Bitcoin hits an all-time high $67,000 taking the crypto market to record levels

Oct 21, 2021

By: BI India Bureau

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The global crypto market cap is at all-time high of $2.61 trillion

This is a 3.34 percent increase since yesterday

And, the primary reason is Bitcoin

The cryptocurrency broke its own records last night

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Bitcoin’s price surged to $67,000

...Crossing its previous all-time high $64,845 on April 14

As of now, the cryptocurrency is resting comfortably at $65,003

It’s value managing to retain 1.63 percent of its gains over the last 24 hours

Even Ethereum finally crossed the coveted $4,000 barrier

The cryptocurrency is currently priced at $4,181 — 8.43 percent more valuable than yesterday

Binance Coin’s price is at $497.91

The third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap only grew by 2.72 percent in the last 24 hours

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Cardano’s finally in the green at $2.22

Its value is up by nearly 6 percent since yesterday, which is only a 2.3 percent recovery on a week-by-week basis

Solana is the only cryptocurrency in the top 10 to show double-digit gains

Priced at $182.77, its value has jumped by over 17 percent in the last 24 hours

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XRP continues to struggle at $1.14

After an uncertain week, the cryptocurrency is in the green by 3.5 percent as compared to yesterday

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Polkadot is priced at $44.01

The eight-largest contender in the cryptoverse saw gains of 6.42 percent over the course of the day

Dogecoin is no longer just hanging onto the top ten…

The recent surge has allowed the meme coin to become the ninth-biggest player in the market by value

Dogecoin is currently priced at $0.2526

This is an 3.8 percent increase over yesterday

Much of this momentum is being attributed to the first-ever Bitcoin ETF

...Making its debut onto the New York Stock Exchange

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ProShares’ Bitcoin Strategy ETF exceeded $1 billion in trading volume on the very first day

Making it the second-most successful ETF debut based on trading volume on day one

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​Disclaimer

These are the top cryptocurrencies by volume according to CoinMarketCap | Prices updated as of October 21, 9 am IST and may change over the course of the day

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