Bitcoin hit a fresh record high of $4,710 a coin on Thursday morning. Currently, the cryptocurrency trades up 2.38% at $4,704 a coin.
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Bitcoin spikes to a record high above $4,700
Bitcoin is up about 385% this year.
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Thursday's advance caps off a big month for bitcoin, which has rallied 63.5% since the August 1 fork that split it in two.
Bitcoin cash, the cryptocurrency that was formed from the fork, has gained about 116% since its first trade of $300.
August has been an eventful month for bitcoin. Aside from the fork, developers introduced a new software called Segregated Witness
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