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Bitcoin soars to near 18-month high
REUTERS – Bitcoin rose 6% on Tuesday to $35,198, its highest in nearly a year-and-a-half, on mounting speculation that an exchange-traded bitcoin fund is imminent.
That followed a 10% surge on Monday, when bitcoin posted its best day in almost a year, and the bullishness spread across the wider crypto market and into related stocks.
Bitcoin, a volatile asset whose price has doubled so far this year, was last up 3.2% at $34,129. The second-largest cryptocurrency ether climbed to its highest since August.