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Bitcoin came close to US$70 000 yesterday as a spurt of inflows into exchange-traded funds for the largest digital asset as well as optimism about the outlook for US regulations supported sentiment.
The cryptocurrency rose 1 percent before paring gains to trade little changed at US$68 720 as of 11 a.m. in Singapore.
Smaller tokens such as second-ranked Ether and top-10 coin Solana oscillated in a narrow range.
US spot-Bitcoin ETFs lured almost US$2,4 billion of net inflows in the six days through October 18, data compiled by Bloomberg show, partly on bets that US crypto rules will become friendlier after the November 5 presidential election.
Republican candidate Donald Trump is avowedly pro-crypto, so much so that Bitcoin is viewed as a so-called Trump trade.
Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed to support a regulatory framework for the industry.
That contrasts with a crackdown on the sector under the Biden administration.
The two key market trends are the elections and the global macroeconomic environment, according to David Lawant, head of research at crypto prime broker FalconX.
The Bitcoin options market indicates that “forward implied volatility is heavily clustered around the election day and somewhat subdued leading to it and some time after it,” he wrote in a note. — Bloomberg.
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