Bitcoin crosses $1,21,000 mark to breach all-time record high, crypto token up 29% this year

Bitcoin surged past the $1,21,000 milestone for the first time in history today, on Monday, July 14, data crypto markets showed. At time of writing, it was up 2.75 per cent at $1,21,097.94, according to CoinMarketCap.

Market capitalisation of Bitcoin was at $2.41 trillion, up 2.85 per cent, with trading volumes at $60.69 billion, up 33.12 per cent, CoinMarketCap data showed. Overall, with this increase, the world’s largest cryptocurrency has gained 30 per cent year-to-date (YTD) and more than a 100 per cent year-on-year (YoY), according to Pankaj Balani, CEO and co-founder of Delta Exchange.