Bitcoin jumps to a record, nears $1,500 on a spike in demand from Japan

Bitcoin leaped to a fresh record high Tuesday, spurred by a jump in global trading activity.

The digital currency climbed almost 3 percent to an all-time high of $1,442.58 Tuesday, according to CoinDesk. The currency has jumped almost 7 percent in the two days to begin May.

Alex Sunnarborg, a CoinDesk research analyst, pointed to a spike in global trading volume, especially from Japan and its bitFlyer bitcoin exchange.

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