After setting a record above $6,500, Bitcoin (EXANTE: Bitcoin) continued its run, to hit a record high of $7,026. The coin appreciated 9.40% in the past day, Cryptovest reported.
Bitcoin is up over 20.56 percent for the last 7 days, and its market capitalization has now peaked at over $116 billion.
Elsewhere in the markets, newly created cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash is again making significant gains, trading at around $546, having risen 13.63 percent over the last 24 hours, and an astonishing 62.16 percent over the last 7 days.
Ethereum (ETH/USD) remains depressed around $300. Litecoin (LTC/USD) did not manage to fulfill the predictions of rising to $100, as Bitcoin took all the attention in the past weeks.
The combined market cap for all cryptocurrencies is again at record highs, sitting at $188.5 billion at press time.