Many in the financial world this week were claiming Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) was “dead” after it hit its 2018 record lows this week. What they didn’t predict was a Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) rally. On Sunday, the world’s first digital currency hit just above $3,600 a coin, which is the coin’s record-low this year.

Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) hadn’t seen below $3,700 since mid-September 2017, and this past week, the cryptocurrency was down almost -40% for the month. However, on Tuesday night that all began to shift.

Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Rally

In around 60 minutes, Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) jumped up in price over $200. While this isn’t the monumental rise it had on a daily basis in late-2017, the jump shows a positive trend. Major sells-offs began when the miners behind Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) Cash started a civil war. The digital currency was set for its semi-annual upgrade and was split into two competing digital currencies after its hard fork.

There were other contributing factors to the sell-offs, but the hash war exposed the immaturity of these projects and lost a lot of investor trust. What may have spiked the Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) rally last night was the recently released news of NASdaq still planning to launch its own Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) futures in the first quarter of 2019. This step could bring more institutional investors into the playing field, without them needing to actually buy the digital currency.

Many investors have been patiently waiting for Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) ETFs to roll out, but Jay Clayton, the Executive Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has yet to confirm the decision.