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比特幣價格再度達到6萬美元，主流機構接受比特幣比例提高
本週，比特幣價格持續走高。週四的價格漲破60000美元大關，再創新高，為2020年3月19日以來首次。coingecko網站的數據顯示，目前，比特幣的價格為59724美元，市值約為1.12萬億美元。在過去24小時裡，比特幣的價格最高為60323美元，最低為58247美元。
今年3月份，比特幣價格累計上漲超過27%。今年迄今為止，比特幣價格累計上漲了102%。
現在，越來越多的主流投資者和公司接受加密貨幣。今年3月初，高盛宣布，由於機構客戶的需求增加，它將重啟起加密貨幣交易部門。
上週三，特斯拉首席執行長馬斯克（Elon Musk）在推特上表示，特斯拉現在接受比特幣支付。也就是說，該公司的電動汽車現在可以使用比特幣購買。
上個月，特斯拉還大舉投資比特幣。該公司在提交給美國證券交易委員會（SEC）的一份文件中披露，它已買入價值15億美元的比特幣，以實現投資的“多樣化和最大化”。
最近，比特幣的交易價格一直沒有低於5萬美元，原因是有越來越多公司宣布接受這種數位資產。
本週一Visa表示，它將允許用戶使用加密貨幣在其支付網路上結算交易。本週二，PayPal宣布，將很快向2900萬家商戶提供新的加密貨幣結算服務，該服務將允許用戶用比特幣和其他三種知名加密貨幣支付商品。
本週四，摩根大通再次對比特幣價格做出預測，該機構將比特幣的目標價從14.6萬美元下調至13萬美元。摩根大通估計，如果比特幣能與私營部門的黃金投資相當，那麼比特幣的長期價值可能達到13萬美元。
More companies, including PayPal and Starbucks, are accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment, despite volatility warnings
Bitcoin is becoming an increasingly popular payment option among many companies.
Fast-food chains, big tech firms, and leading drinks companies are embracing cryptocurrencies.
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Rarely does a news cycle go by without some mention of bitcoin’s growing popularity, from fans and skeptics alike.
Its prices on trading exchanges tumbled around Thanksgiving last year — only to roar back and set an all-time high of $19,857 on November 30: a 177% year-to-date increase that put the S&P 500’s 14% rise to shame, as Insider previously reported.
Then, last month, the cryptocurrency hit an all-time high, with prices surging to $60,000. One quirk of the increase meant that two pizzas bought by crypto legend Laszlo Hanyecz would have effectively been worth $613 million.
Bitcoin’s volatility is well-publicized and has led many investors, including Warren Buffet, to criticize it and other cryptocurrencies as “risky” and “worthless.” Such warnings have not dissuaded more companies from accepting the currency as an official payment option, however.
In February, Elon Musk announced that Tesla would accept bitcoin as a form of payment for all models of its cars in the US. In addition, Twitter’s CEO and founder, Jack Dorsey, teamed up with Jay-Z for a bitcoin endowment. The pair will invest 500 bitcoins to develop the currency in India and Africa.
Although Tesla stole the headlines, there are also hundreds of other notable companies that accept the cryptocurrency as a valid form of payment, across various industries.
Fast food
Burger King Venezuela accepts cryptocurrencies as payment. AP
Restaurant Brands International is one of the world’s largest fast-food holding companies. It is the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes.
Last year, Burger King Venezuela announced it will begin accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It collaborated with Cryptobuyer, a platform that generates conversion of cryptocurrencies to normal currency, Yahoo Finance reported.
Yum Brands, which operates KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, is also accepting cryptocurrencies.
The corporation permitted bitcoin as a valid payment method at Pizza Hut Venezuela last year. Yum Brands also partnered with CryptoBuyer to initiate the launch of crypto payment methods, according to Nasdaq.
For a short period of time, KFC Canada accepted the cryptocurrency as payment for products such as the Bitcoin Bucket, via a partnership with BitPay, per Yahoo Finance.
Big tech
PayPal announced in October 2020 that users can buy, sell, and hold selective cryptocurrencies through their Cash or Cash Plus accounts starting in 2021. AP
After provisionally pausing from accepting the cryptocurrency as a valid payment method due to its volatility, Xbox is accepting bitcoin payments for Xbox store credits.
Meanwhile, PayPal announced in October 2020 that users can buy, sell, and hold selective cryptocurrencies through their Cash or Cash Plus accounts, starting in 2021, Yahoo Finance reports.
Users will also have the ability to learn and track crypto within their PayPal app.
Although Amazon does not directly permit bitcoin as a valid payment method, you can buy Amazon vouchers and gift cards through Bitrefill. This is a crypto-only company that authorizes users to top up subscription-based services, and then spend them on Amazon.
Drinks companies
Coca-Cola Amatil announced their partnership with an online assets platform, Centrapay, to permit bitcoin as an official payment method last year. AP
Coca-Cola Amatil is one of the world’s biggest bottlers and distributors of non-alcoholic and ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia Pacific region.
Last year, the company announced in a press release their partnership with an online assets platform, Centrapay. This enabled it to accept bitcoin as an official payment method. There are about 2,000 vending machines in Australia and New Zealand that now accept cryptocurrency, according to a CoinDesk report.
Elsewhere, Starbucks began testing bitcoin payments last year through the app, Bakkt, Nasdaq reported.
This week, the digital asset marketplace app launched their digital-wallet application, in which users can convert bitcoin into USD to reload their Starbucks Card.