Bitcoin rose above the $9,382.5 threshold on Saturday. Bitcoin was trading at 9,382.5 by 19:44 (00:44 GMT) on the Index, up 1.33% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since January 31.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $170.3B, or 64.88% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $241.2B.
Bitcoin had traded in a range of $9,342.9 to $9,385.5 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 11.39%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $29.3B or 25.81% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $8,304.9043 to $9,568.9824 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 52.78% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $181.18 on the Index, down 1.60% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.24147 on the Index, a loss of 0.77%.
Ethereum's market cap was last at $19.8B or 7.54% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $10.5B or 4.01% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
