The price of BTC went up by 7% in the past 24 hours, for the first time since May 24, 2018. The leading cryptocurrency gained over $200 within the space of an hour and a half this morning to hit $7991, and then broke the $8,000 resistance level, peaking at a 24-hour high of $8,180. Bitcoin’s weekly and monthly gains are now at around 3.8% and 34% percent respectively. The BTC dominance by market capitalization in the crypto market also reached its highest level yet in 2018, passing 46%.