Bitcoin surged this week to touch $97,538 on Wednesday — its highest level in two months. Still, the leading cryptocurrency remains 24% below its October record. But the asset is “coiled for a decisive move”, according to a report by research firm Kaiko. After the US’ crypto-friendly pivot last year, Bitcoin investors hoping for new heights will have to look beyond Congress and federal regulators, market observers told DL News. This is what the experts say the big orange coin needs in order to soar agai ...

"Uptober" is off to a roaring start. Bitcoin shot up in price Friday afternoon, rapidly spiking from a price of about $120,000 to a recent peak of $123,855—but fell just short of breaking the all-time price record. Bitcoin was recently trading for $122,346 after giving up some of the gains. It's up 1.3% on the day, and more than 11% over the last week according to CoinGecko. The previous record of $124,128 was set in mid-August, per CoinGecko. Friday's spike marked the closest that Bitcoin has come to ma ...