Bitcoin (BTC)
has continued its steady rally in price over the past three months to
break $10,000 today for the first time in over a year, according to Coin360.
– Market visualization courtesy of Coin360
Bitcoin
broke the $10,000 mark today after trading in the $3,000-$4,000 range
for the first four months of this year. As of press time, Bitcoin is up
6.53% on the day and trading at $10,153.
– Bitcoin 1-year price chart. Source: Coin360
Bitcoin’s
recent price rally has seen commentators like Fundstrat’s Tom Lee
predict new record prices for the crypto in the future, as Cointelegraph
reported on June 19.
Also this week, the bitcoin hash rate — the total computing power of the bitcoin network — hit
new all-time highs. Bitcoin breaking a multi-year high, the growth in
hash rate can be taken as a measure of how much interest there is in mining the coin.
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