The most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin has broken its previous historical record by setting a new one – $49,265 is the value of the coin.

Therefore, during the trading session, bitcoin increased by 2.95 percent, as of 9:12 am Moscow time.

Earlier, on February 11, it was reported that the price reached $48,399.

Bitcoin’s sharp growth began after Tesla announced that it was buying a $1.5 billion cryptocurrency and indicated that it would begin accepting bitcoin as a method of payment for its products “in the near future”.