Bitcoin breaks $100,000 for first time
Bitcoin trades above $100,000 for the first time, crossing a long-standing symbolic threshold amid institutional demand and shifting U.S. policy expectations.
On December 5, 2024, Bitcoin breaks $100,000 for first time. Bitcoin trades above $100,000 for the first time, crossing a long-standing symbolic threshold amid institutional demand and shifting U.S. policy expectations.
Crossing six figures carried no protocol significance, but it was a powerful market and cultural milestone after fifteen years of Bitcoin price discovery. The move also followed a year of spot ETF expansion and rapidly growing institutional access.
The episode became a reference point for how Bitcoin traded within a rapidly changing market structure shaped by spot ETFs, macro liquidity and shifting policy expectations.