{"id":72531,"date":"2023-01-14T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T07:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=72531"},"modified":"2025-09-09T01:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:14:04","slug":"bitcoin-price-tests-the-21000-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-price-tests-the-21000-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin price tests the $21,000 level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of Saturday, January 14, bitcoin briefly surpassed the $21,000 mark. In the last 24 hours the asset rose 11%, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin\\\" title=\\\"\\\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/111-32-1024x640.png\\\" alt=\\\"111-32\\\"\/><figcaption>Hourly BTCUSDT chart on Binance. Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSDT\/\\\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As of writing, bitcoin&#8217;s price had retraced to below the $21,000 mark.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum, the second-largest by market capitalization, approached the $1,600 level but then retraced to $1,550 (+10% over the past 24 hours, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\\\">CoinGecko<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/222-27-1024x640.png\\\" alt=\\\"222-27\\\"\/><figcaption>Hourly ETHUSD chart on Binance. Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/ETHUSD\/?exchange=BINANCE\\\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the leaders, all top-10 assets moved into the green. The biggest gainers were Cardano (+9.7%) and Dogecoin (+9.5%). The total cryptocurrency market capitalization surpassed $1 trillion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"520\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-16-1024x520.png\\\" alt=\\\"333-16\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-195388\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-16-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-16-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-16-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-16-1536x779.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/333-16-2048x1039.png 2048w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Data: CoinGecko.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the night of January 12, bitcoin prices for the first time since mid-December 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-breaches-18000-as-u-s-inflation-data-are-released\">rose above the $18,000 level<\/a> on the back of the release of inflation data in the United States. Later that day the asset continued to rise and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-price-tests-above-19000\">tested $19,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In December, analysts at Nansen said that the baseline scenario for 2023 was a US recession and a new wave of stock sell-offs. They said that, in these conditions, cryptocurrencies <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nansen-warns-of-risks-of-continued-bearish-momentum-in-cryptocurrencies\">would be subject to negative revaluation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of Saturday, January 14, bitcoin briefly surpassed $21,000. 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