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Bitcoin: BTC hits new all-time high and enters price discovery mode

Bitcoin: BTC hits new all-time high and enters price discovery mode

Bitcoin price prints a new all-time high near $118,900 on Friday, entering uncharted territory as bullish momentum accelerates. The surge in BTC was supported by rising corporate and institutional demand, with spot Bitcoin ETFs recording a total of $1.69 billion this week as of Thursday. 

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Mantle Price Forecast: MNT eyes 200-day EMA breakout for further gains 

Mantle Price Forecast: MNT eyes 200-day EMA breakout for further gains 

Mantle (MNT) edges lower by over 1% at press time on Tuesday after three consecutive days of gains, while the optimism holds in the derivatives market, reflected by heightened Open Interest.

Bonk Price Forecast: BONK rallies as OI hits yearly high, LetsBonk.fun tops Solana launchpad revenue

Bonk Price Forecast: BONK rallies as OI hits yearly high, LetsBonk.fun tops Solana launchpad revenue

Bonk (BONK) continues its bullish momentum, extending gains, trading around $0.000027 on Tuesday after rallying almost 20% the previous week.

Fed, OCC, FDIC issue joint guideline for banks safekeeping crypto assets for customers

Fed, OCC, FDIC issue joint guideline for banks safekeeping crypto assets for customers

The Federal Reserve (Fed), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint statement on Monday aiming to guide banks seeking to offer crypto safekeeping services to customers.

Top Crypto Gainers: XCN, PENGU, SUI – Hold momentum while Bitcoin slips under $119,000

Top Crypto Gainers: XCN, PENGU, SUI – Hold momentum while Bitcoin slips under $119,000

Bitcoin (BTC) takes a breather after hitting a record high of $123,218 on Monday, resulting in a pullback under $119,000 at press time on Tuesday.

Bitcoin: BTC hits new all-time high and enters price discovery mode

Bitcoin: BTC hits new all-time high and enters price discovery mode

Bitcoin price prints a new all-time high near $118,900 on Friday, entering uncharted territory as bullish momentum accelerates. The surge in BTC was supported by rising corporate and institutional demand, with spot Bitcoin ETFs recording a total of $1.69 billion this week as of Thursday. 

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WHAT IS BITCOIN?

Bitcoin (BTC) is a decentralized peer-to-peer digital currency originally designed to facilitate digital payments across the globe. Launched by anonymous figure Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, Bitcoin's success largely depended on how it facilitated recorded ownership and facilitated the transfer of assets through a distributed ledger known as blockchain technology.

Bitcoin boasts several features through blockchain technology, including decentralization, transparency, privacy and security. These features boosted Bitcoin's popularity globally, attracting a wide range of users, including traders, investors, asset managers, government agencies, and more.

Bitcoin's success as the first established cryptocurrency has led to the launch of millions of digital currencies with use cases that span payments, yield generation, supply chain, gaming, governance, betting, meme trading, etc.

The first and most popular cryptocurrency

Bitcoin has the largest market capitalization and nominal price among cryptocurrencies. Due to its increased adoption over time, it ranks alongside Gold, Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft and Google among the top ten global assets by market capitalization.

This is owing to its uniqueness and first-mover advantage, causing investors to classify every other cryptocurrency as alternative coins (altcoins) – Ethereum, Ripple, Solana, Dogecoin, Cardano, etc.

Bitcoin's high volatility

While Satoshi Nakamoto originally invented Bitcoin to serve as a payment system, public sentiments and unclear regulations surrounding cryptocurrencies in several countries have made it highly volatile.

For example, Bitcoin jumped from just under $1 to $29.60 in 2011. However, its price quickly crashed, ending the year near the $5 mark. Between 2012 and 2013, Bitcoin picked up pace again, rising by over 3,000% to $1,121 before slumping nearly 84% to $172 in January 2015.

From 2015 to 2017, Bitcoin surged to $19,600 but eventually lost 83% of its value in the following year. While prices were range-bound in 2019, Bitcoin began a rally post-pandemic, increasing by 1,600% to a high of $68,900 in November 2021. Similarly to previous years, Bitcoin crashed to $16,000 in November 2022, picking up pace again in 2023 and eventually skyrocketing to $108,353 in November 2024 following the election of United States President Donald Trump. The top crypto eventually went on to establish an all-time high above $120,000 in 2025.

Bitcoin's charge above the $100,000 milestone was largely fueled by the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exposing it to a wide range of top institutional asset managers, including BlackRock and Fidelity.

This volatile history has made Bitcoin attractive among traders who speculate on its price using various fundamental and technical analysis indicators. Additionally, Bitcoin's deflationary features, including a halving mechanism and supply cap of 21 million BTC, have attracted investors who use it as a store of value and hedge against inflation. Hence, Bitcoin is considered ''digital Gold'' among its core enthusiasts.

Bitcoin mining

Mining is the process through which transactions are validated and new Bitcoin tokens are created on the Bitcoin network. The process, also known as the Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism, involves entities known as miners competing to solve cryptographic problems through the use of computing devices.

The first miner to solve the problem earns the right to validate and add new transactions to the Bitcoin blockchain. In turn, the miner receives rewards in newly minted Bitcoin tokens for completing this task.

In the early days of Bitcoin, anyone could use a personal computer to engage in mining. However, as Bitcoin's popularity grew, mining became highly attractive to most users, increasing competition and thus the difficulty of the cryptographic problems miners must solve.

To gain an advantage, most miners began using high-performance computing devices, such as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), designed specifically for Bitcoin mining. Additionally, most miners pooled their resources together through mining pools.

Bitcoin Futures

Bitcoin futures are contracts that enable traders to speculate on the price of Bitcoin without owning the underlying asset. Similar to other futures products, these contracts obligate investors to buy or sell Bitcoin for a predetermined price at a specific date.

With Bitcoin futures, investors can hedge their risks, make directional bets on price appreciation or decline, and access leverage to amplify their positions. Due to the difference in market liquidity and volume, the price of Bitcoin futures often trades at a premium or discount to its spot counterpart. As a result, exchanges leverage funding rates/fees to maintain parity in both markets.

When traders hold onto their positions for a long time, the aggregated funding fees incurred could affect the profitability of their investments.

Traders can access Bitcoin futures across top crypto exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), which is the largest Bitcoin futures market.

Bitcoin Wallets

Bitcoin wallets are devices or software programs for managing the private and public keys that enable you to send, receive and save Bitcoin. It's important to keep your private keys or seed phrases well protected, as they are the only means of accessing your Bitcoin holdings.

Unlike traditional banking, which enables PIN or password recovery, users who lose their private keys or seed phrases permanently lose access to their Bitcoin holdings.

Bitcoin wallets are mainly classified into four based on your needs:

  • Hardware wallets: These are physical devices like flash drives that enable users to manage their Bitcoin private keys offline. Unlike software wallets, hardware wallets do not have internet connectivity unless connected to a computer, making them less vulnerable to attacks.

  • Paper wallets: Paper wallets are pieces of paper with a user's private and public keys printed on them. Users who subscribe to such wallets may keep the pieces of paper in secure locations such as a bank vault.

  • Exchange Wallets: These wallets are automatically created on behalf of users who use cryptocurrency exchanges. Users don't have to worry about managing their private keys as crypto exchanges manage the entire process. However, exchange wallets are often criticized due to their centralized nature and risk of susceptibility to hacks.

  • Software wallets: These are software programs that manage your private/public keys or seed phrases. Because they're often connected to the internet, software wallets may be at risk to bad actors.

Bitcoin ETFs

Bitcoin ETFs are investment vehicles that allow individuals to invest in Bitcoin without directly owning it. They trade on traditional stock exchanges, making it easier for traditional investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin's price movements.

The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), which received the green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in October 2021, was the first regulated Bitcoin product to debut on Wall Street, allowing investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin through regulated futures contracts.

Bitcoin Futures ETF tracks the value of Bitcoin futures contracts. A Bitcoin futures contract is an agreement to purchase or sell Bitcoin at a specified price on a future date.

The approval of Bitcoin futures ETFs was significant as it marked the first time investors could access Bitcoin in traditional brokerage accounts. It also fueled hopes for the potential of a spot Bitcoin ETF.

After years of rejection and legal challenges with the SEC, the regulator approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs on January 10, 2024. Spot Bitcoin ETFs are investment products that give customers exposure to Bitcoin's spot price without directly owning the underlying asset. Unlike Bitcoin futures ETFs, issuers offering these instruments hold Bitcoin in secure storages.

On the first day of their trading, spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $655 million, marking their significance in the investment market. The products have gone on to accumulate over $48 billion in net inflows since their time of launch. By November 2024, the spot Bitcoin ETFs outperformed gold and other US ETFs after recording a 65% return since launching in January of the same year.