Bitcoin Breaks $19K, New All-Time High Seems Imminent
Bitcoin Breaks $19K, New All-Time High Seems Imminent
Bitcoin Breaks $19K, New All-Time High Seems Imminent Nov 24, 2020 at 9:55 a.m. UTC Updated Nov 24, 2020 at 2:46 p.m. UTC Bitcoin’s price is fast approaching its all-time high of 2017. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk) Muyao Shen Bitcoin Breaks $19K, New All-Time High Seems Imminent Bitcoin (BTC) passed above $19,000 on Tuesday, after rallying $7,000 in one month. The leading cryptocurrency is now within sight of its all-time high of $19,783 reached on Dec. 17, 2017. The price of bitcoin was $19,001 at press time, representing a 2% gain in the past 24 hours, according to the CoinDesk 20 index. This took place after bitcoin’s price broke the $17,000 and then $18,000 levels within the same week. On Friday, Rick Rieder, chief investment officer at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said on CNBC bitcoin could take the place of gold to a large extent because crypto is “so much more functional than passing a bar of gold around.” The market capitalization of bitcoin also hit its all-time high this week at about $329 billion, according to data provided by crypto analytic firm CryptoQuant. Guy Hirsch, managing director for US at eToro, said 2020’s bull market “debunks” the idea that bitcoin is a ” tulip bubble ” because “tulips never had a second wave of buying the same way bitcoin has.” With retail on-ramp platforms including PayPal and CashApp being more prevalent in 2020 than 2017, bitcoin’s price could break $20,000 “in the not-too-distant” future, Hirsch added, predicting retail investors will kick in the market and propel the price. All but two of the other coins from the CoinDesk 20, including ether and XRP , have also been in green in the past 24 hours. With more institutional investors entering the bitcoin market as well as miners not liquidating their positions, “it appears likely that price will continue to rise,” according to a recent newsletter from CryptoQuant. Subscribe to Blockchain Bites , our daily update with the latest stories. Subscribe By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms & conditions and privacy policy . Read more about… Bitcoin Markets Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies . CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group , which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups . Related
