Bitcoin rose above the $9,039.6 threshold on Thursday. Bitcoin was trading at 9,039.6 by 12:04 (16:04 GMT) on the Index, up 3.86% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since May 30.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $157.4B, or 55.49% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $241.2B.
Bitcoin had traded in a range of $8,558.5 to $9,039.6 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 14.66%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $25.4B or 28.66% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $7,775.4473 to $9,039.6191 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 54.51% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $287.30 on the Index, up 5.44% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.47057 on the Index, a gain of 4.68%.
Ethereum's market cap was last at $30.4B or 10.70% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $19.8B or 6.96% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
