After hovering around $300 for weeks after its initial fork, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) skyrocketed to triple its value over the last two days.
On August 1, the Bitcoin blockchain forked to little fanfare. Although the new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) token quickly spiked to around $1000 in its opening hours, it soon after tumbled into a stagnant holding level around $300. In the meantime, Bitcoin surged past $4000 and posted all-time highs on a nearly daily basis. The question on everyone’s minds: Sell or hold their BCH?
Now it seems we have our answer. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, BCH surged past previous highs to over $1000 on Saturday morning. It has since stabilized at $800 and is trading at $788.14 as of press time.
BCH’s trading volume also recently surpassed that of BTC. CoinMarketCap now shows BCH edging out BTC trading volumes by a margin of roughly 300 million. In the meantime, BTC price has been sliding down, although it has yet to dip below its $4000 benchmark.