Bitcoin Rips Higher To $13,000 on Continued Fiscal Stimulus Excitement

Traders continued to keep the Bitcoin bid higher on Monday as the US lawmakers reached a deal on the second coronavirus stimulus package.

Amid the intense stimulus relief aid discussion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set a deadline for the White House to come to an agreement on the next stimulus package which provides a second round of stimulus checks for Americans. Meanwhile, the Senate is set to vote on a smaller stimulus bill without direct payments this week. Deadline for Stimulus Negotiations Stimulus packages to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-driven economic crisis have been heavily discussed this week as U.S. lawmakers hope to approve new relief aid before the November presidential election. Six proposed....

Two new stimulus packages have been proposed while lawmakers continue to push for second stimulus checks to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-led economic crisis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to add stimulus measures to the spending bill that must be passed before the Dec. 11 deadline. Stimulus Measures Could Be Added to Spending Bill That Must Pass This Week U.S. lawmakers unveiled new stimulus proposals last week after months of negotiations with no progress on either a new coronavirus relief stimulus package or second stimulus checks....

The Federal Reserve hiked 75 basis points as expected and markets across the board rallied higher with no surprising or unanticipated bad news.

Bitcoin is exploding higher on the back of two extremely positive fundamental events: PayPal adding support for cryptocurrency and the U.S. confirming an imminent fiscal stimulus package. BTC currently trades for $12,800, far above the lows seen just a week ago at $11,200. Source: BTCUSD from TradingView.com The price of Bitcoin plunged last week as […]