The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen by 0.39% to $22,429.22 at 9 am Sydney time.
Bitcoin currently has a market capitalisation of $433.09 billion.
Bitcoin’s closest peer Ethereum (ETH) is currently lower by 0.018%, trading at $1,565.43
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.