Bitcoin (BTC) received a plumbing equipment however accidental birthday present on Jan. 4 as the Financial Times made it front-page news on the 12 ceremony of its genesis block.

Released on Monday, the FT's upcoming headline had already made the rounds on crypto social media prior to publication.

12 years later: No bailouts, just Bitcoin

The left-hand column of the front end folio was dedicated to Bitcoin'due south price surge, while the accompanying toll nautical chart made it as the newspaper'southward lead image.

BTC/USD weekly candle price nautical chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview

The timing could not have been any more conspicuous, coming just one twenty-four hour period afterwards Bitcoin celebrated its 12th birthday. On Jan. 3, 2009, another mainstream newspaper, United Kingdom-based The Times, led with the now-infamous headline "Chancellor on Brink of 2d Bailout for Banks," which was added to Bitcoin'south first block of transactions, likewise known as the genesis cake.

Keeping Bitcoin company in 2021 was a headline, which some may argue is but as fitting, relating to coronavirus lockdowns — something that has wrought huge economical damage and sparked money printing on an unprecedented scale.

Unsurprisingly, proponents of Bitcoin equally sound coin and an escape from fiat inflation were in a celebratory mood as the FT headline went public.

"On the 1st business organisation twenty-four hour period of 2021, #Bitcoin takes its rightful identify atop the Financial Times," Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, summarized to Twitter followers, calculation a quote by French writer Victor Hugo.

Crypto leaves classic assets in the dust in 2021

As Cointelegraph reported, Bitcoin has already set itself apart as a macro investment in 2021, having beaten traditional assets outright in just four days. Much the same was true for 2020 and most years before, with but other cryptocurrencies and later on Tesla stock providing meaningful competition.

"Bitcoin and Ether $ETH are already the biggest hits of 2021," Gemini commutation co-founder Tyler Winklevoss tweeted as the week began.

Jan. 3 also saw a marked reject in exchange balances, reminiscent of a publicity effort past Bitcoin OG Trace Mayer over the past three years.

Dubbed "Proof of Keys," Mayer appealed to investors to remove their coins from exchanges en masse on the same day in January equally a means of taking control of 1's finances and constant by the Bitcoin ethos of "beingness your own bank."

On Monday, however, the trend had already reversed, with sudden volatility in Bitcoin seeing funds return to substitution guild books.