Bitcoin Hits Another Record High As It Surges Past $125,800 – Crypto Market Cap Tops $4.4 Trillion

Retail sentiment on Stocktwits trended in ‘extremely bullish’ territory amid ‘high’ levels of chatter.
A neon sign advertises a Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto currency exchange in Warsaw, Poland, on January 4, 2025.
A neon sign advertises a Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto currency exchange in Warsaw, Poland, on January 4, 2025.
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Prabhjote Gill·Stocktwits
Updated Oct 06, 2025   |   1:56 PM GMT-04
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Bitcoin (BTC) surged to a record high of more than $125,800 in midday trading on Monday, as the overall crypto market capitalization also jumped to an all-time high of more than $4.4 trillion.

This comes after Bitcoin’s price already hit a record high of over $125,500 over the weekend. BTC has climbed over 2% in the last 24 hours, with retail sentiment on Stocktwits trending in ‘extremely bullish’ territory amid ‘high’ levels of chatter. 

Altcoins surged alongside the apex cryptocurrency, as the overall altcoin market capitalization also hit a record high of $1.75 trillion. Ethereum (ETH) and meme token Dogecoin (DOGE) recorded gains of more than 3.5%. Ethereum’s price traded at around $4,700, around 5% below its recent record high of more than $4,900, seen in September. 

Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL) climbed more than 2%, while Ripple’s native token XRP (XRP) rose around 1%. The top performer among major altcoins remained the Binance Smart Chain’s BNB token (BNB), which gained nearly 5% over the last 24 hours. The token hit a record high of more than $1,120 in morning trade.

Shares of Bitcoin-holding companies such as Strategy (MSTR) and Marathon Digital (MARA) also jumped in midday trade. MSTR’s stock was up more than 2% after the company did not announce a fresh weekly Bitcoin purchase on Monday, for the first time since April. On Stocktwits, retail sentiment around the Michael Saylor-backed company trended in ‘bullish’ territory amid ‘normal’ levels of chatter.

MARA’s stock outperformed, gaining more than 6% with retail sentiment also trending in ‘bullish’ territory. Chatter around the crypto miner surged to ‘extremely high’ from ‘low’ levels over the past day. 

Investor appetite for digital assets has surged alongside the rally, which has picked up heat after the U.S. government shutdown. A Monday report from CoinShares revealed that investors poured a record $5.95 billion into crypto ETFs last week, with $3.55 billion flowing into Bitcoin products alone. Farside Investors data shows that more than $3.2 billion of that capital landed in U.S. Bitcoin ETFs.

Last week, Standard Chartered predicted that Bitcoin’s price could go as high as $135,000 in the near term, maintaining its end-of-year target of $200,000.

“The shutdown matters this time around,” wrote Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Digital Assets Research. “During the previous Trump shutdown, Bitcoin was in a different place than now, so it did little. However, this year Bitcoin has traded with ‘U.S. government risks’ as best shown by its relationship to U.S. treasury term premium.”

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