This past week, there were steady gains in bitcoin and altcoins. BTC/USD broke the key USD 8,500 and USD 8,800 resistance levels. As a result, there were further gains above USD 9,000 and USD 9,200. The price traded close to USD 9,350 and it remains well supported for more gains in the coming days. Many altcoins also gained traction, including ethereum, ripple, bitcoin cash and EOS. ETH/USD broke