This year, bitcoin has mesmerised many investors. Never mind the fact that it has doubled in price, after tripling in 2020; nor that figures such as Elon Musk have backed it — this week he tweeted that Tesla cars will be sold in bitcoin. What is even more remarkable is that some establishment players such as Citigroup now think bitcoin “may be optimally positioned to become the preferred global currency for trade” in the future, a role currently occupied by the dollar.
今年,比特幣吸引了許多投資者。且不說它的價格已翻了一番——繼2020年增長兩倍之后;也不提埃隆?馬斯克(Elon Musk)等人物對它的支持——他上周在Twitter上表示特斯拉(Tesla)汽車將接受比特幣付款。更值得注意的是,花旗集團(Citigroup)等傳統市場參與者現在認為比特幣“可能處于一個最佳位置,有望在未來成為全球貿易青睞的貨幣”,目前這一角色由美元扮演。