Just This week alone bitcoin is already up 13.5% which might not seem like a lot but go toss that in a bank and come talk to me in 5 -7 years ;)
Bitcoin has seen a few major pumps of jumps in the upwards $100-$300 range which I am still trying to figure out where they came from. But between them has been a steady increase.
Early investor in Tesla, Skype and Hotmail says bitcoin will be even bigger then all of them combined. But I question if it already might be with a value of 156 BILLION dollars!
But still this means bitcoin needs to hit nearly 300 Billion in order to get to the point it was late in December. However I believe we will be reaching close to it and then test the waters of possibly completely blowing it away. What will tell is if lightning holds up and transactions don't become bogged down and have high fees again(for miners this will be nice wink wink)
So get those mining contracts fired up, start collecting all the coins you can and get ready for one wild ride!
P.S I have my very own faucet now up and running for bitcoin. Depending on the success of it (which means you come back often and claim) I will launch other coins and possible invest time and money into one for Steem and SBD! Thanks for your support
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