Tag: Bitcoin price spike

November 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin back up above $700 - this time to stay?

Bitcoin prices have been on a three month tear since early August, trading from the mid-$500's up to above $700. As at the time of writing, the USDBTC pair was at $704, marking the first time Bitcoin has been above $700 since mid June. Ignoring the aforementioned June price spike around the time of the…

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November 04, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin price tops $430 up 46% in a week - for no apparent reason

Here we go again. One of retail traders' favorite boom-and-bust instruments is back in full bloom boom mode. And for no good apparent reason. After flatlining most of September and rising steadily but slowly during October, prices of cryptocurrency Bitcoin have taken off during the first three days of November. In trading early Wednesday (GMT…

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