Bitcoin soars past $9,600, could hit $10,000 before 2017 is out

The value of the world’s premier cryptocurrency is steadily on the rise: after crossing $9,000 at 06:40 GMT on November 26, it’s already inched past $9,600 as of 05:07 GMT on November 27, the time of writing today. Bitcoin made the news earlier this month when it hit a record valuation of $7,300 for the first time; Goldman Sachs vice president Sheba Jafari noted in a letter to investors in the first week of November that the currency could soon cross $8,000 – double the price of $4,000 that she predicted just four months prior. With that, it’s possible that…

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