Bitcoin’s price had been toying with the $40,000 level in recent days, but finally breached it Sunday to trade at around $40,130 as of press time, according to CoinGecko data, a 24-hour rise of about 2%. Ethereum was trading hands at $2,205, a similar percent rise over the past 24 hours. Most other top-10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization marked smaller gains, though BNB coin, a token affiliated with the Binance exchange, was down about 0.1% over the past day.
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