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WorldPosted at: Jan 8 2021 4:47PM


Bitcoin hits new record of over $41,000

Moscow, Jan 8 (Sputnik) The price of the most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, spiked for the first time to over $41,000 on Friday, a day after hitting the psychological level of $40,000.
According to CoinMarketCap website, which calculates the average off more than 20 exchanges, the cryptocurrency was trading at $40,612 by 10:56 GMT after rallying nearly 10 percent. On Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, bitcoin was at one point trading at $41,057 but then went slightly down.
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