The bitcoin does not stop passing its records and has tripled its value in the last three months.

Bitcoin briefly surpassed the symbolic threshold of US $ 60,000 on Saturday for the first time in its history, according to the specialized site CoinMarketCap .

The cryptocurrency’s price hit $ 60,197 at 12:34 (GMT) and continued to hover around this symbolic threshold on Saturday, according to the same source.

The bitcoin does not stop passing its records and has tripled its value in the last three months: in mid-December it was still worth only US $ 20,000.

In recent days, ” bitcoin has risen because investors await the imminent arrival of the checks ” provided for consumers in the US stimulus plan, analyst Neil Wilson of Markets.com explained in a note on Friday .

Americans will begin receiving the first $ 1,400 in checks and transfers this weekend from the $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package ratified Thursday by President Joe Biden , his administration announced Friday.

” The US stimulus checks will allow small investors to put a portion of their funds in bitcoin, ” said Naeem Aslam, an analyst at AvaTrade, who says he expects progress to continue ” as buying bitcoin is now much easier .”

The exponential growth of the cryptocurrency worries some market observers, who do not exclude a strong correction, even the bursting of a bubble.

While some are wary of the volatility of the bitcoin market , others estimate that the situation is very different from 2017, when prices had risen with even greater momentum before crashing in early 2018.

In addition to mutual funds and some companies such as the American automaker Tesla, with a multi-million dollar investment in cryptocurrency, many individuals buy fractions of bitcoin , taking advantage of the many platforms that have flourished in recent years.

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