Bitcoin (Bitcoin) price hit a record $9,771 this morning, Cryptocoins News reported.
Within a day of setting a new historic high of $9,000, prices continued to climb overnight before hitting $9,500 during the early hours of Monday.
After hitting the figure at 00:30 (UTC), Bitcoin price pressed ahead to achieve the new all-time high of $9,771 on Bitfinex at 06:00 UTC, this morning.
Bitcoin price remains above $9,700 with a 7.6% gain in a 24-hour period, according to data from CoinmarketCap.
Over the last 7 days, Bitcoin is now up 21% as the world’s first cryptocurrency grows to a market capitalization of over $162 billion.
Since the turn of the year when prices hit $1,000, Bitcoin’s astounding gains now sees the cryptocurrency rise a remarkable 875% (+) in 2017.