Bitcoin just spiked by 300 in one minute when a big trading platform went offline

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Bitcoin prices jumped by as much as 7 almost instantly at around 9 p.m. EST.

The move coincided directly with a scheduled shutdown of trading platform BitMEX for maintenance purposes.

Prices have subsequently eased back slightly after almost reaching 7,000.

Bitcoin’s value surged this morning, rocketing from around 6,450 to almost 6,900 almost instantly.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: How a black cop infiltrated the KKK the true story behind Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman'See Also:We tried a sub from 4 sandwich chains and the winner was clearPost Malone's Gulfstream private jet made an emergency landing after blowing out two tires during takeoffYour opinion matters Join BI Insiders program

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