The cryptocurrency market is now worth more than the world’s most valuable company after bitcoin and several leading altcoins surged in price on Thursday.The global crypto market cap is now $2.37 trillion (£1.73tn), overtaking the $2.33tn market cap of Apple.Follow The Independent’s live coverage of the crypto marketThe market has been boosted by a resurgent…
The price of bitcoin has risen to a new five-month high on Thursday, building on massive gains made since the start of October.The rally was spurred on by positive news in the crypto space, pushing BTC up by more than a third since the start of the month. Other leading cryptocurrencies have also seen significant…
The price of bitcoin has steadied above $55,000 following a strong surge at the start of the week.The rally was spurred on by positive news in the crypto space, pushing BTC to a five-month high. On Tuesday the cryptocurrency reached above $57,000, taking its total gains for October to 33 per cent, before dipping slightly…
The price of bitcoin is once again surging at the start of the week, amid a fresh wave of positive news in the crypto space.The cryptocurrency reached above $57,000 on Monday to hit a fresh five-month high, taking its total gains for October to 32 per cent. It briefly dipped below $57,000 on Tuesday morning…
Bitcoin returned above $50,000 this week for the first time since early September, following a market-wide resurgence.The cryptocurrency reached above $55,000 on Wednesday, with the latest price gains coming after bitcoin briefly fell below $30,000 at the end of July. Bitcoin is now less than $10,000 away from the all-time price high it experienced in…
Bitcoin returned above $50,000 this week for the first time since early September, following a market-wide resurgence.The cryptocurrency reached above $55,000 on Wednesday, with the latest price gains coming after bitcoin briefly fell below $30,000 at the end of July. Bitcoin is now just $10,000 away from the all-time price high it experienced in mid…
Bitcoin returned above $50,000 this week for the first time since early September, following a market-wide resurgence.The latest price gains come after bitcoin briefly fell below $30,000 at the end of July, before a remarkable rebound. The cryptocurrency is now just $14,000 away from the all-time price high it experienced in mid April.Other leading cryptocurrencies…
Bitcoin returned above $50,000 on Tuesday morning, marking the latest price gains in a remarkable recovery for the crypto market.After briefly falling below $30,000 at the end of July, the cryptocurrency is now just $14,000 away from the all-time price high it experienced in mid April.Other leading cryptocurrencies have mirrored bitcoin’s fortunes in recent weeks,…
The price of bitcoin has passed $50,000 amid a remarkable recovery for the cryptocurrency.The latest price surge has pushed bitcoin’s market capitalisation close to $1 trillion, overtaking Facebook’s market value.Other leading cryptocurrencies have also experienced significant gains in recent days, with Ethereum (ether), Binance Coin, Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP) and dogecoin all rising by between…
El Salvador, which last month adopted bitcoin as legal tender, has mined some of the cryptocurrency using the heat from a volcano.President Nayib Bukele tweeted that 0.00599179 bitcoin, or about $269, was mined.“We’re still testing and installing, but this is officially the first #Bitcoin mining from the #volcanode”, he said.On Tuesday, the president also tweeted…