First it went through $20,000. Then 10 days later, it broke through $25,000, and then it crossed $30,000. Now only a few days into 2021, the price of bitcoin has crossed $40,000
Cryptocurrency market cap now at five times its year-ago level
Cryptocurrencies hit the milestone after a fivefold climb in market value in the past year, data from tracker CoinGecko shows
"Bitcoin's competition with gold has already started in our mind," the Wall Street bank's strategists said in a note
A range of factors have been cited for Bitcoin's ascent, showing how hard it is to pinpoint the proximate cause for the latest bout of volatility
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Bitcoin was trading at $32,990 in Asia on Monday, after soaring to a record high of $34,800 on Sunday
The price of the world's most popular cryptocurrency traded as high as $33,099 on Saturday, with almost all other markets closed over the first weekend in 2021
The latest gains top an eye-popping rally for the controversial digital asset in 2020
The price of Bitcoin topped $29,000 on Thursday for the first time, with the digital currency almost quadrupling in value this year amid heightened interest from investors big and small alike
It has advanced almost 50 per cent in December, on track for its biggest monthly gain since May 2019.
Investors, including large corporations, view them as a potential hedge against uncertainty, and mainstream investment banks too are jumping into the game
It has surged by nearly half since breaking $20,000 for the first time on Dec. 16
The currency's rise points to a growing acceptance of crypto as an asset class of its own, according to experts
The cryptocurrency rallied 224 per cent this year, bringing to mind the wild advances of 2017 as it soared to record highs
Elon Musk asked about the possibility of converting "large transactions" of Tesla's balance sheet into bitcoin, according to a Twitter exchange between him and an advocate for the digital currency
Early Thursday stock gains included Marathon Patent Group's rise of as much as 20 per cent, lifting shares to the highest since March 2018
The broader markets ended in the red for second straight day.