Bitcoin exceeds $10,000

Bitcoin exchange rate rose to $10,101, according to electronic cryptocurrency platform Coinmarketcap.

Earlier, the bitcoin rate showed a sharp drop and fell to a mark of $5996 on February 6. Bitcoin reaches its maximum value in December 2017 at $19,000, TASS recalls.

In early August 2017, cryptocurrency was divided into classic bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, due to disputes about updates, which were supposed to increase the speed of transaction processing.