On Thursday, June 20, the price of Bitcoin overcame the $ 9,500 mark, thereby updating the 13-month high. The last time at these levels, the first cryptocurrency was traded in early May 2018, after which it began a long decline.

On a number of exchanges, for example, on Bitstamp, Bitcoin touched the $ 9,600 mark.

In total, over the past 24 hours, “digital gold” has risen in price by more than 4.5%, while the market capitalization has reached $ 170 billion.

BTC / USD chart from TradingView

Despite a slight correction after the record levels this year, Bitcoin is left to grow by only 5% to get to $ 10,000.

On the eve of the co-founder of the exchange Gemini Tyler Cameron wrote that after Bitcoin overcomes the barrier of $ 10,000, there is no doubt that he will soon take the mark of $ 15,000

If bitcoin breaks 10k, you can bet it’s going to break 15k … ???

– Tyler Winklevoss (@tylerwinklevoss) June 19, 2019

Earlier today, the well-known crypto expert Andreas Antonopoulos warned of the high probability of a new wave of scam and fraudulent projects. According to him, fraudsters subsided during a market downturn, but now they are back.

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