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Bitcoin surpasses $10,000 for the first time — CNBC

All that glitters is not gold; sometimes it can be bitcoin. The digital currency hit $10,000, according to CoinDesk.

Bitcoin’s market cap is less than $200 billion; the digital currency could rise dramatically if it draws even a tiny fraction of the world’s $200 trillion in traditional financial market assets, Evelyn Cheng of CNBC writes.

Here is the link https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/28/bitcoin-surpasses-10000-for-the-first-time.html

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