Investing.com – Bitcoin remained at highs on Thursday, as sentiment spiked higher following growing expectations that a key proposal aimed at improving Bitcoin’s scaling capability would garner enough support, averting a potential split in the digital currency.
On the U.S.-based GDAX exchange, Bitcoin rose to $2,659.0, up $400.9 or 17.86%, making up recent losses, after data on Monday showed 80% of Bitcoin's mining power, including AntPool, BitClub, Bixin, BTC.com and BitFury, have signaled support for proposal Segwit2x, which would allow the bitcoin network to scale more efficiently.
The uptick in support for the scaling proposal Segwit2x, reduced investor uncertainty over the outcome of the final vote on the proposal due August 1.
Ethereum followed bitcoin’s move higher, rising to $225.41, up 8.89%.
Despite the recent rally, following its collapse to $130.26 on Sunday, Ethereum remained well below its all-time high of $419.3.
The dip in Ethereum from its all-time high has seen its market capitalization fall to $20 billion, well below bitcoin’s $43 billion, reducing investor expectations that Ethereum would be the alternative digital currency that usurps bitcoin as the best capitalized cryptocurrency.
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