The price of the most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin broke the record again. Now one coin costs more than 48 thousand dollars, according to trade data.

On the morning of Tuesday, February 9, bitcoin rose in price by 23.28 percent to $48,119. At the time of publication of the material, the cost was $47,829. At the previous high, Bitcoin reached more than 45 thousand dollars.

The sharp rise was appeared in the afternoon on Monday, February 8, after Tesla announced the purchase of a $1.5 billion cryptocurrency. The company also pointed out that it plans to start accepting bitcoin as a method of payment for its products “in the near future”.