Bitcoin surpasses $70,000 milestone and achieves a market capitalization of $1.38 trillion
Bitcoin (BTC) has surpassed the $70,000 mark once again after experiencing 11 days of high price volatility. At the time of writing, BTC is up by 5.4% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $70,500. The market cap of the flagship asset is slightly above $1.38 trillion, with a daily trading volume of $42.7 billion.
The recent price rally of Bitcoin has had a positive impact on the global crypto market capitalization, which has increased by 5.4% and is currently around $2.83 trillion, according to data from CoinGecko.
Data provided by Santiment reveals that the number of whale transactions involving at least $100,000 worth of BTC has surged by 50.7% in the past 24 hours. The number of unique transactions per day has risen from 8,233 to 12,404.
Additionally, Bitcoin’s total open interest (OI) has seen a significant increase of $800 million. Santiment data shows that the total BTC OI has risen from $11 billion to $11.8 billion in the past day. Such increases in whale activity and open interest often lead to higher price volatility.
On the other hand, data indicates that there has been an increase in trades betting on a further price surge for Bitcoin. The total BTC funding rate, aggregated from all exchanges, has jumped from 0.01% to 0.02%, according to Santiment. This suggests that traders are optimistic about a price surge as the fourth Bitcoin halving approaches.
Renowned author Robert Kiyosaki, known for his book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” has expressed his belief that the BTC price could potentially exceed $100,000 by September this year. Kiyosaki has also stated that he plans to purchase 10 more Bitcoins before April.
Despite the overheated market conditions, the Bitcoin Relative Strength Index (RSI) has been consistently declining over the past three weeks. Santiment data shows that the BTC RSI has decreased from 49 to 47 in the past 24 hours. However, this indicator suggests that Bitcoin is in a favorable condition for a potential price surge.
In other news, regulatory watchdogs in the Philippines have announced that they will block Binance, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, in the country.
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