比特币泡沫：加密货币Bitcoin创新高达20,000美元，专家警告崩盘

The digital cash shot up in value again today as it doubled the 10,000 dollar milestone it hit in late November.The cryptocurrency’s staggering recent price rises — more than 1,700 percent since the start of the year — have driven worries that the market is a bubble that could burst in spectacular fashion.

Bitcoin has climbed almost 80 percent so far in December alone, putting it on track for its best month in percentage terms since December 2013.

On Friday it reached as high as $17,900 n the Bitstamp exchange.

And just two days later it crossed the threshold of $20,000, adding more than a fifth to its value since Monday.The rise comes after a recent survey of 53 economists carried out by the Wall Street Journal found that 51 considered bitcoin’s price unsustainable.

While a survey of Wall Street experts and market strategists by CNBC also claimed they saw bitcoin’s rise as a bubble – with many warning it will inevitably burst.

This week, US investor Grant Sabatier – who made almost a million dollars after investing just £3,000 into Bitcoin, warned the currency may be worthless.

Mr Sabatier, who is the founder of Millennial Money and lives in Chicago with his wife, said Bitcoin is “short-term gambling, not investing”.He added: “I decided to buy as a long-term experiment and used less than one per cent of my net worth at the time to buy into Bitcoin.

“Sure, I wanted to make money on it, but if I lost everything, it wasn’t going to change the course of my life.

“Bitcoin is trading at $16,600 (£12,414.48), which makes my bitcoins now worth $1,148,720 (£859,081.74).

“It took me five years working 80-hour weeks to make over $1million (£747,860) saving and investing in the stock market.

“It’s by far, without a doubt, the easiest money I have ever made. But I don’t recommend you invest in Bitcoin today.”

Outside of the crypto market, worries have also grown about the amount of money piling into the space.A study by Anglia Ruskin University, Trinity College Dublin and Dublin City University released on Friday said bitcoin could pose a threat to the financial stability of traditional currencies and markets.

“Our evidence finds that the price of Bitcoin has been artificially inflated by speculative investment, putting it in a bubble,” said Larisa Yarovaya, one of the report’s authors and a lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University.

“Although bitcoin is not regulated by governments, it could still have a knock-on effect on traditional markets due to the interconnectedness of cryptocurrency markets with other financial assets.”

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