In early November 2013, bitcoin first climbed to a mark of $ 300. And the ability to change this closure of the Silkroad exchange. True, the rise was preceded by a fall. First, traders negatively perceived the news of closed exchanges, but after they realized that the crash of the criminal marketplace (it may not be associated bitcoin with the underworld.
On November 17, 2013, the rate was $ 500. Bitcoin has been growing steadily not only on the news of Silkroad. In October, the Chinese Internet giant Baidu began reception in bitcoins. This news also significantly increased interest in the crypto currency.
November 27, 2013 bitcoin for the first time reached the milestone of 1000 dollars. This was affected by the constant discussion of bitcoin in the media in connection with the scandal with Silkroad. The government of several countries, in particular Canada, China, Germany and the Netherlands, directly or indirectly supported bitcoin, and large companies like Metro said they were ready to accept bitcoins for payment.
But $ 1,000 bitcoin did not last long, by January 2014 bitcoin fell to $ 600 and in the next three years there were no breakthroughs in the history of the crypto currency. But the year 2017 was truly triumphal for bitcoins.
On January 1, 2017, the cost of bitcoin again exceeded $ 1,000. At the same time, the market capitalization of crypto-currencies for the first time in history surpassed the threshold of $ 16 billion. Analysts linked the rise in price to a number of factors: the growing interest of professional investors, improvement of fundamental market indicators, and the understanding that the world's largest economies are becoming increasingly unstable.
May 21, 2017 course bitcoin exceeded the mark of $ 2,100, at the maximum. After in April Japan recognized bitcoin as the official payment standard. Against the background of this news, investors rushed to exchange the yen for crypto currency. And the Chinese authorities began to soften the policy regarding the regulation of the crypto-currency.
August 7, 2017, the bitcoin rate rose above $ 3,000, reaching another record. This happened in connection with the hard-core in the network bitcoin, as a result of which bitcoin cache was formed. In addition, the world has had a boom ICO.
September 1, 2017 bitcoin crossed the mark of $ 5,000. Analysts explained a new record of technological improvements and a growing interest in investing in the crypto currency.
November 17, 2017 bitcoin has already overcome the mark of $ 8,000, and after a serious fall. The canopy for growth was the cancellation of the SegWit2X. Together with the hack to the growth of the biton, probably influenced by political events. Bloomberg publishes a note on the popularity of bitcoin in countries with an unstable economy.
On November 28, 2017, bitcoin costs $ 10,000. To raise prices in the first place told the news that CME in December launched a trade in futures for bitcoin. In addition, bitcoin sharply became interested in Chinese investors.
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