{"id":631705,"date":"2025-03-01T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=631705"},"modified":"2025-03-01T14:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:10:15","slug":"bitcoin-price-prediction-btc-jumps-8-as-cynthia-lummis-calls-bitcoin-digital-gold-while-this-meme-coin-offering-free-btc-surges-past-3m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/sponsored\/bitcoin-price-prediction-btc-jumps-8-as-cynthia-lummis-calls-bitcoin-digital-gold-while-this-meme-coin-offering-free-btc-surges-past-3m","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Jumps 8% As Cynthia Lummis Calls Bitcoin ”Digital Gold,” While This Meme Coin Offering Free BTC Surges Past $3M"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bitcoin price has jumped 8% in the last 24 hours to trade at $86,136 as of 11 p.m. EST on a 3.5% pump in trading volume to $68 billion.<\/p>\n

The surge in the BTC price comes as Senator Cynthia Lummis reaffirms her belief that Bitcoin is digital gold. Lummis also said Bitcoin is a strategic asset and a store of wealth.<\/p>\n

During a conference in New York, she emphasized that while the US federal government is slow to adopt Bitcoin, individual states and foreign nations, such as the UAE, are moving forward with setting up strategic Bitcoin reserves.<\/p>\n

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NEW: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis said Bitcoin \"is digital gold. But it's much easier to use than gold.\"<\/p>\n

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— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n