Bitcoin climbs Over $7,400, ether Surpasses $400 before dropping slightly lower again. As of 8am EDT Bitcoin $7,350.2 Ether $399.74. Bitcoin had a few bad days, but still the worst day it had this year was actually on February 6th when it briefly dropped under $6,000 for 30 minutes. Out of the top 30 today, Steem is the winner as it gained over 42% over the past 24 hours. Verge is in second place as it gained 25%. So let’s take a look. Binance coin, NEM and Lisk also experienced large gains over the past 24 hours. Ethereum has been struggling lately but it managed to climb back over $400 today. We saw it drop to around $360 on April 1st. So was Vitalik Buterin’s proposal of a 120 million hard cap on Ether an April Fool's joke?