Bitcoin on Tuesday topped $8,000 a coin for the first time since July. The cryptocurrency has now gained 119% this year.
The cryptocurrency was trading up more than 3% near $8,065 a coin on Tuesday morning, at its best level since July. Bitcoin has now gained 119% in 2019 and has a market capitalization of $142 billion, according toThis year's start is a big reversal from 2018, which saw bitcoin's value plunge to nearly $3,000 a coin from nearly $14,000. At its 2017 peak of almost $20,000, the digital coin commanded a market cap of more than $327 billion.
"There are literally dozens of reasons for bitcoin to be surging right now but the important thing to remember is the main driver of this rally is increased adoption," he told Business Insider in an email."Plain and simple." Greenspan says all you need to do is look at the past 24 hours for evidence. He specifically pointed to Microsoft announcing the adoption of the bitcoin blockchain for online security, the Spend app unveiling plans to bring crypto payments to major retailers, and HTC saying it's building a phone to run a bitcoin full node.
On top of that, bitcoin futures are seeing record volume at the CME Group. The brokerage TD Ameritrade in December
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