Bitcoin on Thursday rises in price by more than 19%.

The cost of the most popular cryptocurrency for the first time rose above 23 thousand dollars, breaking the third historical record in the last 24 hours, according to trading data, RIA Novosti reported.

According to the CoinMarketCap portal, bitcoin rose 19.42% to $ 23,159, and by 19.05%, to $ 23,200 on Binance.

Bitcoin accounts for approximately 65.6% of the total global cryptocurrency market.