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.

Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, surpassing $123,000 on Monday. This marks a sharp rise from $108,000 just a week ago.

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The cryptocurrency market capitalization expanded, reaching the $4 trillion mark on Friday, bolstered by heightened risk-on sentiment as altcoins, led by Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP), extended their gains. Bitcoin (BTC), meanwhile, consolidates below $120,000 after reaching a fresh record high of $123,218 on Monday.

Bitcoin price soared past $120,000 for the first time early Monday. The crypto continued its bull run at the start of what has been coined “Crypto Week” as three key bills, important for the sector, make their way through Congress over the next five days.

Bitcoin relies on elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) to secure wallet addresses and validate ownership. But ECC, like RSA, is vulnerable to Shor’s algorithm — a quantum computing method capable of cracking the discrete logarithm problem, the core math ...

It’s riding a number of tailwinds at the moment,” said IG market analyst Tony Sycamore, citing institutional demand, expectations of further gains and support from Trump as

Cryptocurrency-related stocks rose in premarket trading on Friday, with shares linked to ether leading the charge after the No. 2 crypto hit a six-month high.

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.