Bitcoin is currently up $14.18 (2.95%) in trading against the dollar today. Bitcoin has been up in trading against the dollar for 2 straight days. A review of Bitcoin historical prices show that BTC has closed higher than this price 26 of the last 30 days. The lightning rod currency has been up as much as $18.6 today and down as much as $3.8 today so there is the potential for good news in coming inter-day trading. Bitcoin has been as high as $698 and as low as $446.26 over the prior 30 days. This equates to 30 day volatility of 3.6%.
Litecoin is also up against the dollar. Litecoin is currently trading at $13.32 per coin. This price is 0.5% higher than yesterday's close price. Interday trading has seen prices as high as $13.44 and as low as $12.9.
In Alt news RonPaulCoin is up 20% to $0.60, CopperBars is up 12.5% to $3.60, Elacoin is up 17.65% to $0.20 and Catcoin is down 16.67% to $0.05.