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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Nica Osorio

BIZARRE: Analysts highlight key factors driving bitcoin s surge to year to date high - What They Never Told You

Photo of a Bitcoin and an Ethereum coin on weathered wood in the sun. (Credit: QuoteInspector.com/flickr)

The unstoppable price rally of Bitcoin started a few weeks back and led to the king of crypto hitting a new year-to-date high Monday. But what caused the world's largest crypto asset by market cap to surge and break through the $42,000 price threshold?

A report from Bitfinex Alpha attributed the surge to "a culmination of various factors, including a notable shift in the dynamics of the futures market compared to the spot market."

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