One Bitcoin now worth more than RM25,000
Publish date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017, 09:26 AM
NEW YORK: Bitcoin surged to a record high of more than US$6,000 (approximately RM25,000) on Friday, pushing its market capitalisation to US$100 billion at one point, as investors continued to bet on an asset that has a limited supply and has paved the way for a whole slew of crypto-currencies.
The original virtual currency has gained over 500 per cent this year, more than any other tradable asset class. Bitcoin though is very volatile - posting gains and losses as high as 26 per cent and 16 per cent respectively on any given day.
On Friday, bitcoin hit a record peak US$6,000.10 on the BitStamp platform, and was last at US$5,964.24, up 4.7 per cent on the day.
Bitcoin is a digital currency that can either be held as an investment, or used as a foundation for future applications through the blockchain, its underlying technology. The blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions.
It is more scarce though than most people realise. The number of bitcoins in existence is not expected to exceed 21 million. -- REUTERS
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2017-10-21 11:31
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2017-10-21 12:48
who hold since the beginning,only the bosses lah......tipu people one,same like money game
2017-10-21 13:39
Stay away from bitcoin. This is another geneva gold in bigger scale.
Those who buy bitcoin will later
BIT = BITE
COIN = CON
YES CONMAN WILL BITE YOU!!!
SO STAY FAR AWAY!!
2017-10-22 22:18
Dutch family sells everything to bet on bitcoin
Bitcoin surged through the US$5,000 level on Oct 12, 2017 for the first time since the launch of the unregulated virtual currency more than eight years ago.
Bitcoin surged through the US$5,000 level on Oct 12, 2017 for the first time since the launch of the unregulated virtual currency more than eight years ago.PHOTO: AFP
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THE HAGUE (AFP) - A Dutch family has sold virtually all they own, including a business, their home, two cars and a motorbike and invested the takings in bitcoin just as the virtual currency is soaring to new heights.
"We are putting everything into bitcoin, we've sold everything to invest in this currency," Didi Taihuttu told AFP.
The 39-year-old is currently living in a camping ground with his family, aiming "to put as much money as possible to one side and transform it into bitcoin".
Having turned his back on a "materialistic life" three months ago, Taihuttu and his wife and three daughters, aged 12, 10 and seven, are living in a small holiday chalet in a camping ground in eastern Venlo and are watching their savings "grow every minute somewhere on the cloud".
Bitcoin, a crypto currency created from computer code, was worth only a few US cents when it was launched in February 2009 by someone using the Japanese-sounding name Satoshi Nakamoto.
Unlike a real-world unit such as the US dollar or euro, bitcoin has no central bank and is not backed by any government and is not generally recognised as a currency.
But bitcoin can be exchanged for goods and services - or for other currencies - provided the other party is willing to accept it.
Last week, it surged through the US$5,000 level for the first time since its launch - representing a rise of more than 400 per cent just this year.
"It's the currency of the future," said Taihuttu, who is an IT specialist and until recently ran a company employing 16 people.
"We are taking part in a revolution, or an evolution of the monetary system," he added, predicting that "by 2020 the bitcoin will probably be worth 25,000 euros". That equates to S$40,000.
Bitcoin is traded through blockchain technology, which publicly records transaction details including the unique alphanumeric strings that identify buyers and sellers - technology which is gaining increasing currency among banks and companies.
Taihuttu and his family have "already invested tens of thousands of euros" and the money from the sale of their house will be added to it.
Should things go wrong, however, he and his family will just "go back to square one".
But if he wins his bet, Taihuttu wants to "show the world to (his) daughters and help people poorer than us with the earned money".
2017-10-23 00:46
That Dutch guy is just living his dreams of being a 21st century hipster. Selling 'everything' to speculate on something based on 1s and 0s in the cloud is just a self marketing ploy. 'Should things go wrong' he and his family will have the government to support his welfare, and probably contributions from silly people in go Fund me. Blockchain has it's merits and applications. Bitcoin is just the 21st century Ponzi scheme.
2017-10-24 04:48
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