The most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC) has started discovering its new all-time highs (ATHs), moving above USD 62,000 for the first time in its history and liquidating almost USD 200m in short trading positions in one hour.
A the time of writing (08:25 UTC), BTC is trading at around USD 62,600 and is up by 3% in a day and 6.5% in a week.
BTC hit its previous ATH on