Cubs World Series parade reportedly drew one of the largest crowds ever recorded. It's not often that 108 years of history is broken but that's what happened this week as the Cubs took home their first World Series championship since 1908. And boy, did Chicago celebrate in style.
The value of Bitcoin for today is A$6,046.34750012. It has a current circulating supply of 16.5 Million coins and a total volume exchanged of A$1,019,517,399.2. Use the price conversion calculator below to convert between BTC and AUD.
Bitcoin worth almost as much as gold. Bitcoin prices continued their record run. The new all-time high is close to what it costs to buy an ounce of gold. Bitcoins are now worth nearly as much as an ounce of gold. The price of one bitcoin rose as high as $1,242 early Friday, just two days after crossing $1,000 for the first time. Prices subsequently fell back to about $1,155. Meanwhile, gold prices were trading around $1,250 an ounce, down about 25% for the year. Bitcoin has surged this year on hopes the experiment in digital money will eventually become a legitimate global currency. One bitcoin was worth about $13 in January. Bitcoin, which trades non-stop on the Mt. Gox exchange and other online markets, has been extremely volatile. It rose to what was then an all-time high of $900 earlier this month, only to fall back to $500 in the span of 28 hours.