Bitcoin Price Over $41K After Longest Streak in 8 Years

Bitcoin Price Over $41K After Longest Streak in 8 Years

The bitcoin price was holding above $41,000, the highest since May, after a 10-day winning streak that was the longest in eight years for the largest cryptocurrency.

As of press time bitcoin (BTC) was changing hands at $41,344, up 6.2% over the past 24 hours. Other CoinDesk 20 digital assets were also in the green, with ether (ETH) rising 4.5% to $2,453 and chainlink (LINK) jumping 13% to $21.72.

Although the bitcoin price slipped after 0:00 coordinated universal time (UTC) on Saturday, it had notched 10 consecutive daily increases from July 21 through Friday, the longest winning streak since 2013.