Bitcoin, the world’s most widely used cryptocurrency, reached a new all-time high this weekend, close to the $ 35,000 border, although it subsequently lost steam and is now around $ 32,150.

The cryptocurrency, which also trades on weekends, reached $ 34,792 yesterday, its new record, and in this Monday’s session it touched $ 33,665, according to Bloomberg data.

The digital currency has exploded since the beginning of the year bitcoin, which surpassed $ 29,000 ($ 29,292) on Thursday, the last day of 2020, broke the barrier of $ 33,000 ($ 33,277) on Saturday, a jump of $ 4,000.

From December 16 he moves to the heights

On December 16, the cryptocurrency passed the level of $ 20,000 for the first time and reached $ 21,295. From that moment on, it continued to rise, encouraged by the interest of the large fund managers.

On December 19 it surpassed the barrier of $ 24,000; on December 26 it shot up to nearly $ 27,000; and a day later it exceeded $ 28,000.

G. Febres

With information from Bloomberg and international media

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