23.03.201722:19:00UTC+00Bitcoin Stands at $1,000 on Woes about Digital Currency's Future

Bitcoin steadied at $1,000 following it slumped in the previous session, as traders mull over the certainty of the technology behind the digital currency.

The cryptocurrency gained 1.2% on Thursday, trading at $1,049.20. It previously traded at $997.

Traders are still digesting the prospect of establishing another trading venue for the digital currency, the SEC's rulings on bitcoin ETFs, and China's crackdown on exchanges.

In the first week of this year, bitcoin surged 20% before losing 35% despite apprehensions China was poised to curtail trading. It then soared 75% between mid-January and mid-March.