Bitcoin hits 5-month high of $57,000 despite looming regulation
The price of the world’s top cryptocurrency has rallied above $57,000 for the first time since May as traders bet bitcoin would retest the record highs it reached earlier this year.
Bitcoin was up over 1% on Tuesday, trading at $57,387 as of 7:30am GMT, marking a weekly growth of nearly 16%, according to crypto-tracking website CoinMarketCap.
The rally is attributed to several factors, including easing of concern about regulatory efforts in the United States and China and revived enthusiasm about probable approval of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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“Bitcoin could be seen as the preferred inflation hedge if the dollar and real rates are rising,” the analyst told CNBC.
Bitcoin is now up nearly 30% for the month and 95% for the year. Experts who look at patterns in price charts expect the cryptocurrency to test the next level of resistance of $60,000. The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization hit a record high of $65,000 in April.
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