bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continued their slow and steady march higher wednesday but a liquidity crisis—exacerbated by ftx’s collapse last year—means that a return to the wild volatility characteristic of crypto isn’t out of the question the price of bitcoin has risen rose more than 1 over the past 24 hours to 17450 the largest digital asset has been marching steadily higher since the start of 2023 recently breaking out beyond the 16500 to 17000 trading range that has dominated for more than a month now cryptos have headed higher along with stocks—the two assets have become correlated amid a macro backdrop tough on risksensitive assets—with the dow jones industrial average and sp 500 also up since the start of the year