During early Tuesday morning Asia hours, the price topping $57,000 for the first time since November 2021.
At press time, bitcoin had pulled back a hair to $56,500, still ahead more than 9% over the past 24 hours.
During the U.S. evening/early Asia morning, things got very active again, with bitcoin taking out the $55,000, $56,000 and $57,000 levels in the space of a few minutes.
U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETFs, with the group (ex-Grayscale's GBTC) posting a record-high $2.4 billion in trading volume on Monday, according to Bloomberg.
