🎉 Bitcoin Hits $111,000

Can't stop won't stop - here's where BTC is headed next.

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May 22, 2025

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Bitcoin has hit another high at $111,000 and just keeps going. Then why are experts warning about risks on this rally?

Strategy has unveiled another $2.1 billion program to acquire more Bitcoin: how exactly does it work?

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TOP STORY

Even as Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high above $111,000, driven by surging institutional demand, tightening supply and macroeconomic tailwinds, experts caution the rally isn’t without structural risks, including the looming threat of quantum computing.

Bitcoin surged to a new record of $111,544 on Wednesday, extending its post-halving uptrend and highlighting its growing appeal to institutions amid dovish macro signals.

What’s next for king crypto?

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Bitcoin has shattered the $110,000 mark, and traders are jubilant, proclaiming that ‘bulls have emerged victorious.’

Fartcoin is leading the meme coin market ahead of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu: can it hit $2 soon?

Bitcoin could go to $120,000 or even higher soon, according to the latest technical analysis.

FINTECH FOCUS

Strategy Inc. on Thursday announced the launch of a $2.1 billion at-the-market (ATM) offering for its preferred stock Strife, expanding its capital structure and continuing its focus on Bitcoin-linked securities.

Strategy previously issued an offering worth $212 million via its ATM for Strike, a separate preferred instrument launched earlier this year.

Combined with equity issuance from its $42 billion MSTR shelf program, the firm has now utilized 55% of its capital raise target.

What does that mean for Bitcoin?

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