After a declining 2018, Bitcoin now exceeded the $ 5,000 barrier for the first time in 2019.

According to Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, CEO of the BCB Group, the increase is due to an order of 100 million dollars divided between three exchanges: Coinbase, Kraken and Bitstamp.

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After this sudden increase in Bitcoin its price has been established, at the time of this publication the cost of Bitcoin is $ 5,030.92