The price of the bitcoin cryptocurrency during trading on Sunday, December 20, for the first time in history, exceeded $ 24 thousand.
According to the CoinMarketCap portal, which calculates the average cost for more than 20 exchanges, as of 23.45 Moscow time, bitcoin rose by 1.90% – to $ 24.2 thousand.However, by 00.20 Monday, December 21, the rate fell to $ 23.7 thousand.
Bitcoin accounts for approximately 65.6% of the total global cryptocurrency market.
On the evening of December 17, the value of bitcoin again renewed its historical maximum and exceeded $ 23 thousand.
On the same day, bitcoin updated its all-time high three times. The cryptocurrency first reached a value of $ 20,326.
Then, during the trading session, bitcoin rose in price by 9.5% and exceeded $ 21,000 ($ 21,298). For the third time, the price of the cryptocurrency exceeded $ 22 thousand.
At the beginning of December, Bitcoin weakened its position in the global markets and fell in price by 5%. At that time, experts gave a price forecast to the level of $ 16-17 thousand.