Everything was going but smoothly.
The biggest digital coin was trading above$ 100, 000 per coin for the first time since 2025, at one point touching a high of$ 102, 290, according to CoinGecko, on Monday.  ,
The central bank of America had to finally reiterate to the industry that it still runs the show. The Federal Reserve released its December meeting minutes on Wednesday, disclosing that individuals were likely to hold off on cutting interest rates until 2025 due to concerns about sluggish inflation brought on by the incoming Trump presidency.  ,
The release of more bad news on Friday came as low unemployment statistics from the world’s largest economy, which economists generally concured with increased prices. The asset dropped as low as$ 91, 914 on Friday.  ,
It has since recovered somewhat, and is now priced at$ 94, 400 per gold. Over a seven-day time, it has dropped almost by 4 %. It’s now considerably below its December 18 all-time great of over$ 108, 000.  ,
Calling it a turbulent year is an exaggeration. Here’s a look up at the biggest Bitcoin information.
National ETF action
Buyers started pulling money out of the vehicles quickly after a time of incredible flows to the American ETFs on Monday.  ,
On Wednesday, merchants pulled the most amount of money since December from the money. According to statistics from Farside, over half a billion dollars were cashed out that day, which caused the value of the gold to decline.  ,
The biggest Reits traded on the biggest stock exchanges in the biggest market of the world have a significant influence on Bitcoin, but other factors also have an impact.
Silk Road sales?
Over 69, 000 Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road black online marketplace—that’s$ 6.5 billion for now—could be headed to purchase after a U. S. determine refused to stop the forfeiture of the property.
There are more steps to go before that prospective goal, so this doesn’t mean the assets will be sold immediately; instead, that kind of market stress could have an impact on Bitcoin’s market price in the future.
Additionally, it throws a wrench in the plans of those who support a national bitcoin proper reserve, such as Cynthia Lummis and Donald Trump, as seized assets could serve as a potential starting point for a proposed U.S. stash. However, we’ll see how fast they move toward creating such a bank and whether Silk Road’s trillions are liquidated before that happens.
More state consider resources
On Friday, two more states—North Dakota and New Hampshire—made moves towards considering a geopolitical Bitcoin supply. New Hampshire‘s filed regulations doesn’t specifically discuss Bitcoin, but BTC is the only advantage that currently meets its market cover needs. In addition, North Dakota legislators passed a solution that serves as a guideline for a draft legislation.
With the hope of, put put simply, combating inflation and becoming wealthy, such plans may help the local government funds of the states to hold the coin as a supply property. Right now, a total of five claims have such a plan under proper thought: Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Dakota, and New Hampshire.
More people firms want Bitcoin ,
It’s not just U. S. says, either: Publicly traded companies are even willing to put the biggest online penny to their balance plates.  ,
Thumzup Media, a social media marketing firm, announced on Tuesday that it had purchased roughly$ 1 million worth of Bitcoin, while KULR Technology Group, an aerospace and defense firm, added another$ 21 million worth of Bitcoin to its balance sheet.  ,
And on Friday, Nasdaq-listed spirits firm Heritage Distilling announced a Bitcoin” HOD L” strategy —subject to approval from the board—that will allow it to both hold Bitcoin and take BTC payments from customers.
The Bitcoin landfill saga is over
In one of the longest-running Bitcoin sagas, an engineer who lost a hard drive full of Satoshi-era mined coins received some bad news: a UK court dismissed his bid to use a team to find the “digital gold” in a Wales landfill.
James Howells lost 8, 000 Bitcoin—today worth$ 756 million —when his ex-girlfriend threw out the device ( on his orders ), and has been in a legal battle with the local authority since to dig through the dump and recover the hard drive.
Howells continued to work despite the setback by saying he wouldn’t give up right away and that he might even start a new cryptocurrency based on the stolen coins.  ,
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