Bitcoin Passes $106K for the First Time as US National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Hopes Surge

BTC prices climbed Sunday to reach a new all-time high at $106,352, as per CoinGecko data.

Bitcoin price hit a new all-time high Sunday night amid high hopes for the U.S. to adopt a national strategic Bitcoin reserve and a festive atmosphere within the cryptocurrency community.

BTC prices climbed Sunday to reach a new ATH at $106,352, as per CoinGecko data. The world’s largest crypto asset gained over 5% in the past week and has been up by 2.7% in the last 24 hours.

Bitcoin’s surge to a new ATH comes as the crypto community anticipates that the U.S. government under President-elect Donald Trump will establish a national strategic Bitcoin reserve.

Hopes especially climbed in the past week after Texas, a known pro-crypto state, became the second state in the country to introduce a state Bitcoin reserve.

Pennsylvania was the first U.S. state to introduce such a bill, but much attention went to Texas after its announcement due to the provisions on the proposed act that includes a mandate for the state to "hodl" its BTC reserves for at least five years before doing anything to the funds.

The state’s big news renewed hopes for Trump to uphold his campaign promise regarding making the United States the world’s leader in crypto.

El Salvador’s President was quick to celebrate Bitcoin’s new ATH, posting on X an update on how the country’s BTC reserve is performing amid the digital currency’s surge.

Data from the country’s website for public tracking shows that as of Sunday, El Salvador has 55,965.77 Bitcoins in its treasury.

Under Bukele’s leadership, El Salvador started buying one BTC daily since late 2022 – during the crypto winter triggered by the collapse of FTX. Regardless of market action, the country continued its daily Bitcoin purchase.

Analysts have had various predictions about Bitcoin’s future price action, but basically, majority of them believe the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency has no other path but upwards.

For Maksym Sakharov, co-founder and board member of decentralized finance platform WeFi, there could be more institutional action around BTC, especially with the people around Trump who either have publicly disclosed Bitcoin holdings or are known to be pro-crypto.

"Pro-crypto figures like J.D. Vance, RFK Jr. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.), Elon Musk, and Howard Lutnick have a close relationship with President Donald Trump. This close association might be instrumental in helping the incoming administration to keep its crypto promises," Sakharov told International Business Times.

"With the appointment of top leaders in government with Bitcoin holdings, the digital assets ecosystem will get a major endorsement that can largely convince more conservative traditional investors," he added.

Bitcoin has since retreated to the $104,000 highs but remains in the green and is still up over 100% in the past year.