The yen-denominated price of the crypto asset "Bitcoin", which has been called virtual currency, reached its highest level for the first time in three years.
Experts have pointed out that the so-called "money surplus" situation is pushing up the market.
The price of "Bitcoin" has continued to rise recently, and the dollar-denominated price exceeded $ 20,000 for the first time per bitcoin on the 16th.
According to BitFlyer, a major cryptocurrency exchange company, the price per bitcoin, even in yen, rose to 2,364,300 yen after 5 pm on the 17th, the highest price in three years since December 2017. Has been updated.
Experts familiar with crypto assets said, "In the so-called" money surplus "situation against the backdrop of large-scale monetary easing by central banks in each country, the funds of investors seeking investment destinations flowed into Bitcoin transactions. I'm out. "