GeckoPulse: Bitcoin Hits Another All Time High!

New All-time High Unlocked!

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has reached a new all-time high of $125.5K yesterday.

After plunging to $109K just over a week ago, the price of Bitcoin roared back to life, surging back to $120K last Friday, and finally broke past $125K on Sunday.

However, BTC has since retreated slightly to $123.9K as of the time of writing.

According to CoinGlass, open interest on Bitcoin positions have risen by 19.5% from $77B to $92B in the past week.

However, funding rates have remained largely unchanged, despite the increase in price action and volatility.

Not to be left behind, other major cryptos such as ETH and SOL also appreciated by 6.5% and 12.1% respectively in the past 7 days.

On the other hand, tokens within the BNB ecosystem and governance tokens of perpetual DEXes are still receiving plenty of attention from the crypto community.

Popular assets such as ASTER, GIGGLE and ORDER are still showing signs of momentum, with GIGGLE surging by 29.7% today.

MetaMask Brings On-chain Rewards

Crypto wallet MetaMask will introduce a new on-chain rewards program in the coming weeks.

According to an announcement post, the first season of the campaign will see over 30M worth of LINEA tokens distributed to eligible participants, along with additional incentives and referral rewards.

The team also stated that long-time users will gain special benefits, and that the rewards program will be intertwined with the upcoming MASK token.

However, it remains unclear whether the program will be open to participants from all jurisdictions.

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