On Wednesday, December 30, the price of the largest cryptocurrency rose above $28,500, hitting a new all-time high.
The previous price record at the level of $28,335 was set by Bitcoin on Sunday, December 27.
In early trading on Wednesday, Bitstamp quotes briefly surged to $28,568.
BTC/USD chart. Data: TradingView.
In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin rose 7.4%, and over the past week—19.6%.
The market capitalisation of the first cryptocurrency stood at $530 billion at the time of writing, and the dominance index was 69.2%.
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