Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Surges to a Year-High Beyond $475
Bitcoin price has made significant gains since the early hours of Friday, surging toward $480 in an early day rally. The Bitstamp Price Index came close to hitting the $480 mark following a surge in bitcoin price that began under an hour after midnight, jumping 5% in a 7-hour window. At the time of publishing, bitcoin price was trading at $475.66. The rally began around 45 minutes after midnight, with price registering at $452.70 before a 30-minute jump saw bitcoin price trading at $461. Before long, bitcoin price was hovering near the $470 mark at 02:35. At 7 AM (UCT), the cryptocurrency....
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The Bitstamp Price Index confirmed a new year-high price for Bitcoin at $334.05, this morning. The peak is yet another milestone for the cryptocurrency which has been on a steady upward trajectory predominantly since September. The year-high peak struck at 07:11 UTC and has since dropped to $322.780 at the time of publishing. For a live Bitcoin Price chart, click here.
In keeping up with its recent bullish run, bitcoin price soared to break beyond $570, scaling a near two-year high. The Bitstamp Price Index (BPI) shoved through the $570 mark today to ring in a high of $574.85. The number represents a price high of nearly two years. On August 11, 2014, bitcoin traded at a high of $590.73 for the day. At the close of that day, bitcoin was trading at $573.98. Today bitcoin price at USD began at $538 in the BPI. Increased trading saw the day’s first spike begin at 08:00, when bitcoin was trading at $538.84. An hour later, at 09:00, the BPI had already pushed....
Another day, another peak scaled by bitcoin. Today, the Bitstamp Price Index rang $450 for the first time this year. The bitcoin price struck $450.38 at 10:44 UTC today and scaled yet another year high of $483 at the time of publishing. For a live Bitcoin Price chart, click here.
It’s 2016 and bitcoin price gains its first significant surge of the year to gain over $20 in a 10-hour period to scale beyond $450. The Bitstamp Price Indexstarted the day at $430.80 and surged through the next 12 hours to reach a high of $454 at the time of publishing. The figure represents a new year-high and also represents the highest price since Christmas 2015. Christmas day saw a high of $455.51 before a significant drop in bitcoin price saw the cryptocurrency trading at $417 the following day. The first spike of the today started at 02:10 AM UCT when bitcoin price stood at $430.59....
Bitcoin price has gained plenty of ground in an explosion of demand due to Chinese buyers, easily spiking over 10% of its trading value in USD in a 13-hour period that began late Saturday night leading into Sunday noon (UCT). Bitcoin price rang the $600 mark for the first time since July 2014 and is now trading at its highest ceiling since June 2014 in the Bitstamp Price Index (BPI). The remarkable rise in the price of the cryptocurrency in recent weeks means that bitcoin is now trading at a 2-year high. Almost to the day two years ago on June 11, 2014, the BPI saw $650.50 at 02:00 AM,....