Bitcoin is mounted in USD $ 123,000 to overcome Amazon as the 5th largest active
By Hannah Pérez
Bitcoin secured a new unprecedented top about USD $ 123,000, after marking its best historical weekly closure for the second consecutive week. Together with gold, it is the active with the best performance in 2025.
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- NEW HISTORICAL MAXIMATION OF USD $ 123,000 for Bitcoin!
- BTC is now the 5th largest active world with a market capitalization of USD $ 2,445 billion.
- Together with gold, it is the best performance asset in 2025 –And the ETF tickets reflect it.
- Short liquidations were activated with the pricing rebound, exercising pain for bears.
- Bitcoin towards New AT of USD $ 200,000 this year?
Bitcoin (BTC) has conquered a historical top of price to position itself as the fifth largest asset in the world.
The oldest and oldest cryptocurrency of the world emerged in price ensuring a new maximum of historical price (ATH) of USD $ 120,000 on Sunday before continuing to extend the rally towards new unprecedented heights.
For Monday morning (New York time), Bitcoin He took a new ATH slightly above the USD $ 123,000drawing a 5% gain in the graphics, since around USD $ 117,000 was negotiated the previous day.
It has been an epic week for Bitcoinwhich on Sunday managed to close with its highest price in its history, to around USD $ 119,500 in the midst of an approximate increase of 12% in the week, after another weekly record closure the previous week.
The distinguished cryptocurrency now is on the way to what could be its best month in 2025, with a return of just over 14% today. The second quarter The profit was 30%, according to data from Coinglass.
Market capitalization Bitcoin a height never seen before USD $ 2,445 billion was ensured, exceeding for the first time the total assessment of Amazon of USD $ 2,388 billion, according to data from Companies Marketcap. Bitcoin now is the 5th largest active in the world, just behind Apple with a market capitalization of USD $ 3.15 billion.
To put these numbers in perspective, the capitalization of record market of the largest digital currency represents approximately 10.76% of that of gold close to USD $ 23 billion.
Bitcoinoften called digital gold, has surpassed precious metal in profits so far from 2025, rising around 30% compared to 27% of gold in the same period. Both now They are the best performance assets this yearas shared COINDESK citing a Charlie Bilello analysis, head of the head of the market of Creative planning.
“We have never seen these two in the number one and number two positions in any calendar year”Bilello wrote.
The increase in both assets has occurred in the midst of an uncertain geopolitical context, molded by tariff tensions, a renewed conflict in the Middle East, in which investors have orbited towards safe shelters –such as gold and BTC.
The funds quoted in the stock market (ETF) of Bitcoin in cash in the US, they have reflected the institutional interest, attracting about USD $ 17,000 million capital tickets in the year to date, challenging their gold peers.
Bears suffer liquidations when Bitcoin conquers new ATH
The impulse of Bitcoin Towards new heights on Monday it extended the general spirits in the cryptocurrency market, which was painted green. Some Altcoins stood out with meteoric earnings, such as XRP, which rose more than 7%, and sui (SUI), with 14%profits, according to data from Coinmarketcap at the time of writing.
Ethereum (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency, resumed a level of USD $ 3,000 seen for the last time in February in a gain of more than 3% in the day and about 20% in the week. It still remains 37% below its ATH close to USD $ 5,000 from 2021.
The sudden rebound was accompanied by a wild liquidation waterfall for more than USD $ 753 million in the cryptocurrency market. The data of Coinglass They show that the bears were affected with the forced closure of short positions for USD $ 624 million in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin In case you have only faced short settlements for almost USD $ 460 million.
In the last 60 minutes, long position settlements have emerged to USD $ 5 million –Above USD $ 2.13 million of short settlements– As the market faces a slight correction.
Bitcoin has decreased price to around USD $ 121,600 from its new maximum earlier, accumulating a 3% increase in the last 24 hours, according to data from Coinmarketcap at the time of publication.
The analysts of Standard Chartered and Bitwise They agree to project that BTC will extend the upward cycle during the rest of the year, to accommodate around USD $ 135,000 for September before continuing to the USD $ 200,000 towards the end of 2025.
Hannah Estefanía Pérez / Diariobitcoin
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