Bitcoin price has renewed its historical maximum again. This is reported on the CoinDesk portal.
At the time of this writing, the cost of the cryptocurrency has grown by 5.68 percent and exceeded the $ 34 thousand mark. It is noted that at its peak the price reached $ 34,076.
For the first couple of days of January, the bitcoin price also updated several historic highs. Then the cost of the cryptocurrency fell .
In December, it became known that about 19 million bitcoins were mined in the world, and in 2021 their number will reach 21 million. However, demand will continue to exceed supply, and the cryptocurrency will continue to rise in price next year. At the same time, from three to five million bitcoins are forever lost due to forgotten passwords or damage to mining equipment.