Bitcoin was trading at $5,459.9 by 21:53 (01:53 GMT) on the Index on Saturday, up 23.56% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since July 20, 2017.
The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $99.9B, or 0.00% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $241.2B.
Bitcoin had traded in a range of $5,343.2 to $5,590.8 in the previous twenty-four hours.
Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a drop in value, as it lost 39.98%. The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $69.7B or 0.00% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $3,869.4661 to $8,888.0479 in the past 7 days.
At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 72.52% from its all-time high of $19,870.62 set on December 17, 2017.
Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading
Ethereum was last at $132.69 on the Index, up 26.66% on the day.
XRP was trading at $0.15601 on the Index, a gain of 13.80%.
Ethereum's market cap was last at $14.6B or 0.00% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $6.9B or 0.00% of the total cryptocurrency market value.
