By CCN: The bitcoin price zoomed across the psychologically-crucial $8,000 mark as the flagship cryptocurrency continued to claw back the losses it incurred during the recent market downturn. Bitcoin Price Zooms to Four-Day High Bitcoin had languished below $8,000 for much of the past three days, following a brutal correction that smacked BTC/USD as low as $7,432 on Bitstamp, more than 18 percent off the year-to-date peak of $9,096 it set on May 30. However, shortly after 12 pm ET, the bitcoin price began to trend upward, and at 12:16 it eclipsed the $8,000 mark. That triggered another small

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