According to Coinmarketcap, the market capitalization of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency has surpassed the $ 1 trillion mark for the first time in history. Just yesterday we reported that Bitcoin rose in price to $ 52.5 thousand.
At around 53.7 thousand dollars, capitalization reached 1 trillion dollars. Later, the cryptocurrency set several more records. At the time of publication of this note, the cost of one Bitcoin is 55.5 thousand dollars, and the market capitalization is 1.034 trillion dollars.
The sharp rise in the value of cryptocurrencies began on February 8 after information emerged that Tesla, which is one of the leaders in the self-driving car market, invested about $ 1.5 billion in Bitcoin.
Interestingly, on January 1, 2020, the price of the cryptocurrency was $ 7.2 thousand, and a year later it rose to $ 29.4 thousand. At the same time, just a week later (by January 8), the Bitcoin price increased to $ 41.9 thousand.
Simultaneously with Bitcoin, another cryptocurrency, Etherium, is becoming more expensive. Yesterday we noted that the price of Ethereum is $ 1,928 and today it has surpassed the $ 2,000 mark. Ethereum has a market cap of $ 230 billion.
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