Bitcoin market cap crosses $1 trillion as buyers flood in
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: The total value invested in bitcoin surpassed $1 trillion on Wednesday for the first time since November 2021 as inflows to US spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds continued to support cryptocurrency prices. Bitcoin's price reached as high as $52,079 on Wednesday, its latest 25-month high. It was last up 4.29% at $51,690, taking the token's market cap to $1.013 trillion according to price platform Coingecko. The world's largest cryptocurrency has risen around 22% since the start of February, already set for its biggest monthly rise since October. Strong i NFL ows to new US listed ETFs have driven some of the price action in recent weeks, say analysts, and capital flows into the 11 US spot bitcoin ETFs increased to $1.64 billion in the week to Wednesday, LSEG Lipper data showed. The previous five trading sessions saw inflows of $409 million to the products, which received regulatory approval and began trading in January. "Whether th...