Data Shows Bitcoin Has Radically Changed
Story by: Billy Bambrough
Bitcoin, which has exploded back into the public consciousness over the last few months due to its surging price and a raft of positive cryptocurrency developments, is still a relatively new technology, just into its tenth year.
The bitcoin price, the biggest driver of bitcoin and cryptocurrency awareness, has gone from pennies per bitcoin 10 years ago to around $8,000 and has thrust crypto into the investment limelight as individuals and institutions scramble to grab a slice of the bitcoin pie.
Now, research has found bitcoin has matured as an asset, evidenced by analysis of increasingly complex bitcoin and cryptocurrency conversations (mostly), a drop in fraud concerns, and people talking more about the future of bitcoin than the past.
The research, from data provider Indexica and first reported by financial newswire Bloomberg, found there had been a “coming of age” for bitcoin, based on the study of the language used in thousands of text documents.
Bitcoin, which rose from under $1,000 per bitcoin to almost $20,000 in 2017, floundered in 2018 as the expected investment in cryptocurrencies from major financial institution and adoption from big retailers failed to materialize.
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