Bitcoin’s Market Value Now Exceeds That of Facebook
Bitcoin’s Market Value Now Exceeds That of Facebook
The explosive surge in the rise of the price of bitcoin has propelled the market value of the leading cryptocurrency past that of social media giant Facebook.
- With a market value at this writing of $761.5 billion, bitcoin is now more valuable than all but six publicly traded companies, sitting between Tesla at $805.3 billion and Facebook at $752.4 billion.
- After rising more than 300% in 2020, the price of bitcoin is still climbing at an astonishing rate, having gained more than 40% in the last eight days. Bitcoin is currently at $40,758.95, up about 4% in the last 24 hours. It closed 2020 at $29,111.63.
- During the past several days, bitcoin has also risen up the ranks of the world’s most valuable currencies, overtaking the Russian Ruble and the Thai Baht, to sit just above the Baht and below the Swiss Franc.
