Bitcoin attempts to punish shorters with relentless higher highs on low timeframes, trading places with gold, which follows commodities downhill.
Bitcoin (BTC) gained 3% on May 1 as a new month saw shorts struggle to keep price pinned.
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $96,955 on Bitstamp, its highest since Feb. 22.
Increasingly close to six figures, Bitcoin rose with US stocks at the Wall Street open as Microsoft gained 10% to become the world’s highest-valued public company.