The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen by 0.046% to $27,182.92 at 9 am Sydney time.
Bitcoin currently has a market capitalisation of $525.47 billion.
Bitcoin’s closest peer Ethereum (ETH) is currently higher by 3.19%, trading at $1,767.89
Together Bitcoin and Ethereum make up almost 60% of the total cryptocurrency market.
This means that the prices for Bitcoin and Ethereum can indicate the direction of the market more broadly.