Get your gloves on, because you’re going to need them. Digital currency bitcoin is absolutely on fire after hitting an all-time high of $4,183.30 over this past weekend.
Since concerns about a possible split into two separate currencies riled the bitcoin community in mid-July, the cryptocurrency has since more than doubled in value. This year alone bitcoin has quadrupled in value, while on a peak-to-trough basis over the trailing two-year period we’re talking about a 1,500% increase.