Enlarge (credit: Peter KovalevTASS via Getty Images) Bitcoin's price has soared above $10,000 for the first time since early 2018, a new milestone in the virtual currency's latest comeback. The price has more than tripled since hitting rock-bottom last December around $3,200. That was after crashing from an all-time high around $19,500 in December 2017. As always, it's difficult to be sure what drives changes in Bitcoin's price.