Bitcoin News Roundup for Jan. 6, 2021

With BTC topping $35K and JPMorgan predicting even higher long-term gains for the cryptocurrency, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest crypto news roundup.

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Today’s stories:

Bitcoin bulls pushed the leading crypto to fresh all-time highs above $35,000 Tuesday night.

Miller riffs on Warren Buffett’s comment that cryptocurrency is “probably rat poison squared.”

Bitcoin is increasingly competing with gold as an investment asset and has scope for substantial gains over coming years, according to JPMorgan strategists.

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