According to Coindesk, the leading crypto currency today set a new price record - $ 4816.

It is noteworthy that the previous record of $ 4700 was installed only two days ago - on August 30.

In particular, the highest rate in the BTC / USD pair is observed on the CEX crypto exchange. IO, OkCoin Intl, LakeBTC, Gemini, BitMEX, Kraken and Bitstamp.

It is expected that further growth in the price of bitcoin will push to a significant mark of $ 80 billion and its market capitalization. At the time of publication, it amounted to $ 79.53 billion.

Recall, on January 1, 2017, the price of bitcoin was about $ 1000. Thus, since the beginning of the year the leading crypto currency has risen more than 350%.