The market capitalization of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has managed to reclaim the $500 billion mark, in response to knowledge supplied by CoinMarketCap. 

The value of the world’s largest cryptocurrency has to this point peaked at $26,533 on the Bitstamp alternate.   

That is the primary time that Bitcoin has touched the aforementioned worth mark since July 2022. 

The current banking disaster within the US has helped to extend Bitcoin’s worth as it’s being seen as a protected haven asset. 

Silicon Valley Financial institution’s current collapse has been likened to the 2013 Cyprus disaster, underscoring the advantages of decentralized and censorship-resistant Bitcoin.

In response to the SVB implosion, the U.S. federal authorities has stepped in to ensure buyer deposits and introduced emergency measures to ease fears of depositors withdrawing their cash from smaller lenders.  

On Friday, regulators additionally seized Signature Financial institution, which marked the third-biggest banking failure in U.S. historical past.    

The market can also be speculating that the present meltdown may also encourage the U.S. Federal Reserve to hit the breaks on rate of interest hikes. 

The Fed’s hawkish financial coverage was the principle cause behind Bitcoin’s extreme underperformance in 2022. The flagship cryptocurrency was performing as a typical risk-on asset along with different main belongings. 

It stays to be seen whether or not the latest worth spike goes to be sustainable. Jim Cramer, an esteemed CNBC host, not too long ago really useful that merchants promote Bitcoin after the latest rally.    

But, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes sees the crisis-induced rally as the beginning of one other bull run. 

Whereas Bitcoin has managed to climb greater than 18% over the previous 24 hours, it’s nonetheless down 62% from its all-time excessive of roughly $69,000 which was achieved in November 2021.