Bitcoin, the world s most famous cryptocurrency, Wednesday set a new record as it breezed past the US $ 65,000 threshold at 9:43 a.m. Eastern time to ultimately reach the US $ 66,900 about an hour later, it was reported.
The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, touted by some as a major milestone for the cryptocurrency industry, is trading under the BITO ticker on Wall St and jumped nearly 5% to $41.94 in its first session.