Bitcoin Price Tops $9,000 in Historic First
The price of a bitcoin has continued to rise overnight, passing $9,000 for the first time this morning.
The price of a bitcoin has continued to rise overnight, passing $9,000 for the first time this morning.
Since setting new highs yesterday, prices climbed more or less steadily until finally passing $9,000 at 06:40 UTC today. The new record of $9,043.21 was reached roughly 35 minutes later, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index.
At press time, prices are at $8,970 levels – up 2.43 percent for the session. CoinMarketCap data indicates that bitcoin has risen 6.16 percent in 24 hours, and 16.27 percent over the last seven days.
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Bitcoin's amazing gains have helped drive the combined market value for all cryptocurrencies to yet another at new high of $285 billion. Bitcoin's market capitalization is now almost $151 billion.
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