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On Saturday, December 19, the price of the first cryptocurrency reached a new all-time high, surpassing the $ 24,000 mark.
The previous record was recorded on Thursday, December 17, when the price of bitcoin reached over $ 23,700.
Bitcoin's market cap was $ 444 billion.
Over the past 24 hours, the first cryptocurrency has risen in price by more than 6%, over the week - by almost 33%.
Earlier this week, Scott Meinerd, investment director of Guggenheim Partners, predicted a rise to $ 400,000. He said he was impressed by the rapid rise in the price of bitcoin, but called his purchase above $ 20,000 "a little more problematic." In November, the company announced its intention to send part of the portfolio to the Grayscale bitcoin trust.