Cryptocurrency Market for Bitcoin Worth $19.48 Billion in 2016
Bitcoin remains the clear market leader in the world of cryptocurrency, although several competitors have come to fruition in the past few years When looking at the cryptocurrency market as a whole, this movement is becoming quite popular and keeps increasing in value. Not all of that value – US$19.481 bn – stems forth from the Bitcoin price itself, but also the companies active in this space. Bitcoin Ecosystem Value Gets Close to US$20bn. For an initiative only a few dedicated people thought would be successful, the Bitcoin protocol has seen spectacular growth over the past seven years.....
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