Bitcoin now costs more than $12,000

The bitcoin exchange rate per day increased by almost 14.5% and for the first time since January 2018 exceeded the $12,000 mark, according to data from the Coinmarketcap portal. As of 12:30 Moscow time, it exceeded $12,500 per unit of cryptocurrency. In 2017, Bitcoin peaked at more than $20,000, but a year later, its rate fell below $4,000.

• The rapid rise in the price of bitcoin is associated with an increase in interest in cryptocurrencies in connection with the launch of the Libra cryptocurrency transfer system from Facebook and increased risks due to the US economic war with China, according to Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters.
• Bitcoin will grow “rather rapidly” and will soon overcome the historical maximum, says Yuri Pripachkin, President of the Russian Association of Cryptoeconomics and Blockchain.
• Due to global instability, the digital currency may rise in price up to $100,000, claims . analyst Naeem Aslam
• Large players are betting on the fall of bitcoin , small players are bullying the course, writes WSJ.
• We have analyzed in detail how Libra works and how it differs from Bitcoin and most cryptocurrencies, such as Durov's TON platform, here .