Bitcoin hits record $66,000 on Wall Street debut: Where to next for the crypto king?
The king of cryptocurrency reached a new all-time high of $66,000 following its first ETF-linked asset that traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high above $66,000 following its informal debut on Wall Street.
A Bitcoin-linked futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) was launched on the New York Stock Exchange on October 19. This major step towards legitimacy for the cryptocurrency pushed its price to a record $66,976 on October 20.
The new ETF makes trading Bitcoin more accessible for investors, further increasing interest in the world’s biggest crypto.
First Bitcoin-linked ETF lists on NYSE
Onwards and upwards
Bitcoin has gained more than 50% in the past month and is up an incredible 450% over the past year.
Given its performance, analysts have raised their outlook for the asset and believe it could reach $100,000 before the end of the year.
A decade of trading records
Bitcoin is one of the fastest-growing asset classes of the decade with returns 10 times more than the Nasdaq 100; Since 2011, Bitcoin’s cumulative gains equate to an astonishing 20,000,000%. At the start of 2020 Bitcoin was priced at $7,167 to its current price of $66,471.71 (Oct 21).
The world’s biggest crypto has a market cap of $1.25 trillion.
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In short, there has never been a better time to buy crypto. The profit potential is staggering, and its growth has attracted many mainstream retail and institutional investors.
It should be noted however that a crypto, such as Bitcoin, is one of the most volatile assets in the financial markets. As its performance in 2021 has shown, it can just as easily hit $64,000 in days as it could tumble back to $30,000.
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*Figures are accurate at the time of publishing
