Bitcoin rallied on Thursday in a bid to reclaim its all-time high of $5,000 as jitters over China’s move to declare initial coin offerings illegal further receded.
One bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.31% climbed 1.4% to $4,679.60. However, ether, which trades on the Ethereum platform, slid 1.9% to $331.42, according to data from Coindesk.com.