Bitcoin has surged above $8,000 and theories around why abound

Bitcoin is now trading at around $8,130, up a whopping 60.84 percent over the past month, with the price surging $3,086.14 over the period.
from https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/14/bitcoin-shrug-emoji/
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