Bulls Charge Markets to Multi-Year Highs; Cryptos Eye Fed, ETFs for 2024 Cues

Crypto investors will decide how to place their bets in 2024 by focusing on central bank interest rates and a US regulatory decision on new bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) following a successful end to 2023.

After a disastrous 2022 in which the industry's credibility was damaged by a market crisis and several scandals, including the demise of FTX and fraud charges against its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, cryptocurrencies came back in 2023.

The market's largest cryptocurrency and primary indicator, Bitcoin, has seen a price increase of almost 200% this year, with a 20-month high of $42,000 per token in November.