Infographic: Bitcoin above $10,000

Bitcoin broke through $10,000 this week And that means it's time for an infographic. The Visual Capitalist summarized the most important developments of the past year in a spectacular graph, showing how the market value of the virtual currency managed to rise from $15.5 billion to $160 billion in one year.

The chart also shows the most important events, such as the fork of Bitcoin in the form of Bitcoin Cash and the ban on the issuance of new virtual currencies in China. Click on the graph for a larger version.

The Price of {{P12}} has increased by almost a factor of ten in a year, but in the meantime millions have also been raised with the issuance of new virtual coins. According to the website Coinmarketcap There are currently more than 1,300 different virtual currencies, which collectively represent a value of more than $130 billion.