The value of the Bitcoin reached its maximum value in late 2013, just before the Mt. Gox exchange was hacked. The digital currency peaked the value on 1 January and now is trading above $1,009. Over 5 million bitcoins were traded in a 24-hour period since the turn of the year, with nearly 38 billion yen traded (approx. $3.2 billion) China is the country that most of all have invested in Bitcoin in the last months due to the drop of the national currency, the yuan.”]
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