The most popular cryptocurrency on the planet, bitcoin, has set a new historical record and has broken through the mark of 57 thousand dollars per coin. This is evidenced by data from Coindesk.
The cost of bitcoin has risen on February 20, 2021 by more than 8 percent and at the time of writing was $ 57,069.18 per coin. Over the past day, the cryptocurrency has broken through important marks several times – about 24 hours ago, Bitcoin cost about 52.5 thousand dollars.
Since the beginning of 2021, cryptocurrency has risen in price by more than 90 percent. As of 3:40 pm Moscow time on February 20, Bitcoin’s market capitalization was $ 1.06 trillion. The cryptocurrency crossed the 1 trillion mark for the first time the day before.
Bitcoin’s growth accelerated sharply after American electric car manufacturer Tesla reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in February that it had acquired $ 1.5 billion worth of cryptocurrencies.