Bitcoin’s price rallied nearly 5% in a day to set a new all-time high above $106,000 on Dec. 15 as speculation of it becoming a United States reserve asset continues to grow. Bitcoin topped out at $106,554 but has since fallen slightly to $106,000, TradingView data shows. Its previous high was $104,000, which was set on…

Ether could surpass its previous all-time high during the first quarter of 2025, according to market analysts. Ether has been unable to remain above the key $4,000 psychological threshold despite Bitcoin breaching the record $100,000 high on Dec. 6 for the first time in crypto history. However, Ether may soon start catching up to Bitcoin’s gains following…

Hong Kong has rapidly become a cryptocurrency hub, positioning itself as a center for financial innovation alongside the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore. Ivan Ivanov, global CEO of WOW Summit, said this innovation was fostered by a mixture of strong regulatory policy and Hong Kong’s status as a special economic region. Ivanov told Cointelegraph…

Nasdaq has announced that Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor’s company, MicroStrategy (MSTR), will be added to the Nasdaq-100 Index starting Dec. 23. MicroStrategy is one of three companies to be added to the index alongside Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR), and Axon Enterprise, Inc. (AXON), according to a Dec. 13 statement published by Nasdaq. MSTR now among Nasdaq’s 100…

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VanEck expects the cryptocurrency bull market to hit a “medium-term peak” in the first quarter of 2025 before surging to all-time highs by the end of the year, the asset manager said in a Dec. 13 blog post. “At the cycle’s apex, we project Bitcoin (BTC) to be valued at around $180,000, with Ethereum (ETH)…