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Bitcoin Nears ATH Again—Here’s the Fuel Behind the Rally

Bitcoin Nears ATH Again—Here’s the Fuel Behind the Rally

Author:
decryptCO
Published:
2025-05-19 00:16:29

Bitcoin’s price is clawing its way back toward record highs—and this time, Wall Street’s usual bag of tricks isn’t slowing it down. Here’s what’s pumping the rally:

The Halving Effect: Supply cuts hit hard. With April’s halving slashing new BTC issuance, scarcity plays are kicking in faster than a hedge fund’s panic button.

ETF Onslaught: BlackRock and friends piled in, converting institutional skepticism into a $12 billion buying spree. Nothing like Wall Street’s stamp of approval to make a decentralized asset... wait for it... centralized.

Macro Tailwinds: The Fed’s rate-cut limbo has traders dumping Treasuries for harder assets. Bitcoin eats dollar weakness for breakfast.

Retail FOMO: Google searches for ’buy Bitcoin’ just doubled. Because nothing says ’sound investment strategy’ like chasing green candles after a 150% run-up.

Will it hold? Who knows. But watching crypto humiliate traditional finance—again—never gets old.

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