Bitcoin was trading at $8,128.9 by 18:39 (22:39 GMT) on the Index on Sunday, up 10.28% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since May 19.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $142.8B, or 56.61% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $241.2B.
Bitcoin had traded in a range of $7,252.3 to $8,128.9 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 15.17%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $24.4B or 29.35% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $6,893.1147 to $8,323.9258 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 59.09% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $259.98 on the Index, up 9.04% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.42324 on the Index, a gain of 11.62%.
Ethereum's market cap was last at $27.4B or 10.86% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $17.7B or 7.01% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
