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Tue Oct 10 2017
Lucy Harlow (4126 articles)

The price of the digital currency bitcoin was hovering near one-month highs on Monday, little changed for the day.

On the U.S.-based Bitfinex exchange, Bitcoin was trading at $ 4,604.50 by 08:10 AM ET (12:10 GMT) the highest level since September 8, having opened at $ 4,612.40.

Bitcoin prices have rebounded after slumping in mid-September when Chinese authorities announced a ban on trading cryptocurrencies in the country.

Regulators and traditional banks are increasingly concerned about the risks of fraud and money laundering in the cryptocurrency space.

At current prices, bitcoin has a total market capitalization of around $ 76 billion.

The price of bitcoin offshoot Bitcoin Cash was lower. It was last at $ 334.67, having opened at $ 434.99.

Bitcoin cash has a total market cap of around $ 5.6 billion at current prices, making it the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency.

Elsewhere in cryptocurrency trading, Ethereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency by market cap after bitcoin, was down 1.36% to $ 305.53.

Lucy Harlow

Lucy Harlow

Lucy Harlow is a senior Correspondent who has been reporting about Equities, Commodities, Currencies, Bonds etc across the globe for last 10 years. She reports from New York and tracks daily movement of various indices across the Globe