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Bitcoin surged past the $100,000 mark, reaching an all-time high of $103,679 before dropping back to $98,969. Over $199 million in Bitcoin futures positions were liquidated in 24 hours, with overall crypto assets seeing $611 million in liquidated positions. Despite the dip, Bitcoin remains up nearly...
Bitcoin surged past the $100,000 mark, reaching an all-time high of $103,679 before dropping back to $98,969. Over $199 million in Bitcoin futures positions were liquidated in 24 hours, with overall crypto assets seeing $611 million in liquidated positions.
Despite the dip, Bitcoin remains up nearly 4% over the past week and 41% in the last 30 days. The recent surge has been attributed to expectations around Donald Trump's pro-crypto stance, with Trump himself taking credit for the milestone in a social media post.
Bitcoin jumped above the $100,000 price point for the first time late Wednesday and continued to climb past $103,000, remaining above the milestone mark into Thursday—but it's finally dropped back into five figures. BTC is currently trading for $98,969 as of this writing, falling from an all-time high of $103,679 as the leading cryptocurrency bounced around above the $100,000 mark in recent hours.
Some $199 million worth of Bitcoin futures positions have been liquidated over the last 24 hours, including nearly $127 million in shorts (bets on the price falling) and about $72 million worth of long positions (bets that BTC will rise in price). In the last hour alone, $23 million worth of Bitcoin longs have been liquidated. Overall, $611 million worth of positions have been liquidated across all crypto assets in the last day.
Even with the dip, Bitcoin remains up nearly 4% over the past week, and 41% in the last 30 days. It has continued to push to new all-time high prices after breaking the months-long mark of $73,737 on Election Day last month.
The recent surge in prices for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has largely been attributed to Donald Trump's win of a second term in the White House, given his pro-crypto campaign and various promises made towards the industry.
On Thursday, he took credit for the surge above the $100K milestone mark. “Congratulations Bitcoiners,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “$100,000!!! You’re welcome!!! Together, we will make America great again!”