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2. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   On 25 January 2021, Microstrategy announced that it continued to buy bitcoin and as of the same date it had holdings of ₿70,784 worth $2.38 billion. [156] On 8 February 2021 Tesla's announcement of a bitcoin purchase of US$1.5 billion and the plan to start accepting bitcoin as payment for vehicles, pushed the bitcoin price to $44,141. [157]

3. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown person. [5] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [6] with the release of its open-source implementation. [7]: ch. 1 In 2021, El Salvador adopted it as legal tender ...

4. Satoshi Nakamoto - Wikipedia

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   Satoshi Nakamoto message embedded in the coinbase of the first block. Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin's code began in the second quarter of 2007. [9] On 18 August 2008, he or a colleague registered the domain name bitcoin.org, [10] and created a web site at that address.

5. Bitcoin’s price history: From its 2009 launch to its 2025 heights

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   According to historical data at Investing.com, Bitcoin’s price never broke above $0.40 per bitcoin in 2010 but did manage to hit that level in early 2011. Then in February, it crossed $1.

6. Bitcoin just hit $100,000, but how did it get there? - AOL

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   Bitcoin has broken through the $100,000 mark for the first time—a journey 15 years in the making. By reaching the lauded $100,000 mark this morning, the cryptocurrency has officially skyrocketed ...

7. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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   Since the creation of bitcoin in 2009, the number of new cryptocurrencies has expanded rapidly. [1] The UK's Financial Conduct Authority estimated there were over 20,000 different cryptocurrencies by the start of 2023, although many of these were no longer traded and would never grow to a significant size. [2]

8. Fidelity predicts countries and central banks that once ...

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   Fidelity expects some countries to start buying Bitcoin for their treasuries and central banks to hedge against financial instability, much like gold reserves. The asset manager’s prediction ...

9. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   By November 2018, bitcoin was estimated to have an annual energy consumption of 45.8TWh, generating 22.0 to 22.9 million tons of CO 2, rivalling nations like Jordan and Sri Lanka. [250] By the end of 2021, bitcoin was estimated to produce 65.4 million tons of CO 2, as much as Greece, [251] and consume between 91 and 177 terawatt-hours annually ...