At 0245 GMT, it hit a high of $10,069.12 on BitStamp and was up 2 percent on the day.
Israel Tax Authority issued a draft tax circular on January 11 that details its position on the taxation of activity in virtual currencies such as bitcoins.
Craig Wright last year became the latest in a line of men alleged to be the creator of Bitcoin, a currency that has attracted the interest of banks, speculators, criminals and regulators.
“The blockchain is a shared public ledger on which the entire Bitcoin network relies."