Stimulus Hopes Send Bitcoin Rallying, Ethereum to Record Highs
Cryptocurrencies rallied Wednesday, led by gains in the Bitcoin and the Ethereum markets as traders pinned hopes on additional stimulus packages in the United States. The cost to purchase one Bitcoin shot past $36,000 while Ethereum’s native token Ether notched a new record high at $1,574. Other large-cap tokens, including Polkadot’s DOT, Litecoin’s LTC, and […]
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Bitcoin logged more record highs in its first official trading week of the year, raising hopes that it would keep rallying higher after closing the previous year with a gain of 302 percent. The benchmark cryptocurrency opened Wednesday with a wild upside move. It reached a new historic high of $35,868 ahead of the London opening bell. The gains appeared as a part of a retracement rally that started when BTC/USD slumped from its previous […]
Investment management firm Ark Invest has highlighted three reasons why the price of ethereum has been hitting record highs. The firm cited increased institutional interest, strong on-chain signals, and imminent protocol upgrades as the key reasons. Why Ethereum Has Been Going Up ARK Investment Management, also known as Ark Invest, published a research note last week explaining three key reasons why ethereum is breaking out to new all-time highs. The first reason the firm’s analyst mentioned was “Increased institutional interest.” Ark Invest pointed out that a number of....
Amid the intense stimulus relief aid discussion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set a deadline for the White House to come to an agreement on the next stimulus package which provides a second round of stimulus checks for Americans. Meanwhile, the Senate is set to vote on a smaller stimulus bill without direct payments this week. Deadline for Stimulus Negotiations Stimulus packages to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-driven economic crisis have been heavily discussed this week as U.S. lawmakers hope to approve new relief aid before the November presidential election. Six proposed....
Two new stimulus packages have been proposed while lawmakers continue to push for second stimulus checks to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-led economic crisis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to add stimulus measures to the spending bill that must be passed before the Dec. 11 deadline. Stimulus Measures Could Be Added to Spending Bill That Must Pass This Week U.S. lawmakers unveiled new stimulus proposals last week after months of negotiations with no progress on either a new coronavirus relief stimulus package or second stimulus checks....
US retail traders are gearing up to put billions of dollars into the bitcoin market when stimulus payments begin entering bank accounts later this week