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| Bitcoin surpasses $ 60,000 for the first time |
According to CoinDesk, the world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin briefly hit a record $ 60,000 on Saturday.
Growing support from heavyweight companies helped the world's most popular virtual currency continue to break records.
Cryptocurrencies have grown strongly this year and outperform traditional asset classes, also because people are increasingly accepting cryptocurrencies as a method of payment.
In the past few weeks, the company has used its power and improving market sentiment to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in financing.
Since March of last year, the cryptocurrency has grown rapidly, reaching $ 5,000 at the time, which was announced by online payment giant PayPal. PayPal said it allows account holders to use cryptocurrencies.
Last month, Tesla saw the electric car maker join enterprise software company MicroStrategy and payments company Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter, using $ 1.5 billion of Bitcoin to transfer funds. Conventional reserves are being replaced by digital currencies.
Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, filed for listing on the Nasdaq exchange last month.
Regulatory approval is a historic victory for cryptocurrency advocates seeking public recognition.
As customer demand to own Bitcoin and invest in Bitcoin continues to grow, Goldman Sachs said this week: It is exploring how these clients can be served while maintaining regulatory rigor.
The company recently restarted its cryptocurrency trading platform and started trading bitcoin futures and non-deliverable futures contracts this month.
Other players are investment bank BNY Mellon, the mutual fund giant BlackRock and Mastercard credit card giant.
Bitcoin, launched in 2009, made headlines in 2017 after rising from under $ 1,000 in January to nearly $ 20,000 in December of that year.
In the days that followed, the virtual bubble burst as the bitcoin price fluctuated sharply, dropping below $ 5,000 in October 2018.
However, last year's earnings were much more stable, and Wall Street investors and financial giants were drawn to dizzying growth, diversification of profit and wealth opportunities, and secure storage of value that could prevent inflation.