The world's leading cryptocurrency may reach $160,000 later this year, and even jump to $240,000 in a best-case scenario, according to an expert.

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, has revealed that former U.S. President Donald Trump is excited about the idea of a strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

MicroStrategy just added $243 million worth of Bitcoin to its corporate treasury, which is currently worth more than $41 billion.

The price of bitcoin has surged to over $109,000 just hours ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, as a pumped up cryptocurrency industry expects early action by him soon after he takes office.

Binance CEO Richard Teng told CNBC he sees “much clearer regulation” in the U.S. this year, adding this will be supportive for crypto markets.

This means that a conservative view is for Bitcoin to rise almost 900% to reach gold's market cap. But it's reasonable to expect the digital asset's price to increase even more over time. That makes buying Bitcoin while it's at $95,000 a once-in-a-decade opportunity.

Gary Gensler has described crypto as the Wild West and one observer said markets are likely to see just that under new leadership in D.C.

January 2025 marked the first anniversary of U.S Spot Bitcoin [BTC] ETFs. This groundbreaking development revolutionized both the cryptocurrency landscape and traditional finance. Approved by the U.S.

Bitcoin (BTC) prices reached an all-time high of £88,369 ($109,134) on 20th January after the US Securities and Exchange Commission, led by the newly appointed acting Chair, Mark Uyeda, unveiled a crypto task force to develop a new regulatory framework for the industry.

CBOJ, the first of three ETFs, provides investors with 100% downside protection while offering 10% to 11.5% upside potential over a one-year period, according to a press release. A representative of Calamos told CoinDesk that as of 12:11 p.m. ET, the ETF traded roughly 635,714 shares.

The SEC’s statement regarding the commission doesn’t really provide much insight into what it will seek to do, other than “provide clarity” on the rules regulating the crypto industry. It will likely achieve that by just stripping back those rules altogether,