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MOSCOW, May 27. /TASS/: The average exchange rate of Bitcoin over the past day increased by almost 9.4% and reached 8,750.24 dollars per unit of cryptocurrency. Thus, the price returned to the levels of mid-May 2018, according to Coinmarketcap.
The capitalization of the bitcoin market, according to the website, reached $155.1 bln.
The price of cryptocurrency began to grow significantly in early May of this year.
Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency system of the same name based on blockchain technology, which can be mined by any user.