Bitcoin course for the first time lasted above $ 1000

The cost of bitcoin for the first time lasted at a level above $ 1000. This is evidenced by Coindesk.

The cryptocurrency rate exceeded $ 1000 on February 14. On February 24, Bitcoin updated the historical maximum and reached a cost of $ 1172, for a month the price of cryptocurrency continued to grow. In early March, it exceeded the cost of triple ounce of gold, which is $ 1234.

At the maximum of cryptocurrency cost $ 1327. At 10:30:30 Bitcoin was sold for $ 1251.

A significant impact on the currency was the decision of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which refused to approve the world's first bitcoin exchange fund. After this decision, its cost fell by 30% from $ 1290 to $ 1022.

Bitcoin overcame the mark of $ 1000 on January 2 for the first time since 2013.

The first deal with bitcoin was concluded in 2009. In Russia, the first transaction using blockchain technology was completed seven years later. She was concluded by S7 Airlines and Alfa-Bank.