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With a huge inflow of capital from institutional and retail investors alike, bitcoin has just reached a new all-time high, recorded at $60,445 at press time. But what has led to this super-cycle and where is bitcoin headed next? 

$1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Signed in the United States

First things first, many analysts believe that the recent record portrays bigger fears for inflation, as the US Dollar is devaluing following constant capital injections in the economy. While the stimulus bill will do wonders for the US economy as a whole, it is destined to lead to stronger inflation. Thus, it only makes sense that individuals everywhere are rushing to move their fiat to crypto, in hopes of retaining the value of their hard-earned cash.  While the crypto market is far from being a hedge against portfolio risk, its long-term uptrend does showcase serious potential for deterring inflation. Either way, anyone who had ever purchased bitcoin and hasn’t sold, is now in profit. 

A couple of weeks back when bitcoin first surpassed its previous $20,000 all-time high, many people thought that the coin would settle at a value slightly higher than its previously-attained record. However, the bull run had considerably more surprises in store for us.

After riding the uptrend wave to $40,000, bitcoin seemed to have settled in the mid $35K range, but yet again, this wasn’t all. Propelled by positive industry news and a true belief in its future as the world’s main digital currency, bitcoin has yet again increased, this time reaching an all-time high of $56,512. This places the coin on the clear path to $100K, and many analysts believe that this psychological barrier will be surpassed in 2021. 

Over the last couple of weeks, bitcoin has been enjoying a well-deserved bull run, characterized through rapid price increases within a short timeframe. During the last 30 days, the cryptocurrency has managed to surpass its previous all-time high of $20,000, thereby establishing a new record of $41,940. The market was quick to celebrate, gasping in awe.

Fuelling the Bull Run

The bull run was fuelled by an overflow of capital deriving from institutional investors, and further consolidated through ongoing retail investments. Many analysts warned that this was a bubble and that a price correction was imminent, whereas others were firm in their belief that the bull run was only getting started.

At this point in time, market data showcases that bitcoin is going through yet another bull run. In fact, it managed to surpass most of its recent yearly records, thus getting incredibly close to its previous all-time high of $20,000.

Right now, bitcoin is trading a little above $18,600. It is expected that this bull run will not end up in a massive correction that crashes the price and leads to another bear market. Things are drastically different this time around, and as part of this article, we will explore the main reasons behind bitcoin’s massive uptrend. 

Recently, the bitcoin price surpassed the $13K threshold, as part of an unexpected uptrend. What makes this jump so special is the fact that it represents the highest value BTC has reached over the last 16 months. Many believe that this is the start of yet another bull run - although there may be some truth to this claim, it is too early to determine whether higher values will be reached in the near future.  

This article will go over some of the reasons that caused this recent uptrend. 

The events pertaining to the COVID-19 crisis that have unfolded during the last couple of months have led to increasing levels of economic uncertainty throughout the world. Additionally, the US is currently dealing with intense street protests in a number of cities, thus further affecting financial well-being. 

These events have all worked together towards bringing a new bull run to the cryptocurrency market. Data now shows that bitcoin has once again risen above the $10,000 threshold. Thus, a price climb of over $500 has occurred in less than 30 minutes – this definitely has us reminiscing Bitcoin’s past bull runs.

This value increase has affected most of the top-tier cryptocurrencies, similarly to past events. Thus, coins like Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Litecoin, EOS, and others are also in the green.

Over the last couple of weeks the bitcoin price has expressed intensified levels of volatility, given the fact that its value has increased by $2,000 within 3 days, between the 24th and 27th of October, thus reaching a value of $9,548. However, this bull-run wasn’t long-lived granted that the price has once again decreased to the $8,750 threshold at the time of writing.

This article is meant to serve as an analysis into what triggered this month’s price volatility, while also offering several short and medium-term predictions.

So far, 2019 hasn’t brought along much price volatility on the cryptocurrency market, but the trend is quickly changing. With this in mind, the bitcoin price recently went through a 19% increase, thus breaking the $4,200 technical barrier. This quickly led to a price growth that managed to hit $5,000 in only a few hours. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $5,245.

As it often happens, following the price swing, numerous other important cryptocurrencies went through the same change. As such, the XRP, Litecoin and EOS all increased in value. The ether price grew from $137, and is currently trading at approximately $155.

Any price swing of this magnitude begs a simple, yet highly-relevant question – why? So far, several price analysts have shared their opinion on the matter. Before we dwell into the reasoning behind the uptrend, it is important to mention that this is pure speculation, granted bitcoin’s complex marketplace.

If you have been involved in the bitcoin market, then chances are that you’ve heard of Bitcoin Pizza Day, a celebration of the time when Laszlo Hanyecz purchased two pizzas with 10,000 BTC, in order to prove that the digital currency can be used as a means of value.

When it happened, the transaction represented one of the world’s first purchases made directly via the digital currency. At current value, this is roughly worth over $100 million, a massive price for two pizzas.

Now, recent reports indicate that the early adaptor and bitcoin developer, wanted to test out the Lightning Network, a fairly controversial technology whose purpose is to run parallel to a blockchain, to speed up transactions. To do this, Hanyecz decided to purchase 2 pizzas for 0.00649 BTC, equal to $67 at the current market value. The transaction cost for this purchase using the Lightning Network was of only 6 U.S. cents, considerably lower when compared to current transaction fees for bitcoin.