{"id":437554,"date":"2022-03-16T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=437554"},"modified":"2022-03-16T07:15:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T05:15:59","slug":"bitcoin-stirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cryptocurrency\/437554-bitcoin-stirs.html","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin stirs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sudden spike in Bitcoin on Wednesday brought the largest cryptocurrency out of the narrow range where it\u2019s spent most of the past week.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin jumped as much as 5.7% to $41,691 before giving up some gains and trading at $40,915 at 10:43 a.m. in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Other tokens like Ether and Solana also enjoyed brief spikes. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what caused the sharp gains.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin had spent the past few days mired in the tightest trading range since October 2020, a phenomenon some market watchers ascribed to long-term holders stepping in to buy whenever the token dips.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, selling by short-term investors has kept Bitcoin and other digital assets from mounting sustainable gains.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Luno cuts Bitcoin interest rates<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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