© Reuters. Bitcoin Climbs Above 10,540.0 Level, Up 29%
Investing.com – Bitcoin rose above the $10,540.0 threshold on Saturday. Bitcoin was trading at 10,540.0 by 01:40 (05:40 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 29.44% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since February 26, 2014.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin’s market cap up to $175.0B, or 67.20% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin’s market cap was $241.2B.
Bitcoin had traded in a range of $8,565.0 to $10,540.0 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 21.89%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $44.0B or 30.83% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $7,329.2031 to $10,540.0000 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 46.96% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $188.10 on the Investing.com Index, up 14.21% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.30282 on the Investing.com Index, a gain of 8.86%.
Ethereum’s market cap was last at $20.5B or 7.89% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP’s market cap totaled $13.1B or 5.04% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
Source: investing.com
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