Bitcoin’s (BTC) worth zipped previous $41,000 for the primary time within the final 19 months earlier right now, Dec. 4, fueled by the endless optimism surrounding a potential spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval within the U.S.
The highest digital asset gained greater than 5% over the last 24 hours to commerce at $41,448 as of press time, persevering with an upward worth motion that emerged over the weekend, in line with CryptoSlate’s knowledge.
Information from Coinglass reveals that BTC’s worth motion liquidated greater than $70 million from brief merchants through the reporting interval, with the one largest liquidation occurring on Bitmex, valued at $6.01 million.
BTC’s rally follows a latest revelation that the Securities and Change Fee (SEC) met with a number of asset managers, together with Grayscale, BlackRock, and others, in direction of the tip of November concerning their proposed spot Bitcoin ETFs.
In the meantime, the value enhance has made BTC one of many world’s prime 10 belongings by market capitalization, forward of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway and Elon Musk’s electrical automobile maker Tesla. Nonetheless, it stays just a few billion behind social media behemoth Meta, in line with knowledge from CompaniesMarketCap.
BTC’s market capitalization stands at $811.89 billion as of press time, in line with CryptoSlate’s knowledge.
Ethereum, others surge.
BTC’s upward motion additionally lifted the worth of a number of different cryptocurrencies, together with Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano, which posted vital positive factors through the reporting interval.
ETH, the second-largest digital asset by market cap, elevated by greater than 4% to interrupt $2,200 for the primary time since Might 2022. Its ascent may be attributed to the optimism surrounding the spot Ethereum ETF functions filed by a number of conventional monetary giants, together with BlackRock.
However, Solana continues its year-long optimistic momentum, breaching the $65 mark through the weekend earlier than mildly retreating to $64 as of press time, in line with CryptoSlate’s knowledge.
Others like Cardano, Dogecoin, BNB, and XRP noticed greater than 2% positive factors through the reporting interval. Notably, Terra-related cash—Terra Basic and Terra Luna– are amongst CryptoSlate’s prime gainers record right now.
