The price of bitcoin rose above $ 8,800, updating the 12-month maximum of

On Sunday, May 26, the price of the first cryptocurrency updated the new maximum of this year, having managed to grow by several hours in price by almost $ 800 and get to the levels above $ 8800.

So, on the Bitstamp exchange, as of 20:05 UTC, Bitcoin reached $ 8,802, after which it corrected to $ 8,600.

The BTC / USD chart of Bitstamp from TradingView

The capitalization of the first cryptocurrency at the same time exceeded $ 152 billion.

It is worth noting that the last time above $ 8,800 bitcoin was traded more than a year ago – May 11, 2018.

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