The rate of the most popular crypto currency has come close to an important psychological mark of $ 10 thousand. According to the portal CoinMarketCap, by 09:30 Moscow time the cost of bitcoin increased to $ 9,742, having increased over the past day by 10.12%. Along with bitcoin other crypto currencies also grow in price.
The cost of the airtime at the moment is $ 940 (+ 8.27%), for 1 ripple give $ 1.15 (+ 8.63%), bitcoin cache has grown to $ 1356 (+ 5.84%). In the market of crypto-currencies, currently $ 429.08 billion. Bitcoin accounts for about 35% of all funds, the share of ether is 20%, ripple - 10%. Dynamics of the last week testifies: for криптовалют the black strip behind. Experts attribute the stabilization of the market to the fact that the future contracts for bitcoins on the Chicago Option Exchange expired.
Hoping to at least make some money on this, investors at the last moment rushed to buy up the crypto currency, which led to an increase in the rate. Other analysts say: the rise in price of bitcoin is a long-term phenomenon. In early February, virtual money reached the bottom: their value fell below $ 6,000. After that, the rapid takeoff. In just ten days, the Crypto currency has risen in price one and a half times and continues to gain points. The rapid devaluation of the Crypto-currency in January did not dissuade the most persistent investors in the fact that virtual money is worth investing in their capital. This confidence was so strong that it helped the bitcoin out of the pike, despite the negative news. In recent weeks, large states have announced a tightening of the policy in the field of crypto-regulation. Virtual currencies were included in the new EU directive on combating money laundering. And large American and British banks banned buying bitcoins on their credit cards. Nevertheless, interest in a fast-growing financial instrument outweighed all fears of experts and state officials. Some Russian experts say that our country should not "stand in the way of progress" and be frightened of new technologies.
Crypto-currencies require caution and a conscious approach, but Russia, with its enormous energy potential, could easily become a world leader in the mining of crypto-currencies. According to Yevgeny Lifshits, a member of the State Duma's expert council for the development of the digital economy, the head of the Cyber ??
Security Agency, the country is experiencing a surplus of energy generation "because of the expensive slow-moving export system". Surplus from HPPs and nuclear power plants could easily be put into production of virtual money. However, this idea lacks critics. "The entire system, in which the bitcoin holders and owners of the detachments run, is concerned not with strengthening the Russian economy, but with personal enrichment, absolutely beyond anyone's control," retorted the academician of the International Informatization Academy Anatoly Yurkov.