A series of messages from the past few days had awakened new hope among investors.
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Denver Cryptocurrencies surprised on Wednesday with a significant price jump. Bitcoin, the largest and oldest digital currency, temporarily rose by twelve percent and even rose above the $30,000 mark in the evening.
And Bitcoin’s popularity among all cryptocurrencies seems to keep increasing. The cybercurrency now accounts for 49.5 percent of the total cryptocurrency market cap, according to data from analytics firm Coinmarketcap, up 10 percent since January.
But the second largest cryptocurrency, Ether, was also able to increase by around eight percent and was last listed at $1888.
Launch of the crypto exchange EDX
It was, of all things, the traditional financial world that caused prices to rise. A series of messages from the past few days had awakened new hope among investors. The new crypto exchange EDX, which is financed by the Wall Street institutes Citadel Securities, Fidelity and Schwab, was launched on Tuesday. However, it is only aimed at professional investors.
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