Bitcoin continues to gain at the barrier of 12 thousand dollars during trading, to jump to the highest level in about 15 months, supporting optimism about the use of the crypto asset.

Bitcoin rose by 6.9% to reach $ 12,698,000, the highest level since July 2019, at 6:17 pm Beirut time.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency crossed the $ 12,000 mark yesterday for the first time since early September.

At the same time, the currency “Ethereum” rose by 5.1%, while the “Tether” remained unchanged, while the “Ripple” rose by 3.3%, and the “Bitcoin Cash” increased 5.1%.

As for the market value of all virtual currencies, it reached 384.36 billion dollars, compared with the level of 366.3 billion dollars recorded yesterday.