The cost of bitcoin (Bitcoin: BITCOIN) over the weekend exceeded the mark of $ 7,500. Now the price of the first cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap is around the $7,700 + mark.
The capitalization of the coin stands at $132 billion. The price of bitcoin continues to grow and as of Mondays June 23 it has risen by 3.47%. Most of the top-10 cryptocurrencies are also in the green zone (11:00 MSK).
July 18, bitcoin also overcame the mark of $ 7,500, but later the rate was corrected downwards. On Friday, July 20, the coin remained in the green zone, while the cost of most altcoins fell. Then it became known that the first cryptocurrency accounted for 45% of the digital money market.
In addition, the value of the coin was affected by the positive news over the case of the U.S. regulators approval of bitcoin-ETF. That’s as SEC revealed results of expert comments it gathered regarding the proposal which were 97% in favor.
By Ekaterina Ulyanova