Wednesday’s price action for bitcoin was the fourth time it exceeded the key $100,000 price level.
The selloff in stocks and cryptocurrencies could mean Donald Trump’s inauguration will less likely be a sell the news event, K33 Research said.
BTC’s latest price action seems to contrast sharply with the uptrend exhaustion observed at record highs above $108K in mid-December.
Babylon, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is teaming up with Bitcoin developers Fiamma to build a trust-minimized bridge using BitVM2
Since September, the market has absorbed over 1 million bitcoins, while the price has gone from around $60,000 to over $100,000.
Mining stocks including WULF, BTDR, IREN and HUT dropped over 5%, while BTC holder medical devices firm Semler Scientific plunged 10%.
BTC and the S&P 500 seem to be tracking rates volatility, which is rising.
Multiple public companies have announced a bitcoin strategy, but there has been no acquisition yet.
Altcoin majors, including ether and solana, also rose sharply as U.S. markets opened on the first full week after holidays, with the broad-based CoinDesk 20 advancing 3.5% through the day.
The bitcoin miner holds 44,893 BTC on its balance sheet, it said in a production report.