Bitcoin Just Surged Past $7,000. Here’s Why
Bitcoin Just Surged Past $7,000. Here's Why Talk about a roller coaster. As of late Thursday, the price of Bitcoin was about $7,000, having reached the threshold for the first time just hours earlier. The upswing continued a rally that started Wednesday, when the Chicago Merchantile Exchange announced plans to offer Bitcoin futures — a move that could add even more institutional investors to Bitcoin markets and theoretically push up prices. While Bitcoin investors cheered the rally, dubbing the CME’s…