Breaking: Bitcoin Price Breaks All Time High, Moves Past Amazon To Become Fifth Largest Asset

Boluwatife Adeyemi
May 21, 2025 Updated May 22, 2025
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Breaking: Bitcoin Price Breaks All Time High, Moves Past Amazon To Become Fifth Largest Asset

Highlights

  • The Bitcoin price has surged past its previous ATH of $109,100 to reach a new high of $111,861.
  • The flagship crypto is now the fifth-largest asset by market cap, only behind gold, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple.
  • This comes amid massive accumulation by institutional investors like BlackRock and Strategy.

The Bitcoin price has reached a new milestone, reaching a new all-time high (ATH) for the second time this year. In the process, the flagship crypto has also moved past Amazon’s stock to become the fifth-largest asset by market cap. Analysts like legendary trader Peter Brandt predict that BTC will still reach new highs in the coming months.

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Bitcoin Price Hits New All-time High

CoinMarketCap data shows that the Bitcoin price has hit a new all-time high, surging past its previous ATH of $109,100 to reach $111,861. The leading crypto surged from its intraday low of around $105,135 to hit this milestone and looks primed to still hit new highs on this upward trend.

Bitcoin Daily chart

Following the rally to a new ATH, Bitcoin moved past Amazon’s stock and is now the fifth-largest asset by market cap. The crypto asset boasts a market cap of $2.13 trillion and is only behind gold, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple in the standings.

Bitcoin moves past Amazon

The Bitcoin price surge to a new ATH comes amid heavy accumulation by institutional investors. As CoinGape reported, inflows into the BTC ETFs have skyrocketed over the last couple of weeks, with BlackRock’s IBIT now holding over 636,000 BTC. The ETF has recorded 24 days of inflows in the last 25 days.

Meanwhile, corporate firms are also accumulating more BTC than ever before. Strategy, the public company with the largest holdings, bought 7,390 Bitcoin last week, bringing its total holdings to 576,230 BTC. Saylor and his firm are currently sitting on an unrealized profit of $22.7 billion on their BTC investment.

Meanwhile, Japanese firm Metaplanet added 1,004 BTC this week and now holds 10,000 BTC. Firms like Basel Medical Group are also looking to acquire Bitcoin for their treasury reserves.

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Peter Brandt Raises The Possibility Of BTC Hitting $150k

Veteran trader Peter Brandt raised the possibility of the Bitcoin price rallying to as high as $150,000 in the coming months. This came as he commented on BTC hitting a new ATH and revealing that he is currently long on the flagship crypto.

Bitcoin price

However, he noted that all-time highs are not “technically significant,” as bull markets always make ATHs.  He then questioned if BTC was on track for a top of $125,000 to $150,000 by the end of August.

Crypto analyst Titan of Crypto asserted that the $135,000 target for the Bitcoin price in 2025 is still in play. He further claimed that the plan is unfolding perfectly.

Titan Of Crypto's chart

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor also commented on the rally to a new ATH. In an X post, he said,

If you’re not buying bitcoin at the all-time high, you’re leaving money on the table

The Strategy co-founder recently released a video in which he affirmed that Bitcoin is the best asset to invest in. He claimed that BTC has become a haven to protect against the risks associated with physical capital.

Bitcoin maximalist and renowned author Robert Kiyosaki predicts that the BTC price can still reach between $500,000 and $1 million at some point. He is confident about this because he believes the US economy is on the brink of hyperinflation.

Kiyosaki alluded to the fact that there is no demand for US bonds at the moment and that investors are instead running to BTC and gold as a haven as the government keeps printing more money.

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Boluwatife Adeyemi is a well-experienced crypto news writer and editor who has covered topics that cut across several niches. His speed and alacrity in covering breaking updates are second to none. He has a knack for simplifying the most technical concepts and making them easy for crypto newbies to understand. Boluwatife is also a lawyer, who holds a law degree from the University of Ibadan. He also holds a certification in Digital Marketing. Away from writing, he is an avid basketball lover, a traveler, and a part-time degen.
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