Bitcoin keeps charting new local peaks since the start of the year, and the latest came hours ago of well above $19,000.

After the violent 2022, the start of the new year has been quite positive for the primary cryptocurrency. It entered 2023 at around $16,500 and neared $17,000 by the end of the week.

Overall, the crypto market cap has added another $30 billion in the past 24 hours and has soared to above $900 billion for the first time in months.

(By Jordan Lyanchev)