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22 May 2025 - 05:00
Cryptocurrency markets have had a blistering May so far, with bitcoin gaining more than 20% over the past 30 days and reclaiming the symbolic $100,000 price level during this momentum. ETH, the cryptocurrency of the ethereum network and the second largest by market cap, surged more than 60% over the same period.
The lull in crypto markets since the start of the year — driven largely by global political and economic uncertainty — was broken by a combination of macro and intra-market tailwinds...
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