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$8,200: Bitcoin's Price Starts Week With New All-Time High
The price of bitcoin has hit yet another all-time high, passing above $8,200 for the first time.
By Stan Higgins
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 1:55 p.m. Published Nov 20, 2017, 3:18 p.m.
The price of bitcoin has hit yet another all-time high, passing above $8,200 for the first time.
As of press time, markets had hit a high of $8,241.30, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The market high marks a continuation of the trend that began over the weekend when the price popped above the $8,000 level during Sunday trading.
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The new high also marks the latest twist in the volatile cryptocurrency's price moves in recent days. As previously reported, the price of bitcoin was trading near $6,000 just over a week ago, having previously fallen from nearly $7,900 before then.
At press time, the price of bitcoin is trading at roughly $8,226.
Other cryptocurrencies among the top-10 group by market capitalization have seen gains in the past day, including ether, which hit an 11-week high this morning on reports of a new regulated derivatives product built around the cryptocurrency.
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