{"id":26727,"date":"2020-08-01T08:55:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T05:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26727"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:11:27","slug":"bitcoin-climbs-above-11500-to-yearly-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-climbs-above-11500-to-yearly-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin climbs above $11,500 to yearly high"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, August 1, Bitcoin rose above $11,500 for the first time this year. This marks a new price high for 2020, and the highest level since August 11, 2019.<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

In the last 24 hours BTC rose 4%, and over the last 7 days \u2014 20.5%<\/p>\n

The price of Ethereum reached $357. The daily gain was 7.6%, and the weekly gain 28%.<\/p>\n

Other altcoins are also in the green. The biggest gains in the last 24 hours were Bitcoin SV (+14%), Bitcoin Cash (+8%), XRP (+7%), and Litecoin (+7%).<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

By 06:00 UTC (09:00 MSK), BTC quotes rose to $11,630. The total cryptocurrency market capitalization surpassed $351 billion, of which 60.9% accounted for by Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

This is already the second price high for Bitcoin this year \u2013 on July 28 the first cryptocurrency rose<\/a> to $11,417.<\/p>\n

For the first time since January 2018, Bitcoin closed the month above $11,000 \u2014 at $11,351.<\/p>\n

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

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