The bitcoin course overcame the $ 20,000 mark

The bitcoin rate has exceeded the mark of $ 20,000, it follows from the data of the site coinmarketcap. In the course of electronic trading, the Crypto currency has reached its highest level in the history of the exchange rate of $ 20042.

The total capitalization of the market, according to the portal, was $ 335.7 billion.

The bitcoin rate rose in anticipation of the beginning of trading in futures for this crypto currency at the world's largest commodity exchange CME Group, scheduled for December 18, 2017.

Earlier, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) authorized the operators of the CME Group and CBOE Global Markets to launch trading in this futures after they convinced the regulator that the new instrument meets all necessary standards.

On January 1, 2017, one bitcoin was worth $ 997 on the exchange, since the beginning of the year this crypto currency has grown 20 times.