But in afternoon trading, the cryptocurrency has fallen back as long-term market interest rates fall and stock markets rise on renewed hopes for a peace settlement in the Middle East.
Shortly after 2 p.m., one bitcoin cost $79,000.
Interest in bitcoin in the market received new fuel last week, with a rise of over 20 percent after US long-term interest rates started to rise and the debt-laden Trump administration chose to try to mitigate interest-rate pressure with additional bond buybacks.
However, it is still a long way from the record high of around $126,000 per bitcoin from October last year.
