Bitcoin in circulation now exceeds $ 1 trillion

The value of Bitcoin is currently constantly increasing. While a bitcoin was worth no less than $ 29,000 at the start of the year, that value has now almost doubled to over $ 57,000 as of this writing.

Bitcoin weighs more than Facebook’s market value

This titanic value suggests that the combined value of all bitcoin in circulation exceeds $ 1 trillion. In other words, this digital currency weighs more than the market capitalization of social media giant Facebook, although it is yet to equalize with the market capitalization of other tech giants like Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.

In any case, the first Bitcoin billionaire in the world would be the creator of this cryptocurrency which bears the pseudonym Satoshi Nakomoto which would have extracted more than a million bitcoins in the first months of the cryptocurrency. However, no one knows Nakamoto’s true identity and he abruptly disappeared in 2011.

Satoshi Nakomoto is said to be one of the richest people in the world

But if Nakamoto were still alive and kept his keys, their value would now reach over $ 50 billion, making him one of the 20 richest people in the world. Behind him would be two more likely Bitcoin billionaires, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

Harvard alumni who fought with Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook. However, after this litigation, they would have invested $ 11 million in this cryptocurrency in 2013 and as their value was $ 120 at the time, they would have obtained 100,000 bitcoins which is currently worth several billion dollars as well.