Bitcoin passes new all-time high in euros as price reaches $65K
Bitcoin ( BTC ) has just passed a new all-time high against the euro as the cryptocurrency’s price reached a new multi-year high of $65,000.
Bitcoin broke a new psychological milestone above 60,000 EUR on March 4, reaching such a value against the euro for the first time in history.
According to data from TradingView, Bitcoin touched 60,393 EUR at 8:30 am UTC, surging about 5% from its intraday low of 57,521 EUR. At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at 59,981 EUR, up around 56% year-to-date.
Bitcoin posted multiple milestones prior to reaching the 60,000 EUR price mark. On Feb. 28, Bitcoin broke the all-time high of around 53,000 EUR for the first time, which was set in late September 2021.
BTC/EUR all-time price chart. Source: TradingViewBitcoin has been breaking new highs against multiple fiat currencies in 2024, including the Chinese yuan (CNY), the world’s largest fiat currency by market capitalization.
Bitcoin broke a new all-time high against the CNY in late February, breaking the previous record of around 414,000 CNY, according to data from Xe.com. At the time of writing, BTC is worth 467,506 CNY.
According to Balaji, an angel investor and former chief financial officer at Coinbase, Bitcoin passed all-time highs in more than 30 countries as of Feb. 28, including China, India, Japan, South Korea, Argentina and others.
Bitcoin passing all-time highs in 30 countries. Source: Balaji Srinavisan XAs Bitcoin reached $65,000, the cryptocurrency has yet to break new highs against a few fiat currencies, including the U.S. dollar, the Swiss franc, the Brazilian real and the Mexican peso.
At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $65,000, or roughly 6% down from the all-time high of $69,000 set on Coinbase in November 2021.
According to River Intelligence marketing head Sam Wouters, the Mexican peso is the most ambitious target for Bitcoin to smash. According to data from Xe.com, BTC is trading at 1.1 million MXN at the time of writing, down about 24% from its previous high of roughly 1.4 million MXN set in November 2021.
Bitcoin all-time highs against fiat currencies as of Feb. 28, 2024. Source: Sam Wouters X
Bitcoin has been smashing all-time highs in multiple fiat currencies amid the cryptocurrency gaining bigger exposure in the aftermath of the launch of the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States on Jan. 11, 2024. Following the launch, Bitcoin ETF issuers purchased at least 340,000 BTC as of March 1, excluding massive BTC sales by the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF.
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