By Vicky Ge Huang
The price of bitcoin climbed above $43,000 Tuesday--the highest level since April 2022, before the crash of a stablecoin started a litany of company failures and pummeled crypto prices.
Bitcoin was recenly up over 4% in the past 24 hours to $43,492, according to CoinDesk data. The price of ether rose about 3%, to $2,301.
Shares of Coinbase Global, the largest crypto exchange in the U.S., rose nearly 2%. MicroStrategy, a bitcoin-buying software intelligence firm, gained 3%. Bitcoin miners Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms were also trading higher.
Traders are betting that U.S. regulators will soon approve an exchange-traded fund that directly holds bitcoin. At least a dozen asset managers have pending applications to launch such funds, which could come to market as soon as January 2024.
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December 05, 2023 13:30 ET (18:30 GMT)
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