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Bitcoin hits historic high of $10,000 – but is the bubble about to burst?

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Bitcoin hits historic high of $10,000 - but is the bubble about to burst?
The virtual currency Bitcoin doesn’t actuall exist in physical form. But it’s making people extremely rich nonetheless (Photo: George Frey/Getty Images)

Bitcoin surged to a record price and broke the $10,000 mark for the first time today after doubling in value over the course of just a few weeks.

The price of one single Bitcoin was $10,035 (£7,541) on the cryptocurrency exchange CEX in morning trading, having reached 5,000 dollars just a month earlier.

It has raised concerns that investors are over-estimating Bitcoin’s value, potentially meaning a crash is on the way which could leave people out of pocket.

Neil Wilson, a senior market analyst at ETX Capital, said traditional bankers and investors ‘won’t go near it’.

‘Prices are in a bubble for sure – people are buying for speculative (reasons) only and that is when you have to worry it’s a proper unsustainable bubble,’ he said.

‘Trouble is guessing whether we are in the boom phase or have moved into the euphoria phase.’

Bitcoin hits historic high of $10,000 - but is the bubble about to burst?
This graph shows the stratospheric rise in the value of Bitcoin (Picture: Coinbase)

Wilson also noted that the Bitcoin price has not yet reached $10,000 on other exchanges, which he said indicated that this was an ‘incredibly immature market that is completely decentralized and unregulated, which makes it totally unsuitable for institutional investors’.

Bitcoin has faced notable criticism in recent months, with JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon taking aim at the cryptocurrency, calling it ‘a fraud’ and saying he would fire employees found to be trading the digital currency for being ‘stupid’.

‘From an investment point of view we are still in the very early stages and the investment community just doesn’t know enough, doesn’t have the depth of data to fairly value Bitcoin,’ Mr Wilson added.

‘Volatility has been so extreme that the big institutional investors don’t want to take the risk. The massive spread between exchanges is also a problem.’

But the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has conceded that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin could be a useful tool in the future financial system.

Bitcoin hits historic high of $10,000 - but is the bubble about to burst?
Bitcoin was basically worthless when it was introduced, meaning early investors are now likely to be totally loaded (Picture: Reuters /Dado Ruvic)

She said virtual currencies could be ‘easier and safer’ to hold than paper bills in remote regions, or countries with unstable national currencies or ‘weak institutions’.

Lagarde also urged central bankers to be ‘open to fresh ideas and new demands, as economies evolve’.

A number of countries have taken a more cautious approach, however, with China and South Korea recently banning the use of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) – a digital fundraising tool which sees investors exchange cryptocurrency for ‘tokens’ representing a holding or voucher for a firm.

MORE: Is it a good time to invest in Bitcoin?

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