The Bitcoin Price Just Crossed $1,000 Again

The Bitcoin Price Just Crossed $1,000 Again

The price of bitcoin exceeded $1,000 on the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index at around 08:20 GMT today. The price of bitcoin has, once again, reached $1,000 on popular bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The first time the price of bitcoin reached this level was on 27th November after interest in the cryptocurrency spiked across the world, but primarily in China. A few weeks later, the price started to tumble after China's central bank imposed restrictions on the involvement of the country's banks and third-party payment processors in bitcoin. On 5th December, the central bank said Chinese financial....


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