Bitcoin Spikes $1K In Hours To New 2020 High: Only 5% From 2017 All-Time High
- Bitcoin reminded everyone of itself, following a few days of relative stability where altcoins had the chance to catch up, which they did splendidly.
- Today, however, the cryptocurrency saw massive volatility.
- Within the same daily candle, BTC reached an intraday low of around $18,000 only to surge hours later and break $19,000.
- Seconds ago, the primary cryptocurrency tapped $19K, reaching as high as $19,028 on Binance, before retracing to where it currently trades at around $18,900.
- This happens as altcoins were absolutely booming, causing bitcoin to lose a total of around 6% of its market dominance in the past few days alone.
- As CryptoPotato reported earlier today, the most powerful performer of the past 24 hours remains Ripple’s XRP that managed to surge over 50% in less than 24 hours.
- In any case, with Bitcoin closing in on $19,000, the all-time high value that the cryptocurrency reached in December 2017 is around 5% away.
- With this new yearly high for 2020, it remains interesting to see when BTC will be able to beat its previous record.
