 Bitcoin nears $90K, stages best weekly return since US banking crisis 
2024-11-12

Bitcoin’s rally shows no signs of slowing as it edges toward $90,000 in what is shaping up to be its best weekly run since the United States banking crisis in 2023.
The Bitcoin BTCUSD price surpassed the $85,000 record high on Nov. 11, but just as a temporary pit stop. The world’s first cryptocurrency is trading at $88,879 as of 8:14 am UTC, up over 29% during the past week, Cointelegraph data shows.
The nearly 30% weekly return marks Bitcoin’s best seven-day period since the US banking crisis in 2023, according to Vetle Lunde, the head of research at K33 Research, who wrote in a Nov. 12 X post: 

The March 2023 banking crisis brought the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the voluntary liquidation of Silvergate Bank. Signature Bank was also forced to close operations by New York regulators on March 12, two days after Silvergate Bank’s liquidation.
This turmoil was a catalyst for Bitcoin’s bull run last year, according to BitMEX co-founder and former CEO Arthur Hayes.