The volume of bitcoin transactions reached a record high yesterday, and the digital citation increased by more than 15 percent to $ 8,000 for the first time in the past two weeks.
Cryptocurrency quote shifted from less than $ 7,000 per unit to over $ 8,000, and in one hour more bitkins were traded than in any other 60-minute period since trading began large scale in early 2017, writes MarketWatch.
Later on, the bitcoin advance decreased to 10.3%, respectively, to $ 7,644 per unit.
At the time of drafting the article, the bitcoin quote was $ 8,180 per unit.
The increases occurred after a long period of low volatility, in which bitcoin remained in the past two weeks in the range of 6,500-7,500 dollars per unit.