Bitcoin Breaks The $10,000 Mark, Looks At 11K

Thomson Reuters Bitcoin passed $10,000 for the first time on Tuesday evening. Cryptocurrency already closing in on $11,000. LONDON — The price of bitcoin is leaping after passing the symbolically significant level of $10,000 on Tuesday evening. Bitcoin passed $10,000 per coin at around 6.30 p.m. GMT (1.30 p.m ET) on Tuesday after flirting with the level all day. The level was seen as symbolically significant and, now it's passed $10,000, the price is motoring.