Bitcoin for the first time in a year began to cost above 10 thousand dollars

The cost of bitcoin began to grow on June 20, for the day the cryptocurrency added about 6%. Over the past two months

Bitcoin has become twice as expensive.

The experts polled by the Arstechnica publicationcould not say why the price of bitcoin rose sharply. But one of the obvious options is the news about Facebook's own cryptocurrency - Libra. It is a potential competitor to Bitcoin, but, according to experts, this also legitimizes the cryptocurrency market.

Facebook officially presented its Libra cryptocurrency. It will be tied to real assets! sathies ...

Facebook plans to launch its cryptocurrency in the first half of 2020. Its creators will introduce Libra into all platforms - in Messenger and WhatsApp, and later - for purchases on Instagram.

Journalists also point out that the rising costBitcoin is part of the broader cryptocurrency boom. Etherium, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Monero, and Dash also updated their maximum value in 2019.