比特币涨破5万美元关口

自今年年初以来，比特币的价值在着名商界人士埃隆·马斯克的推动下上涨了75%。

Bitcoin soared through the key $50,000 level on Tuesday for the first time as the growing acceptance of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency among large banks and investment funds continued to draw in mainstream investors.

2月16日，随着比特币这一天下**的数字加密货币越来越受到大银行和投资基金的认可，进而源源不断地吸引着主流投资者，比特币**涨破50,000美元关口。

After a meteoric rise in which its value increase by 75% since the start of the year, bitcoin hit $50,547.70 in European trading at around 12.35pm GMT.

自今年年初以来，比特币的价值在一次迅速上涨中飙升75%，之后在2月16日格林威治标准时间下昼12:35左右，比特币的价值在欧洲生意中达到了50,547.70美元。

The price surge means Elon Musk’s electric car company Tesla has piled up a virtual profit of £420m in the week since the entrepreneur said the car company had bought bitcoins then worth $1.5bn. At the time of the announcement, on 8 February, they were trading at $39,406.

这一次的比特币上涨意味着着名商界人士埃隆·马斯克的电动汽车公司特斯拉在本周内积累了420,000,000英镑的虚拟收益，埃隆·马斯克曾示意特斯拉公司购置了那时价值1,500,000,000美元的比特币。在2月8日宣布特斯拉购置比特币的新闻时，该公司以每比特币39,406美元的价格成交。

On last March, bitcoin was trading at below $6,000 and in 2016 a single coin was worth less than $400.

就在去年3月的时刻，比特币只能以每币低于6000美元的价格成交。而在2016年，每比特币的价值低于400美元。

比特币**涨破50,000美元关口

*ysts said the increase was a combination of endorsements from prominent business people, including Musk, and several investment banks that have said they would buy the currency.

有分析人士以为，此次上涨的缘故原由离不开马斯克等着名商界人士以及几家曾示意会购置比特币的投资银行的支持。

PayPal users in the US can buy and sell a selection of cryptocurrencies, while Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and chief executive, recent said he and the rapper Jay-Z would buy 500 bitcoin – now worth £25m – to start an endowment fund for Africa and India.

在线支付平台PayPal在美国的用户能够选择一种数字加密货币举行买入和卖出。社交平台推特的团结创始人兼首席执行官杰克·多西最近示意他和说唱歌手Jay-Z将购置500比特币——现在价值25,000,000英镑——用于建立一个资助非洲和印度的基金。

Morgan Stanley has said that its $150bn investment fund is looking close at a large purchase of bitcoins, while it is understood that Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, which have been wary of cryptocurrencies, are soon to announce investments.

摩根士丹利投资公司示意，其正思量用150,000,000,000美元的投资基金大量买入比特币。同时据了解，一直对数字加密货币持谨慎态度的高盛团体和摩根大通团体很快也将宣布投资比特币的新闻。

As the price of bitcoin rocketed in late 2017, JP Morgan’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, called the currency a fraud that would not end well, saying he would “fire in a second” any JP Morgan staff member trading bitcoin, because it was against the bank’s rules and was “stupid”. More recent, however, Dimon’s views have changed, with him conceding at the end of last year that a number of “very art people” were buying the cryptocurrency, although he said it was “not my cup of tea”.

比特币的价格从2017年终**快速增长，那时摩根大通团体的首席执行官杰米·戴蒙称其为一场不会有好下场的圈套，并示意他会“马上开除”任何生意比特币的摩根大通团体员工，由于这种行为有悖于该团体的宗旨，而且十分“愚蠢”。然而最近戴蒙的看法发生了改变，他在去年终示意，虽然那“不是我的菜”，然则许多“异常伶俐的人”正在购置比特币。

There are still many sceptics. Last month the Bank of America Securities’ chief investment strategist, Michael Hartnett, said the recent surge in price may be “the mother of all bubbles”.

另有许多人对此持怀疑态度。上个月，美银证券的首席计谋分析师迈克尔·哈特尼特示意，最近的比特币上涨也许会成为“泡沫之母”。