Crypto Daybook Americas: BTC Market Cap Tops $2.2T as Derivatives, Sentiment Signal Pricing Upside

Crypto Daybook Americas: BTC Market Cap Tops $2.2T as Derivatives, Sentiment Signal Pricing Upside

By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise)Bitcoin BTC is climbing up the asset ranks. The rally that this week took it to new highs has lifted its market capitalization to $2.2 trillion for the first time.It's already overtaken Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOG) to become the world's fifth-largest asset and now sits behind iPhone maker Apple (APPL), software developer Microsoft (MSFT) and chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA), all of which ar…