Benzinga | Nov 17, 2020 11:31PM EST

Bitcoin Storms Past $18,000

Bitcoin (BTC) continued to see a massive surge on Tuesday, storming past the crucial $18,000 level late in the day. As of press time at 11:26 p.m. ET, the world's apex cryptocurrency traded 9.25% higher in the trailing 24-hour period at $18,172.05. This takes Bitcoin's market valuation to a whopping $337 trillion.

Among other cryptocurrencies, Chainlink (LINK) is up 10.94% at $14.14 at the time of writing. Ethereum (ETH) is up 6.42% at $490.88.

The biggest stablecoin by trading volume, Tether (USDT) traded at its intended price of $1 with a 24-hour volume of $58 billion.

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