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First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $50K and Crypto's Nouveau Riche Move In

Break of psychological threshold pushes largest cryptocurrency's year-to-date return to 70%, as a new breed of upstart tokens pushes industry market cap past $1.5T.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 12:11 p.m. Published Feb 16, 2021, 1:56 p.m.
Bitcoin on Tuesday passed the psychological price hurdle of $50,000 for the first time.
Bitcoin on Tuesday passed the psychological price hurdle of $50,000 for the first time.