Bitcoin surpasses $100,000 for the first time, gold price remains unchanged

ANTD.VN - Bitcoin price reached a historic peak when it surpassed the $100,000 mark for the first time this morning Vietnam time, bringing its market capitalization to $2,000 billion.

In the trading session on December 4 (last night Vietnam time), the digital currency Bitcoin (BTC) started to increase after many days of stagnation. By this morning Vietnam time, the $100,000 mark was officially conquered and at 11:00 Vietnam time, Bitcoin was trading at over $103,000, up more than 7.5% in the session.

Bitcoin sets new record, surpassing $100,000

The cryptocurrency market is being strongly supported by institutional demand and high expectations for crypto-friendly policies under the presidency of Donald Trump 2.0. BTC has increased by about 130% year-to-date, with a market capitalization of $2 trillion.

Another driver of crypto is growing institutional and corporate adoption, led by MicroStrategy and its executive chairman Michael Saylor, who began buying Bitcoin in August 2020 and has continued to raise billions of dollars to accumulate it, bringing its holdings to 386,700 tokens, now worth more than $38 billion.

After that, a series of other businesses such as Semler Scientific (USA) and Metaplanet (Japan) also pursued similar strategies…

While Bitcoin is increasing rapidly, gold prices have fluctuated little in recent sessions, although they continue to increase.

The world gold price is trading around 2,648.5 USD/ounce, a slight increase of about 15 USD since the beginning of the week. Meanwhile, the domestic gold market has been almost stagnant in the past 3 sessions.

Source: https://www.anninhthudo.vn/bitcoin-lan-dau-vuot-100000-usd-gia-vang-dung-im-post597483.antd