Bitcoin surpasses $120,000 to file highs forward of U.S. lawmakers’ ‘Crypto Week’

Bitcoin prolonged good points Monday to hit a brand new milestone, breaking previous $120,000, fueled by a rally within the cryptocurrency’s ETFs.

The worth of the most important cryptocurrency by market capitalization topped $122,600 at 1:27 p.m. Singapore time, in keeping with information from Coin Metrics.

The rally has seen bitcoin attain new highs amid extra inflows into bitcoin ETFs. On Thursday, bitcoin ETFs had logged their greatest day of inflows in 2025 at $1.18 billion.

“We imagine that Bitcoin’s surge is pushed by longer-term institutional patrons and it will propel it to $125k within the subsequent month or two,” Jeff Mei, chief working officer at cryptocurrency trade BTSE, stated in an announcement despatched to CNBC. 

“Trump’s commerce disputes with the likes of the EU, Mexico, and different buying and selling companions might trigger dips within the week forward, however it’s seemingly that Bitcoin’s institutional patrons are discounting this threat and sustaining their positions that Bitcoin will nonetheless recognize in the long term,” he added.

Buyers have been anticipating bitcoin to hit new data this yr as company treasuries speed up their bitcoin shopping for sprees and U.S. Congress nears the passing of latest crypto laws.

The U.S. Home of Representatives will start deliberating on a collection of crypto payments on Monday in what has been dubbed ‘Crypto Week.’ The potential legal guidelines are aimed toward offering a clearer regulatory framework for the digital asset business. 

The coverage had been lengthy sought by the business, and is supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has branded himself as a pro-crypto President and is concerned in a number of crypto ventures.

Probably the most vital payments into account is the Genius Act, which might set up federal guardrails for U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins and create a pathway for personal corporations to problem digital {dollars}.

“Lengthy-term holders are locking up provide, whereas world coverage readability — particularly round stablecoins and crypto laws — has boosted investor confidence and capital inflows,” Xu Han, director of the Liquid Fund at HashKey Capital, stated in an announcement to CNBC.

Talking on CNBC’s “Entry Center East,” Markus Thielen, CEO of 10x Analysis, stated that he hopes that the U.S. will announce a sovereign wealth fund that might buy digital currencies, additionally an overhanging issue market.

He famous that company and institutional buyers have bought $15 billion in Bitcoin ETFs over the past six to eight weeks. In distinction, retail buyers seem to have been on the sidelines in the course of the newest rally, he added.

10x Analysis has a year-end Bitcoin goal vary of $140,000 to $160,000, Thielen revealed, however essentially the most vital threat dealing with this stays the U.S. Federal Reserve persevering with its hawkish coverage and additional rate of interest hikes because of tariffs.