Bitcoin surges past $28,000; Market Cap Tops Half a Trillion Dollars

From decrypt.co

Bitcoin has once again hit a new all-time high. Today, Bitcoin surpassed $28,000 and achieved a market capitalization of half a trillion dollars. Bitcoin’s current price is $28,288, an increase of 13.55% in the past 24 hours. Its market cap, as of this writing, is $524,821,161,327, per metrics site CoinMarketCap. This marks an increase in the price of Bitcoin of almost $4,000 in two days, and an increase of 20% in the past week. Bitcoin’s bull run started in earnest in October, when its price was about $10,500. It has nearly tripled since then. Bitcoin’s price is almost seven times its price in mid-March, when ... (full story)