Bitcoin price soars above $5,000 to all-time high

Rising price of the cryptocurrency, now worth four times as much as an ounce of gold, has sparked warnings of a bubble

The price of bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency, has smashed through $5,000 to a new all-time high.

Bitcoin is now trading at $5,186 compared with $966 at the start of the year. The digital currency has soared 750% in the past year, and is now worth four times as much as an ounce of gold.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2ycq0l4