Cryptocurrency Omicron, like others including Dogecoin, have benefitted from meme-based trading and notoriety from the real world. — REUTERS
Trading in the cryptocurrency Omicron exploded Monday and its value gyrated after the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided to use that name for the latest variant of Covid-19.
Obscure and relatively stable in recent weeks, the virtual unit jumped to nearly US$700 (RM2962.75) early Monday, about 10 times its previous value, according to the crypto news website CoinMarketCap.
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