Bitcoin briefly flippens Swiss franc after rally to new ATH

Bitcoin briefly flippens Swiss franc after rally to new ATH

The crypto asset's market capitalization overtook the Russian ruble in February after a major announcement from car manufacturer Tesla. After hitting a new all-time high price approaching $67,000 earlier on Wednesday, the market capitalization of Bitcoin briefly surpassed the total market cap of the Swiss franc.According to data from Fiatmarketcap, Bitcoin’s market cap was more than $1.263 trillion when the price of the crypto asset reached an all-time high of roughly $67,000 earlier on Wednesday. This briefly exceeded the value of the circulating supply of the Swiss franc at....


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