Wednesday’s price action for bitcoin was the fourth time it exceeded the key $100,000 price level.

Wednesday’s soft U.S. core CPI has opened doors for traders to focus on Trump’s swearing in and the possibility of first-day pro-crypto announcement.

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The remaining 25,000 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack must be returned through a more complex claims process.

This week four firms announced bitcoin purchases, while seven companies announced a strategy, but no acquisition.

Gary Gensler has described crypto as the Wild West and one observer said markets are likely to see just that under new leadership in D.C.

Fundstrat’s head of research, Tom Lee, calls for a potential short-term drawdown but remains bullish regarding the end-of-year target.

The crypto’s main uses are for sex trafficking, money laundering and ransomware, claimed Dimon, a longtime foe of bitcoin.

Capital Group is also the second-largest shareholder in MicroStrategy, trailing only Michael Saylor.

When bitcoin typically puts in these many consecutive positive adjustments it has marked near cycle tops and bottoms.