There are a lot of news/things that affects bitcoins price now. Both that you listed can be a cause or maybe it is just a sudden unwanted pump due to big people buying bitcoins for stocks we really don't know and we can't assume whats the cause.
Im also shocked when I got a notif that bitcoins prices cross over $9500 just by now,lets wait and see how far this will go.
i've assumed some big people cant do such thing like this,for make it sure. nowdays marketcap is $256,503,456,933 , but the fact , a few hours ago its just $210,000,000,000 so that mean almost $40 billion's come just a few hours, who on earth can do that ?
It's probably that, and China's president announcing support on blockchain technologies could have gained attention especially from the miners and crypto-people in China. However, I don't think their government support bitcoin in particular, they're gonna make their own cryptocurrency, which I'm not sure how would it affect the prices in few years time. Hopefully, China won't ban bitcoin despite their opposition, because if they would, it would shake the bitcoin network and most probably the market.
as far i know , Chinese president’s just say :
“We must take the blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies,”
then
“[We must] clarify the main direction, increase investment, focus on a number of key core technologies, and accelerate the development of blockchain technology and industrial innovation.”
and the interesting fact :
The Chinese president’s statements on blockchain are believed to be his first in-depth remarks on the technology.
who know what the next statement from him.
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