Bitcoin BIGGER THAN TRUMP: Cryptocurrency could replace GOLD as price soars
BITCOIN is continuing to break records by generating more Google searches than Donald Trump. The cryptocurrency’s price smashed through the $11,000 ceiling for the first time this week, just days after soaring to a previous record of $10,000. And despite the US President causing a worldwide storm by retweeting Britain First and attacking Prime Minister Theresa May, Mr Trump fell behind the surging digital asset as searches for ‘Bitcoin’ exceeded those for ‘Trump’. Bitcoin has hit headlines this week for two very different but significant reasons. Over the past year the average monthly search has been 5.44 million but that has spiked considerably when Bitcoin began November's $7,000 to $11,000 surge. The rise of the coin from less than a British penny in in 2010, to over £8,000 ($11,000) on November 29 marks the staggering rise of a genuine social, cultural and computer-science phenomena. Perhaps more importantly however is the move towards industry investment and the new...