Bitcoin prices surpassed $10,000 for the first time this year. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) … [+]
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Bitcoin prices surpassed $10,000 today, rising above this key, psychological level and climbing to their highest since October.
The digital currency had risen to as much as $10,007.56 at the time of this writing, CoinDesk data shows.
At this point, the cryptocurrency had climbed 46% from its 2020 low of $6,852.09 on January 3rd and was trading at its highest since October 26th, additional CoinDesk figures reveal.
Bitcoin, the world’s most prominent digital currency, broke through $10,000 after flirting with this level for the last few days.
On February 5th, 6th and 7th, the cryptocurrency logged a series of higher highs, showing strong, upward momentum.
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Kiana Danial, CEO of Invest Diva, commented on the situation.
“After bottoming out in January, Bitcoin has been gradually making its way up, but each time it’s hit a soft resistance.”
The digital currency most recently hit resistance at the “$9,800 zone,” she stated, which could serve to “delay” bitcoin’s uptrend.
Clearly enough, the digital currency overcame this resistance to surpass $10,000.
Going forward, the digital currency’s upward momentum could trigger further gains, said one analyst.
“Once Bitcoin runs a bit more people will sell alts” to get into the cryptocurrency, said Marouane Garcon, managing director of crypto-to-crypto derivatives platform Amulet.
Now that bitcoin has surpassed $10,000, the next resistance areas to watch out for are $10,500 and $12,500, stated Jon Pearlstone, publisher of the newsletter CryptoPatterns.
Disclosure: I own some bitcoin, bitcoin cash, litecoin, ether and EOS.
