The world is going crazy with Bitcoin. Few people do not notice this. However, if investors in the west are intrigued by cryptocurrency, then users of South Korea and Japan succumbed to full-scale hysteria, in particular, the price of Bitcoin on Japanese and Korean stock exchanges is 5-10% higher than in European and American exchanges. Which countries will become the next victims of cryptomania? Obviously, first, the cryptocurrency is paid attention where the national currency is unstable and subject to high inflation.

Bitcoin enthusiasts and financial experts are beginning to listen to the opinion of the former manager of the Fortress investment fund and the longtime supporter of the crypto currency, Michael Novogratz, which predicts an even higher price for Bitcoins. 

According to CoinMarketCap.com, the market capitalization of all the Cryptocurrency at the time of publication is approximately $ 305 billion, and the capitalization of Bitcoin is 53.5 of this amount: about $ 163 billion. The price of Bitcoin exceeded $ 9,000 and is approaching the next historical milestone of $ 10,000. Today morning, the Cryptocurrency was trading at $ 9,657, according to the Coindesk BPI index. In other words, Bitcoin to achieve a five-figure price is enough to rise in price by only 3.5%, while only over the past 24 hours the growth was more than 8%.

Elon Musk is a multi-faceted character. A billionaire, a visionary, the owner of companies such as Tesla and SpaceX, and in general one of the most inspiring and intriguing figures in the high-tech business. 

While the price of Bitcoin beats the record for the record, many prominent figures of the financial world are in a hurry to express their opinion on what is happening. 

Financial analyst and founder of Fundstrat, as well as former chief strategy strategist JPMorgan Chase, Tom Lee predicts the growth of Bitcoin by 40%. In his opinion, the price will reach $ 11 500 by the middle of 2018. "For several weeks our forecast was neutral, since the price of Bitcoin at that time (about $ 7,400) exceeded our estimates. Two weeks ago, Bitcoin fell to $ 5 600 and rebounded, setting a new high. This drop to $ 5 600 cleared the market from investors who quickly got rid of the crypto currency, and we do not see the need to be cautious ... We recommend buying Bitcoins at current levels. "

Recently, the founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma said that he does not have much interest in Bitcoin. What do the heads of Chinese giants of e-commerce - Alibaba, JD and 58.com say today about Bitcoin and blockchain? On November 10, Jack Ma talked about his film "The Art of Attack and Defense" (Gong Shou Dao) at the "Dialogue with Jack Ma" event in Shanghai. The actress, whose brother is obsessed with Bitcoin, asked the billionaire how he looks at the future of the cryptocurrency.

Will there be a happy owner of $ 245 million, willing to spend it on restoring the infamous MtGox exchange? Having not yet paid off with lenders who have been waiting for a refund for almost four years, Mark Karpeles, who has grown thin in a Japanese prison, wants to restore the exchange and even hopes for community support. Therefore, without pleading guilty to the charges against him of money laundering and embezzlement, Karpeles stated that the revival of MtGox would help creditors get some of the money lost because of the bankruptcy of the exchange. Otherwise, due to the complexity of the bankruptcy procedure, creditors can hardly hope for early repayments. Karpeles told this in his blog.

The Yahoo Finance portal conducted a survey among investors on the topic of how they relate to Bitcoin. The survey involved 6,300 portal readers. So, the questions and the results: Did you buy Bitcoins? 23% of respondents answered that they bought Bitcoins, of which more than half started buying them since the beginning of 2017, and 20% still own them.

Banks of Hong Kong complicate the life of companies associated with Bitcoin. According to recent reports, players of the banking market refuse to cryptocurrency companies to open accounts, freeze existing accounts and delay any processes without any valid reasons. "Over the past two or three months, we have tripled our customer base," explains Thomas Glucksmann of Gatecoin. "The price of Bitcoin was growing, the amount of money that customers invested increased - banks could not choose the worst time that put us in the wheel."