Bitcoin price has updated its historical record. Its cost for the first time in history exceeded 21 thousand dollars. At its peak, the price climbed to 21, 299. This is evidenced by data Coindesk.
In general, this year the cryptocurrency has risen in price by more than 170 percent. Bitcoin accounts for approximately 64.2 percent of the total global cryptocurrency market.
December 16 it was reported that the price of bitcoin for the first time in history exceeded 20 thousand dollars. Prior to that, the maximum was recorded in December 2017.
Now investors are going to risky deals due to large-scale injections Federal Reserve System ( Fed) and other central banks into the economy. Also, the price of cryptocurrency is spurred on by the general positive on the news that the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated due to the emergence of effective vaccines. Morgan Stanley do not rule out that soon Bitcoin may gradually displace the dollar and deprive it of its reserve currency status.