Bitcoin continued to gradually increase in value in the past 24 hours and charted a three-week high above $22,000. Most altcoins are also well in the green, with ETH reclaiming $1,200 and XRP spiking by 7%. Bitcoin’s New Local Peak Ever since the untypically calm weekend, in which bitcoin stood primarily around $19,000 without any significant moves in either direction, things have been going well for the asset. As the US national holiday (July 4) was coming to its end, the cryptocurrency started to gain value gradually. It firstly neared $20,000, challenged it, and ultimately broke above it as reported. […]