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cryptocurrency cryptocurrency bitcoin price has exceeded 50,000 dollars for the first time in history, and 55 million won in our money.
It has risen more than 70% this year alone, and claims that it is a bubble and that it is a stable asset are mixed.
This is Kim Jong-won from New York.
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Bitcoin price exceeded 50,000 dollars in New York and London today (17th).
[US CNBC Broadcast: Bitcoin broke the 50,000 dollar mark a little while ago.
Starting from January 1st, it has risen more than 70%.]
In the fourth quarter of last year alone, it
rose
170% to close to $30,000, then rose 70% in one month this year to exceed $50,000.
The soaring price of Bitcoin was also contributed by the investment of Tesla, an electric car manufacturer in the United States.
Tesla, who purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin last week, attracted investors' attention by revealing that it will be able to pay for its products with bitcoin in the future.
[Daniel Ives/Director of Wedbush Security, US investment company: Tesla has announced that they will be able to use Bitcoin when purchasing cars.
From my point of view, this is a very important issue.
It is a part that can really change how we can use bitcoin commercially.]
Some point out that it is a bubble this time as there has been a precedent that Bitcoin, which had soared in 2017, plunged more than 80% the following year.
However, it is difficult to analyze that it is different this time as institutional investors are looking for bitcoin, such as the New York Melon Bank, the oldest bank in the United States besides Tesla, that it will handle bitcoin.
Following the stock, the price of bitcoin has skyrocketed, causing mixed concerns and expectations.