Bitcoin explodes above $2,500
Bitcoin is soaring on Thursday, trading up 13.01% at $2,576 a coin. The cryuptocurrency continues to rally as traders look ahead to the August 1 decision on whether or not bitcoin will be split in two.
Thursday's gain has the cryptocurrency up 40% from its July 17 low of $1,852. That's the day bitcoin tumbled 20% amid renewed fears it would be split in two.
The recent rally has bitcoin within 16% of its all time high near $3,000 set on June 12. In a recent note to clients, Sheba Jafari, the head of technical strategy at Goldman Sachs, suggested the cryptocurrency would make another run at record highs after holding strong support in the $1,856 to $1,790 area.
"The minimum target for an eventual Vth wave from current levels is 2,988; an extended 5th could reach ~ $3,691," Jafari wrote.
