Bitcoin price hits new record high as Bitcoin ETF tops $1.3 billion

The Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) price is up 6.4% over the past 24 hours. One Bitcoin is currently worth US$64,347 (AU$83,568).

That puts the Bitcoin price at a new all-time high (achieved as I was penning this), replacing the freshly minted record high of US$63,825, which the crypto currency reached overnight.

According to data from CoinDesk, Bitcoin remains heavily traded, with US$72.9 billion worth of the digital currency transacted over the last 24 hours.

At the current Bitcoin price, the world’s most popular crypto asset has a market cap of US$1.2 trillion.

First North American Bitcoin ETF surges

The United States is still awaiting…