Bitcoin price tops $8,000, rallies over 700% this year
The price of the world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin topped $8,000 for the first time, rallying over 700% so far this year. The cryptocurrency's value is up more than 26% this month, hitting a market cap of over $133 billion. Last month, US' CME Group, the world's biggest exchange, announced that it will launch Bitcoin futures by the end of 2017.