Bitcoin climbed above $49,000 Monday, at one level reaching its highest stage in additional than two years.

The value of the flagship cryptocurrency was final increased by 3% at $49,692.10, based on Coin Metrics, a stage it hasn’t seen since December 2021.

Bitcoin is coming off its finest week since Dec. 8, ending up 10.76% as of Friday.

Constructive sentiment has returned to crypto after huge outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF suppressed sentiment over the previous month. Not solely are these outflows waning, inflows are growing. Moreover, bitcoin caught a bid final week from the inventory market, the place the S&P 500 handed 5,000 final week.

“A number of components are influencing market dynamics, together with China’s adoption of a extra relaxed financial coverage, which has led to elevated asset purchases, notably in bitcoin and equities,” stated James Butterfill, head of analysis at crypto targeted asset supervisor CoinShares.

“Demand for spot-bitcoin ETFs stays sturdy, with web inflows of $1.1 billion over the previous week and $2.8 billion since their launch,” he added. “On Friday alone, ETFs acquired 12,000 bitcoin, considerably outpacing the each day creation price of roughly 900 new bitcoins.”

Traders have been eyeing roughly $48,600 as a key resistance stage. If bitcoin can break via that stage and keep it, the door might be open for it to succeed in new highs previous $50,000 and maybe even a brand new all-time excessive across the $69,000 stage, chart analysts say.

The climb pulled crypto equities increased. Crypto trade Coinbase gained greater than 5% whereas bitcoin proxy Microstrategy superior almost 10%. A number of mining shares have been up double digits. The 2 greatest miners, Riot Platforms and Marathon Digital, rose 11% and 14%, respectively. CleanSpark surged 16% and Iris Vitality rose about 18%.