Bitcoin rose above the $9,564.9 threshold on Thursday. Bitcoin was trading at 9,564.9 by 19:49 (00:49 GMT) on the Index, up 3.60% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since February 5.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $173.9B, or 63.19% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $241.2B.
Bitcoin had traded in a range of $9,536.1 to $9,630.6 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 2.49%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $35.3B or 26.27% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $9,179.9121 to $9,726.8135 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 51.86% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $203.12 on the Index, up 6.62% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.27455 on the Index, a gain of 2.68%.
Ethereum's market cap was last at $22.2B or 8.06% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $12.0B or 4.36% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
