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June 17, 2019 1:40 pm
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Updated on June 17, 2019 at 2:30 pm
Bitcoin rose this weekend to $ 9,381.82, its highest level in 13 months, driven by Facebook's use of its own type of cryptocurrency.
According to data collected by the specialized portal CoinDesk, the digital currency reached $ 9,400 Sunday and remained throughout the weekend on the psychological barrier of 9,000, with an upward trend due to investor expectations.
Facebook will announce this Tuesday, June 18th, its new cryptocurrency, a project supported by companies such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Uber, which will be part of a consortium named Libra Association or Libra Project and which will act as a supervisor the badge
While the history of bitcoin (which lost in 2018 80% of its value, rising from its peak of $ 20,000 to around $ 3,000) makes its future uncertain, for the analyst. eToro, Simon Peters, a prize of 10,000 is "firmly fixed the view".
Among the reasons, in addition to Facebook's institutional commitment, geopolitical instability: not only by the US-China trade negotiations, which affect the markets since the beginning of the year, but by instability in the UK, who chooses a new prime minister to guide Brexit and protests in Hong Kong.
So far this year, the main reference cryptocurrency has been revalued by 142%, out of the $ 3,800 with which it started 2019.
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