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Bitcoin (BTC) price has surged above the $72,000 milestone on March, 11 2024, sparking early signals of another bullish outing in the week ahead.&nbsp; 
<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/bitcoin/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/tag/bitcoin/">Bitcoin</a> price continues its blistering 2024 performance, soaring above the $72,000 milestone on around 12:00 GMT on March 11, adding over $100 billion to its market cap within the last 72 hours. 
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As Bitcoin price reached a new all time-high of $72,286.9, its market cap soared to $1.4 trillion for the <a href="https://crypto.news/bitcoin-blasts-past-71500-sets-new-all-time-high/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/bitcoin-blasts-past-71500-sets-new-all-time-high/">first time ever</a>, bringing its 2024 year-to-date performance to 73%. 
Speculative traders mounting bullish bets and strategic spot traders looking for front-run Bitcoin ETFs trade openings appear to be the major catalysts behind the latest bullish wave.&nbsp; 
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With the new all-time-high, investments of large institutional players like MicroStrategy and BlackRock appear to be paying off. 
<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/microstrategy/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/tag/microstrategy/">MicroStrategy</a>, a business intelligence firm, has expanded its digital asset portfolio to include 193,000 BTC, valued at approximately $13.896 billion. Over the weekend, the firm purchased an additional 12,000 BTC, bringing its total holding to 205,000 ($14.7 billon) 
That move underscores the company’s view of Bitcoin as a viable store of value and investment asset. 
Meanwhile, <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/blackrock/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/tag/blackrock/">BlackRock</a>, the world’s largest asset manager, has entered the Bitcoin space through its Bitcoin ETF, presently holding 197,943 BTC. 
Both investments highlight Bitcoin’s increasing acceptance among institutional investors and represents a significant step for regulated diversified assets in cryptocurrency among top funds in the US. 
 Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/is-ethereum-eth-a-better-investment-than-bitcoin-in-2024/"> Is Ethereum (ETH) a better investment than Bitcoin in 2024?&nbsp; </a>

BTC boom continues as price smashes $72k threshold

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