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Bitcoin surges. Bitcoin pushed past $42K on Monday, igniting the BTC community and pushing up gains across the ecosystem. - 🇸🇻 El Salvador breaks even. President Nayib Bukele's BTC bet broke even as Bitcoin surged further. The country holds more than $130M in BTC.
- 📈 Crypto stocks climb. MicroStrategy and
Coinbase both saw substantial gains Monday, up 5.5% and 6.7%, respectively, as bull market euphoria grew.

📊 Good tidings for Crypto? Crypto markets have gotten off to a strong start this December, with Bitcoin breaking out above $40,000 and Ether blowing past $2,000! Bullish momentum is building, but is the Santa rally secured?
| Prices as of 4pm ET | 24hr | 7d |
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Crypto $1.55T | ↗ 3.6% | ↗ 10.7% |
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BTC $42,228 | ↗ 5.7% | ↗ 14.2% |
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ETH $2,248 | ↗ 1.6% | ↗ 11.7% |

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