Bitcoin rose above $80,000 for the first time since May 2026 as activity continued across coin markets. The cryptocurrency gained more than 4.2% over 24 hours and traded at $80,545 at 0640GMT, while its weekly increase reached 25.1%. Coinmarketcap data showed that the global cryptocurrency market’s total value climbed 3.45% to $2.71 trillion over the same period. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, rose 2.3% to more than $2,500.