The price of bitcoin continued to grow today, exceeding the limit of 55 thousand dollars for the first time.
According to world media reports, the market capitalization of the most popular cryptocurrency has exceeded the limit of one trillion dollars, Teletrader reports.
Bitcoin was up 7.77 percent today at 8:02 a.m. CET and was selling for $ 55,605,474 a piece.
At the same time, yttrium was up 1.75 percent and was exchanged at a price of $ 1,973.2966.
The price of bitcoin has now increased by about 350 percent in the last six months.
Prior to the start of the recent dizzying rise, this virtual currency was never traded at a price above 20,000 US dollars.
The strong upward trend of bitcoin was partly encouraged by large investors and companies, announcing its acceptance, with the bank New York Malone, the oldest in the USA, announcing its entry into that business sphere earlier this month.
In addition, the company "Tesla", owned by billionaire Ilona Maska, converted a part of its cash in the balance sheet into bitcoins at the beginning of the year and announced that it would start accepting these digital tokens as a means of payment.