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The Bitcoin price topped $ 8,000 for the first time Friday, surpassing another point control that few non-devotees believed he could ever reach. This uptrend has generally spread to all markets of altcoin, which has allowed the crypto market markup to reach a new record.
The combined value of all cryptocurrencies had started the day at $ 221.2 billion, and the bitcoin rally earned $ 7 billion, bringing it to $ 228.2 billion. Since last Friday, the crypto market capitalization has increased by more than $ 28 billion, which incidentally was the size of the entire crypto market capitalization as recently as April 11.
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Bitcoin price reaches $ 8,000
At this time last week, the price of bitcoin was in free fall following the apparent cancellation of the controversial SegWit2x fork. Bitcoin would eventually fall below the $ 6,000 mark on November 12, leading advocates of a bitcoin cash crash to declare an early victory over the flagship cryptocurrency.
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What difference five days can make. Since Sunday, the price of bitcoin has not only recovered from this decline, but it has also initiated a new record rally. Early Friday morning, the world's average bitcoin price hit $ 8,000, setting a new all-time high. Bitcoin has since made a slight decline, but it continues to trade above $ 7,800. Bitcoin now has a market capitalization of $ 130.3 billion, bringing its total valuation above that of the BP energy giant.
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The rally also allowed bitcoin to increase its dominant share of the total crypto market to 57% – an increase of about 10% since November 12th.
Ethereum price stagnant near $ 330
The price of the Ethereum had mounted a moderate rally earlier in the week, but it was unable to regain momentum after falling on Thursday. Today, the price of Ethereum stagnates at $ 331 and thus maintains a market capitalization of $ 31.7 billion. Ethereum now accounts for less than 14% of the total market capitalization of crypto.
Price Ethereum Chart Source: CoinMarketCap
Moderate gains from post altcoins
Altcoin markets yielded moderate gains on average, although some first-rate coins followed the ethericeum's example and sank to their levels of the day before.
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The bitcoin spot price was up 6% on a day-to-day basis after briefly diving below $ 900. This progress has been somewhat surprising, especially since bitcoin and bitcoin spot prices have generally been inversely related in recent days. Nevertheless, the bitcoin spot price climbed to $ 1,111, bringing its market capitalization to $ 18.7 billion.
Bitcoin Monetary Consumption Chart | Source: CoinMarketCap
The price of the stock was technically stable today, but this 24 – hour snapshot masks the significant breakthrough it 's recorded yesterday after the early morning announcement that Ripple had entered into a partnership with the American Express credit card giant to process international payments. real-time payment network.
The price of litecoin rose 6%, in part because Lightning Labs developers successfully processed an off-line atom exchange between bitcoin and litecoin using testnet parts. Litecoin is currently trading at $ 68. Dash remained steady at $ 417, while IOTA again jumped 10% to bring it closer to the leaderboard race. To complete the top 10, neither NEO, NIERO, nor NEM have made significant movement, allowing each cryptocurrency to keep more or less its previous day level.
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