{"id":104697,"date":"2021-01-07T17:57:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/?p=104697"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:57:40","slug":"cryptocurrency-market-value-tops-1-trillion-as-bitcoin-surges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/economy\/cryptocurrency-market-value-tops-1-trillion-as-bitcoin-surges\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency market value tops $1 trillion as Bitcoin surges"},"content":{"rendered":"
The value of the cryptocurrency market topped $1 trillion for the first time Thursday as Bitcoin surged to yet another record high.<\/p>\n
The world’s biggest digital coin made its first climb past the $39,000 mark to a peak of $39,231.40, a roughly 12 percent gain from a day earlier, CoinDesk data show.<\/p>\n
That helped drive the combined market value of all cryptocurrencies up nearly 11 percent to $1.05 trillion, according to CryptoMarketCap.com, which tracks hundreds of digital tokens.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin alone accounts for the vast majority of that total with a market capitalization of about $726 billion, the site says.<\/p>\n
Smaller coins also saw strong gains Thursday \u2014 Etherium, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, was recently up 8.2 percent at $1,248.19, while XRP surged nearly 36 percent to about 34 cents, according to CoinDesk.<\/p>\n
Once a fascination of amateur retail traders, Bitcoin has been on a record-breaking tear in recent months as it gained traction among institutional investors. <\/p>\n
The cryptocurrency has been buoyed by perceptions that it’s a good way to protect against inflation. JPMorgan Chase analysts have said Bitcoin could even become an alternative to gold \u2014 which could eventually drive its price up to $146,000.<\/p>\n
There are also hopes that Bitcoin will become a more widely used payment method, with mainstream digital payments firms such as PayPal and Square allowing Bitcoin on their platforms.<\/p>\n
Square bought $50 million worth of Bitcoin in October, and CEO Jack Dorsey \u2014 who also leads Twitter \u2014 published an open letter this week slamming a federal proposal that would force the company to more carefully track cryptocurrency transactions.<\/p>\n
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