隨著機構興趣的增強，比特幣突破 23,000 美元

週四，比特幣繼續突破 23,000 美元（16,202 英鎊）。

Bitcoin price today: Cryptocurrency hits new record high, briefly rising past $23,000

今日比特幣價格：加密貨幣創下新高，短暫上升至 23,000 美元以上

Bitcoin continued to break new ground on Thursday, briefly rising past $23,000 (£16,202).

週四，比特幣繼續突破 23,000 美元（16,202 英鎊）。

Bitcoin rose over 8% against the dollar to hit a record high of $23,586.91 (BTC-USD) in early trade in London. The cryptocurrency had fallen back to around $22,826 by mid-morning, a gain of just over 3% on the day.

倫敦早盤交易中，比特幣兌美元上漲超過 8%，創下 23,586.91 美元（BTC-USD）的歷史新高。截至上午中旬，該加密貨幣已回落至 22,826 美元左右，當天漲幅略高於 3%。

Thursday’s early price action marked the second new all-time high in as many days for bitcoin. On Wednesday, bitcoin passed the $20,000 mark for the first time, a psychologically significant level bulls had been targeting for months.

週四早盤的價格走勢標誌著比特幣多日以來第二個歷史新高。週三，比特幣首次突破 2 萬美元大關，這是多頭幾個月來一直瞄準的心理重要水平。

Tumbling records come after a storming rally that began in late October. Bitcoin has rallied over 100% since the start of October and is up around 180% across 2020.

十月下旬開始的猛烈反彈之後，創下了暴跌紀錄。自 10 月初以來，比特幣已上漲超過 100%，並在 2020 年上漲了 180% 左右。

“In a period where bonds are yielding negative rates, big banks having the audacity to pay negligible interest and charge for even basic bank accounts it is no wonder more and more people are looking to store some of their money in cryptocurrencies,” said Yang Li, chief growth officer of crypto company Ziglu.

「在債券產生負利率的時期，大銀行竟然敢於支付微不足道的利息，甚至對基本的銀行帳戶收取費用，難怪越來越多的人希望將部分資金存儲在加密貨幣中，」楊力說加密貨幣公司Ziglu 的首席成長長。

The rally has coincided with increased institutional interest in the cryptocurrency.

此次上漲恰逢機構對加密貨幣的興趣增加。

Square (SQ), Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s payment company, invested $50m in bitcoin in October. That same month rival PayPal (PYPL) said it would allow customers to buy and hold crypto through its app. Square has let people buy crypto through its Cash app since 2018 and said last month 80% of Cash’s third quarter revenue came from bitcoin trading.

Twitter 創辦人 Jack Dorsey 的支付公司 Square (SQ) 在 10 月投資了 5000 萬美元的比特幣。同月，競爭對手 PayPal (PYPL) 表示，將允許客戶透過其應用程式購買和持有加密貨幣。 Square 自 2018 年以來一直允許人們透過其 Cash 應用程式購買加密貨幣，並在上個月表示，Cash 第三季收入的 80% 來自比特幣交易。

Traditional finance players have been getting into the market alongside tech companies. High profile hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones bought bitcoin in May as a hedge against inflation. It marked one of the highest-profile endorsements of bitcoin from a traditional money manager.

傳統金融企業一直在與科技公司一起進入市場。備受矚目的對沖基金經理 Paul Tudor Jones 在五月購買了比特幣，作為對沖通膨的工具。它標誌著傳統資金管理者對比特幣最引人注目的認可之一。

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Others have followed since then. A fund manager survey by Bank of America, published this week, found that going long bitcoin was one of the most crowded trades in finance. 15% of fund managers who responded to the survey had taken this position, making it the third most popular trade.

從那時起，其他人也紛紛效法。美國銀行本週發布的一項基金經理人調查發現，做多比特幣是金融領域最擁擠的交易之一。 15% 受調查的基金經理採取了這一立場，使其成為第三大最受歡迎的交易。

“While a lot of scepticism still surrounds cryptocurrencies, some in the investment community appear to have warmed to them,” said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets. “This appears to be what is helping to drive the current move higher.”

CMC Markets 首席市場分析師 Michael Hewson 表示：“雖然加密貨幣仍然存在許多懷疑，但投資界的一些人似乎已經對它們產生了興趣。” “這似乎有助於推動當前的走勢。”

The latest institution to climb on the bitcoin train is London-based Ruffer Investment Management, which has £20bn of assets under management. The firm on Wednesday said its Multi-Strategies Fund had put 2.5% of its assets in bitcoin.

最新登上比特幣列車的機構是總部位於倫敦的魯弗投資管理公司，該公司管理著 200 億英鎊的資產。該公司週三表示，其多策略基金已將 2.5% 的資產投資於比特幣。

“We see this as a small but potent insurance policy against the continuing devaluation of the world's major currencies,” management said in a statement.

「我們認為這是針對世界主要貨幣持續貶值的一項小而有效的保險政策，」管理層在一份聲明中表示。

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