Bitcoin is nearing its all-time high

 Bitcoin climbed to a three-year high of $ 18,600 today, a daily gain of 4.5 percent, to near its all-time high of just under $ 20,000.

Bitcoin has increased more than 16 percent since the start of the week, its biggest weekly gain since June 2019, and is up 160 percent this year.

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