{"id":31929,"date":"2020-11-18T09:31:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T07:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=31929"},"modified":"2025-08-28T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T03:09:45","slug":"bitcoin-market-capitalization-hits-an-all-time-high-above-340-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-market-capitalization-hits-an-all-time-high-above-340-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin market capitalization hits an all-time high above $340 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of Wednesday, November 18, Bitcoin prices continued to rise, peaking at this year&#8217;s record $18,483. Market capitalization reached an all-time high of $341.95 billion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The previous market-cap record of $325 billion was set on December 17, 2017.<\/p>\n<div id='attachment_116860' style='width: 1210px' class='wp-caption alignnone'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='caption-attachment-116860' class='size-full wp-image-116860' src='https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-marketcap-2020-11-18.png' alt='Bitcoin market capitalization hits an all-time high above $340 billion' width='1200' height='1200' srcset='https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-marketcap-2020-11-18.png 1200w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-marketcap-2020-11-18-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-marketcap-2020-11-18-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-marketcap-2020-11-18-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-marketcap-2020-11-18-768x768.png 768w' sizes='auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px' \/><\/p>\n<p id='caption-attachment-116860' class='wp-caption-text'>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'>CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the early hours of Wednesday, November 18, Bitcoin prices continued to rise, peaking at this year&#8217;s record $18,483. Market capitalization reached an all-time high of $341.95 billion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='attachment_116861' style='width: 1445px' class='wp-caption alignnone'><img loading='lazy' decoding='async' aria-describedby='caption-attachment-116861' class='size-full wp-image-116861' src='https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-2020-11-18.png' alt='Bitcoin market capitalization hits an all-time high above $340 billion' width='1435' height='869' srcset='https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-2020-11-18.png 1435w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-2020-11-18-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-2020-11-18-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btc-2020-11-18-768x465.png 768w' sizes='auto, (max-width: 1435px) 100vw, 1435px' \/><\/p>\n<p id='caption-attachment-116861' class='wp-caption-text'>BTC\/USD chart for Bitstamp from TradingView.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The day before, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-price-hits-17700\">surpassed<\/a> the $17,000 level.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href='https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'>ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href='https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog' target='_blank' rel='nofollow noopener noreferrer'>ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early hours of Wednesday, November 18, Bitcoin prices continued to rise, peaking at this year&#8217;s record $18,483. 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