Bitcoin rose to over $120,000 on Monday, breaking the cryptocurrency’s all-time high as Congress considers several pieces of pro-crypto legislation. The digital currency peaked at around $122,600 mid-afternoon Monday before declining to around $116,

A rush of investment into Bitcoin ETFs in recent days sent the combined asset value of such investment vehicles to a record high of more than $158 billion, according to The Block, an outlet that covers digital assets. Investors placed more than a billion dollars into Bitcoin ETFs on consecutive days last week, The Block found.

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The enthusiasm for bitcoin comes as the U.S. House is set to take up several pieces of cryptocurrency-related legislation in what’s been dubbed “crypto week” in Congress. Lawmakers have been under pressure from President Donald Trump and the big-spending crypto lobby to pass legislation quickly.

The third and final piece of the puzzle is market sentiment. This has the power to move markets up or down extremely quickly. Right now, investors are buoyant. Equity markets are at all-time highs, Bitcoin is at an all-time high, and Nvidia just became the first company to hit a $4 trillion market valuation.

Bitcoin continued its rapid climb and hit another all-time high Monday as U.S. lawmakers begin a week focused on passing pro-crypto legislation.

Bitcoin rose above $118,000 on Friday, extending the token's record-setting rally into its third day.

Crypto investors are betting that a slew of long-sought policy wins for the industry, expected next week, could invite new investment in the asset class.

Bitcoin, once imagined as a peer-to-peer payment system, is now behaving more like digital gold: a long-term store of value rather than a medium of exchange. For many investors, it’s a hedge, something to hold, not spend.