Another day, another record. The combined market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies is again at record highs, sitting above $200 billion at the press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading at all-time high of $7403.88, according to the CoinMarketCap.
Bitcoin price is up over 5.68% for the last 24 hours, and its market capitalization has now peaked at over $123,4 billion. Newly created cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is again making significant gains, trading at around $673.85. BCH has risen 19.67% over the last 24 hours, and an incredible 91.65% over the last 7 days.
The price of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency made fresh gains this week after derivatives giant CME Group said it would introduce bitcoin futures by the end of the year. CME said its bitcoin futures contract would be cash-settled and based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR), launched in November last year with London-based online trading platform Crypto Facilities.
https://www.coinspeaker.com/2017/11/03/total-cryptocurrency-market-cap-breaks-200b-bitcoin-price-hits-time-high-7400/