bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were rising thursday rebounding from a wider stock marketled selloff over the past few days they were in position to continue their rally and potentially hit the highest levels in months if stocks cooperate the price of bitcoin has risen less than 1 over the past 24 hours to 24300 having topped 24500 in earlier trading the largest digital asset slid below 2400 in the trough of a recent slide but is now heading closer to 25000—levels it has flirted with since midfebruary and which if held would be the highest consistent price since last june bitcoin’s rally to start 2023—an increase of some 50—has spurred calls of a new bull market though prices remain far below the late2021 high near 69000