BREAKING: Bitcoin Climbs 11% In Bullish Trade, Breaks Past $20,000

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(Investing.com) - Bitcoin was trading at $21,798.0 by 20:13 (01:13 GMT) on the Investing.com Index on Thursday, up 11.13% on the day.

It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 29.

The move upwards pushed Bitcoin's market cap up to $398.2 billion, or 64.23% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, Bitcoin's market cap was $396.5 billion.

Bitcoin had traded in a range of $21,243.1 to $21,832.4 in the previous twenty-four hours.

Over the past seven days, Bitcoin has seen a rise in value, as it gained 15.75%.

The volume of Bitcoin traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $45.9 billion or 25.13% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies.

It has traded in a range of $17,600.1387 to $21,832.3672 in the past seven days.

At its current price, Bitcoin is still down 0.16% from its all-time high of $21,832.37 set on Dec 17.

Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading

Ethereum was last at $649.17 on the Investing.com Index, up 9.72% on the day.

XRP was trading at $0.57608 on the Investing.com Index, a gain of 20.85%.

Ethereum's market cap was last at $73.4 billion or 11.84% of the total cryptocurrency market cap, while XRP's market cap totaled $25.7 billion or 4.15% of the total cryptocurrency market value.

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