The value of virtual currency bitcoin jumped today by 25 percent and reached $ 500 for the first time since August 2014.
Tom jump, among other things, contributed to the demand from China, officials said.
The value of bitcoin is particularly varied in recent years. Virtual currency, which slid below the level of 198 dollars a platform for the exchange of Bitstamp after the fall of the value of the yuan at the end of August, has since surged 150 percent and reached 502 dollars.
Bitcoin digital and global currency, which was created in 2009. No one knows exactly who is the creator of the currency, which is independent of the central bank, the government. All the more people buy for real money via the Internet and pay by cash or by card, through Peypal.