Bitcoin Rockets to Nearly $124K, But Falls Short of Breaking Record

"Uptober" is off to a roaring start. Bitcoin shot up in price Friday afternoon, rapidly spiking from a price of about $120,000 to a recent peak of $123,855—but fell just short of breaking the all-time price record. Bitcoin was recently trading for $122,346 after giving up some of the gains. It's up 1.3% on the day, and more than 11% over the last week according to CoinGecko. The previous record of $124,128 was set in mid-August, per CoinGecko. Friday's spike marked the closest that Bitcoin has come to ma ...