Bitcoin Tops $50,000 for the First Time

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By Alex Dovbnya

Tue, 16/02/2021 - 4:29

Bitcoin is up nearly 30 percent since Tesla announced its $1.5 billion purchase last week

Bitcoin has just made history.

The largest cryptocurrency hit $50,000 for the first time in its 12-year existence at 4:16 a.m. UTC on the Binance exchange after breaking through a massive sell wall. It is now officially halfway to a six-digit price tag.

Bitcoin's market cap is now inching closer to $1 trillion, with its dominance sitting just below 61 percent.

The pie-in-the-sky target was accurately called by Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone back in early January.

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