Bitcoin saw a fresh sell-off on January 21 as a surprise bearish phase swept the market despite huge institutional buy-ins. Travis Kling, founder of crypto hedge fund Ikigai, argued that the forthcoming entry of multitrillion-dollar asset manager BlackRock into the Bitcoin arena was a far more important price trigger.
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Bitcoin hits $40,000—briefly
The first cryptocurrency made it past a psychologically powerful barrier on the heels of a weakening dollar and growing acceptance by mainstream investors and financial institutions
Bitcoin briefly cracked $40,000 on Jan. 7, reaching a new all-time-high of $40,180.15 at 1:21 p.m. EST according to CoinGecko. It then plummeted nearly $3,000 before jumping back to its current $39,200.
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Markets Report: Bitcoin simmers at $19,000 as traders wait for direction cues
Major volatility becomes uneasy consolidation as Bitcoin takes stock just below its historic all-time high
The start of the week produced wild price swings for Bitcoin, which shed almost $2,000 on Tuesday. Afterwards, a period of consolidation appeared to begin, with the largest cryptocurrency fluctuating in a wide corridor with $19,000 as its focal point over the past 24 hours.
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Another big mainstream investor, Blackrock CIO Rick Rieder, says bitcoin outshines gold (Photo: Twitter)BlackRock CIO Rick Rieder argues Bitcoin could replace gold
The chief investment officer of the world’s largest asset management firm admits he cannot estimate Bitcoin’s value, but recognizes that it may be a better store of value than gold
The chief investment officer at the world’s top asset manager, BlackRock, argued that Bitcoin may be a better store of value than gold. “It's hard to say whether it's worth the price it is trading at today. But do I think it is a durable mechanism that—do I think could replace gold to a large extent? Yeah I do, because it's so much more functional than passing a bar of gold around.”
