© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Bitcoin are seen on this illustration image taken September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photograph
(Reuters) – rose 5.58% to $21,044 at 2344 GMT on Saturday, including $1,113 to its earlier shut.
Bitcoin, the world’s greatest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 27.6% from the yr’s low of $16,496 on Jan 1.
Ether, the coin linked to the ethereum blockchain community, surged 7% to $1,552.6 on Saturday, including $101.6 to its earlier shut.


