Bitcoin exceeds $ 60,000 mark, boosted by US stimulus plan
Bitcoin crossed the $ 60,000 mark for the first time in its history on Saturday.
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Bitcoin crossed the $ 60,000 mark for the first time in its history on Saturday.
The best-known cryptocurrency continues to push back its records, boosted, according to analysts, by the American stimulus plan.
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Bitcoin climbed to $ 60,197 and then continued to hover around this symbolic threshold.
Knowing that over the last three months the cryptocurrency has tripled its value.
It was still worth $ 20,000 in mid-December.
Some are wary of this volatility of bitcoin and fear the explosion of a bubble.
As in 2017 where prices had climbed rapidly to collapse in early 2018. Others, on the other hand, believe that the situation is quite different.
In addition to investment funds and a few large groups, more and more individuals are buying cryptocurrencies.
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Like American consumers who are currently receiving their first checks and transfers from the federal stimulus package.
Some of this money could be invested in bitcoin, thanks to many platforms.
As vaccination progresses, investors increasingly hope for a solid recovery in the economy.
This is evidenced by the good health of the stock markets, but also by the latest OECD report.
The organization is indeed expecting higher-than-expected global growth, ie 5.6% this year.
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