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The price of Bitcoin has continued to climb and is now back above $40,000.

After it shot up 13% in the previous 24 hours, BTC rose more than 2% to reach $40,300 at the time of writing (7am). It is 23% up on its price seven days ago.

The rise may have been helped by an Elon Musk tweet on Sunday to say that Tesla will start accepting BTC as payment once mining is based on more renewable resources.

The BTC effect saw very few of the top 100 coins lose any value.

Ethereum (ETH), which set a record price of $4,300 just last month, is above $2,600 after a 5% climb in 24 hours to follow its 8% rise from Sunday to Monday morning. It is 5% up on its price a week ago.

Ripple’s XRP coin, which hit $1.91 a few weeks ago, was up 2% to almost 90 cents and is 4% up in a week.

Dogecoin (DOGE), the coin created as a crypto parody and based on a meme, rose slightly.

The biggest winner was Amp (AMP), which climbed 27% and has doubled its price in a week.

To see how the valuations of the biggest movers and shakers – and main coins – have changed over the last few days, click here.

For up-to-the-minute valuations of the top 100 coins by market cap, and the one-hour price change, see below. 

To see the Crypto Rich List, the world’s richest people in cryptocurrency, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

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