The market capitalization of crypto currency for the first time exceeded $ 150 billion.
This is reported on the portal Coinmarketcap.com.
By 22:00 the capitalization was $ 151.9 billion.
The first place is occupied by Bitcoin (BTC): its capitalization at 22:00 is estimated at $ 68.99 billion.
In second place is Ethereum with a capitalization of $ 30.21 billion.
On the third - Ripple's CIP with a capitalization of $ 10.9 billion, on the fourth - Bitcoin Cash with a capitalization of $ 10.11 billion.
Today, August 13, the exchange rate of the Bitcoin crypto currency for the first time exceeded the $ 4,000 mark for the unit.
August 10 in Kiev on the territory of one of the objects of the Institute of Electric Welding. Paton officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National Police found 200 computer equipment that were engaged in "mining" - the generation of Bitcoin crypto currency.
In Kropiwnicki, SBU and GFS officers at the procedural direction of the regional prosecutor's office stopped the activities of the inter-regional convergence center with a multimillion-dollar turnover. During searches in the office envelope, at the place of residence and in the cars of the defendants, the SBU's employees found seals of a number of fictitious enterprises, check books, bank cards and documentation, which proves the conduct of financial transactions, as well as powerful computer equipment used to "clear" the crypto currency.