Bitcoin is closing in on the psychological $10,000 mark, capping a strong upmove that has seen the cryptocurrency surge about 150 percent this year, and creating a 13-month high.
As per Coindesk’s real-time data, Bitcoin touched $9,778.26 at 10:14 am IST.
The volatile digital currency is about halfway through to its all-time high, which it reached in December 2017 when it took out $20,000. Since then, it fell to a low of about $3,000 in December 2018, after which it bottomed out.