{"id":8489,"date":"2021-10-20T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1370531"},"modified":"2021-10-20T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:00:06","slug":"bitcoin-hits-new-all-time-high-of-over-66k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8489","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin hits new all-time high of over $66K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/hardfork?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F08%2Fbitcoin-decentralized-finance-hed-pierre-borthiry-vBCVcWUyvyM-unsplash.jpg&amp;signature=410ac0b48fe3cf1e81170e8777eca807\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Bitcoin soared to a new all-time high of over $66,000 on Wednesday, a day after the launch of the first bitcoin-focused exchange-traded fund in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency surged as high as $66,100, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">according to Coindesk<\/a>. The coin\u2019s previous record price <span>of $64,889 was set in April, but it plummeted below $30,000 in July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The recent rally has been driven by the trading debut of the ETF on the New York Stock Exchange. The<span>&nbsp;US Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s<\/span> approval of the fund has been touted as a watershed moment for the entire crypto industry.<\/p>\n<p><span>Bitcoin Foundation Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/10\/19\/investing\/bitcoin-etf-proshares-bito\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Brock Pierce said<\/a> the launch \u201cbegins an era where retail investors can invest directly into Bitcoin through the ETF and serves as further validation of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies across the country and on a global basis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ether, the second-largest digital currency by market capitalization, has also risen since the launch. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/price\/ethereum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">According to Coindesk<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/topic\/cryptocurrency\">cryptocurrency<\/a> surpassed $4,000 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/bitcoin-hits-record-high-price-after-etf-launch\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin soared to a new all-time high of over $66,000 on Wednesday, a day after the launch of the first bitcoin-focused exchange-traded fund in the US. The cryptocurrency surged as high as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}