Bitcoin has picked up the pace again, surpassing the $20,000 mark on Monday for the first time since November. The world's most popular and largest crypto by market capitalisation was up 0.70 per cent to $20,817.37 at 6:00 pm IST, according to Coinmarketcap.com. Bitcoin’s market cap increased by over 0.63 per cent to $40,101,586,225 in the last 24 hours. The unexpected gains in the backdrop of a persistent negative sentiment in the market raised many eyebrows.