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Bitcoin Price Exceeds $97,000 for First Time

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The price of bitcoin surged to an all-time high on Thursday, rising above $97,000, according to trading data.
On Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, bitcoin rose 5.83% overnight to $97,403.37 as of 05:14 GMT.
The peak trading price on the exchange was $97,720.
According to CoinMarketCap, which averages prices from over 20 exchanges, bitcoin's price rose by 2.84% to an average of $97,486 in the past 24 hours.
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