of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining stocks have delivered strong gains this year, making them worth a look.
| Company | YTD Gains +/- |
| IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN) | +328.41% |
| Cipher Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:CIFR) | +242.89% |
| Riot Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) | +33.89% |
| CleanSpark Inc. (NASDAQ:CLSK) | +24.97% |
IREN
IREN’s transition from mining to high-performance data centers for artificial intelligence and graphics processing unit cloud services has boosted the company’s share price this year.
The company secured major deals this year, including the $9.7 billion GPU cloud contract with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). The agreement includes a 20% prepayment from Microsoft and commits IREN to purchasing $5.8 billion in NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) GPUs and related equipment from Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL).
The stock has a consensus price target of $55.73 based on the ratings of 17 analysts, with a high of $136 by Cantor Fitzgerald last month.
Benzinga’s proprietary Edge Rankings show Momentum as the strongest category for IREN at 98.39/100. To know more about the stock, click here.
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