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Bitcoin price (BTC) resumes its bull run June 9 after another 24 hours of upside propelled markets to nearly $13,000.
Bitcoin price (BTC) is continuing its bull run June 9 after another 24 hours of upside propelled markets to nearly $13,000.
Market visualization courtesy of Coin360
Data from Coin360 painted a rosy picture for cryptocurrency traders, with bitcoin still leading the way in terms of daily gains.Â
At press time, BTC/USD was up 11% versus Monday on $12,666. The pair had reached as high as $12,707 before a slight pullback below the $12,700 barrier.Â
Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360
The fresh moves further challenge theories bitcoin was due a downward correction which appeared earlier in the week. As Cointelegraph reported, veteran trader Peter Brandt led the warnings, arguing BTC could shed up to 80% of its bullrun gains.Â
Since then, bitcoin has shot up around $1,200, as other sources prepare for an extension of its parabolic activity before a ârealâ reversal sets in.
âI think weâre in the next parabolic move,â Mark Yusko, founder, CEO and CIO of Morgan Creek Capital Management, told CNBC as bitcoin hit $12,250.
âThat will probably take us into the $30,000 level before we get another little correction⊠the path to $100,000 by 2021 is really quite easy to draw out.â
Bitcoinâs weekly gains now sit at 30%, while monthly performance has topped 60%.
The enthusiasm around bitcoin was even starting to spread into long-deflated altcoin markets Tuesday, with some tokens in the top twenty cryptocurrencies by market cap rising around 5%.
Ethereum (ETH) hit $317 to seal support above $300 after languishing lower while bitcoin soared.Â
Ether 7-day price chart. Source: Coin360
Others fared less well, with chainlink (LINK) dropping 7.4% and exchange Bitfinexâs unus sed leo (LEO) shedding 6.2% in the same period.Â
Tron (TRX) was down almost 3% after news broke of a police presence at the companyâs Beijing offices, with users implicating CEO Justin Sun as an accessory in a multimillion-dollar scam.Â
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