Bitcoin Skyrockets Climbing Past $8,200, Ripple XRP Gains Over 18% - May 14th Cryptocurrency News HD

The total cryptocurrency marketcap hit its highest level so far this year climbing past $244 billion today. This last time we saw it anywhere near this level was in September 2018. XRP gained more than 18% today. And Bitcoin continues to break new 2019 highs, breaking past $8,000, gaining more than 13% over the past 24 hours.Bitcoin dominates almost 60% of the total crypto market. This day last year Bitcoin dominated only 36% of the total crypto market as other crypto’s started to gain popularity. The CEO of Bitcoin Futures Exchange Bakkt announced yesterday that it is preparing for user acceptance testing for futures and custody, which is expected to start in July.