Bitcoin rises 8% to $48,861.48
FILE PHOTO: A collection of bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens are displayed in this picture illustration taken Dec. 8, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration
(Reuters) - Bitcoin rose 8 % to $48,861.48 on Monday, adding $3,620.52 to its previous close.
Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, has risen 76.2% from the year's low of $27,734 on Jan. 4.
Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, has fallen 16.3% from the year's high of $58,354.14 on Feb. 21.
Bitcoin's price soared this year as major firms, such as BNY Mellon, asset manager BlackRock Inc, credit card giant Mastercard Inc, backed cryptocurrencies, while those such as Tesla Inc Square Inc and MicroStrategy Inc invested in bitcoin.
Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain network, rose 8.74 % to $1,546.06 on Monday, adding $124.29 to its previous close.
(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
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