Brazhnikov noted that in connection with the active growth of bitcoin, interest in this topic has also increased.

“Bitcoin has grown exponentially, and it turned out that those who invested, who remained faithful, all made very good money.

Large investors have appeared who are dreaming of investing money now, they see world news that Elon Musk has invested $ 1.5 billion in bitcoin.

The problem is that now bitcoin is expensive, not everyone wants to buy.

Previously, it was bought for $ 1.5 thousand, for $ 16 thousand, now it costs from $ 40 thousand to $ 50 thousand, ”he said.

According to him, people are starting to think about why not start mining.

The specialist also added that the pandemic, among other things, affected the interest in cryptocurrency.

In his opinion, many people see that we will not return to that lifestyle when everyone works in the office.

“Now the figure during the pandemic gave people an impetus ... The investment component has increased significantly, people are ready to invest money, another problem is that a large number of fraudsters have also appeared who want to take your money and prevent you from earning ... They say : "Come to us, we will teach you, you will earn hundreds of percent in one month."

People take loans, carry (money. -

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), "the expert explained.

In turn, Dmitry Golubovsky, an analyst of the Kalita-Finance financial group, explained that interest is kindled and extinguished artificially by well-defined forces that are shaking this market.

“If you delve into the structure of the bitcoin market itself, it works according to the pump & dump principle, then pumping is a collapse.

When the price rises, naturally, people start to learn about it.

The noise was raised throughout the planet, which means that now there will be a collapse phase.

Now all people who are interested in this topic are looking for ways, open accounts on crypto-exchanges ... When a certain topic becomes very expensive, is at its peak of popularity, a crowd comes and buys.

Those who created this popularity are selling at this moment, ”the analyst noted.

He added that after that the price falls, and those who brought them lose their money.

“But this does not mean that there will be no growth after this decline.

He took off and fell many times.

Now it has soared from $ 3 thousand to $ 40 thousand in less than a year. Instruments with such volatility can never claim to be part of any kind of conservative investment portfolio, "RT's interlocutor concluded. 

Earlier it was reported that the cost of bitcoin updated its historical maximum and exceeded the $ 50 thousand mark.