Bitcoin Climbs Above 10,018.2 Level, Up 5%
Investing.com - Bitcoin rose above the $10,018.2 threshold on Thursday. Bitcoin was trading at 10,018.2 by 02:30 (06:30 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 4.66% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since July 15.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $176.4B, or 65.48% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $241.2B.
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Bitcoin had traded in a range of $9,617.8 to $10,027.9 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a drop in value, as it lost 15.07%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $23.9B or 29.44% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $9,082.5625 to $11,881.4180 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 49.58% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $219.53 on the Investing.com Index, up 8.06% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.31695 on the Investing.com Index, a gain of 5.78%.
Ethereum's market cap was last at $23.3B or 8.66% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $13.5B or 5.01% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
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