BIP91 Crosses 80% Threshold, Prices Advance

The long debate over Bitcoin scaling is moving toward resolution as more than 80% of the miners are signaling support for BIP91. If this holds, and it likely will, Bitcoin will adopt Segregated Witness (via SegWit2x) before the August 1st deadline. Not surprisingly, Bitcoin prices have advanced on the news, shortly breaking $2,700. Other cryptocurrencies have also seen price increases.
Concern briefly gripped the Bitcoin community last week when miners missed the BIP141 deadline, which if adopte