比特币再次突破53000美元，4年涨幅超过12倍

尽管目前有很多国家限制比特币的交易，但仍然阻挡不了比特币前行的步伐。

Although many countries are currently restricting Bitcoin transactions, it is still not possible to stop Bitcoin from moving forward.

在大家不断唱衰比特币的时候，它却愈发神勇，比特币价格跌了又涨，涨了又跌，一直在不断的创造新的记录。

As you continue to sang bitcoin, it is becoming more bold, and bitcoin prices are falling and rising and falling, and new records are constantly being created.

在2020年的时候，受到全球新冠疫情的影响，全球各类资产都出现了明显的下跌，比特币也不例外，在2020年3月初，比特币一度暴跌至4000美元以下，很多人以为比特币这下要完蛋了。

但后来随着欧美不断释放流动性，比特币突然迎来了爆发，从2020年9月份开始比特币迅速飙升，到2021年3月初的时候，比特币价格已飙到5.8万美元，短短5个月飙涨近5倍。

But then, with the steady release of mobility in Europe and the United States, Bitcoin suddenly erupted, rising rapidly from September 2020 to the beginning of March 2021, when Bitcoin prices jumped to $58,000, nearly fivefold in just five months.

到2021年10月1日的时候，比特币更是创下67,000元美元的最高记录，随后随着全球流动性收紧，比特币价格也跟着下跌，当大家以为比特币即将崩盘的时候，没想到从2022年底开始，它又触底开始反弹。

By 1 October 2021, Bitcoin had a record record of $67,000, and then, as global liquidity tightened, bitcoin prices fell, and when it was assumed that Bitcoin was about to collapse, it began to rebound again from the end of 2022.

在2023年1月初，比特币的价格还只有23,000美元左右，随后一路走高，到了2024年2月20日，比特币再次突破53000美元大关。

At the beginning of January 2023, the price of Bitcoin stood at only about $23,000, after which it went up to 20 February 2024, when Bitcoin once again broke the $53,000 mark.

如果在2023年1月初有人投资比特币，持有到现在其回报率已经接近130%，这个回报率远远超过全球大多数股市的表现。

如果要用两个字来形容比特币，我只能用疯狂来形容。

If two words are used to describe bitcoin, I can only describe it with madness.

比特币刚出现的时候，没有人看好这种数字货币，甚至白送给人家都不要，在2010年的时候，比特币最低价格只有0.003美元，当时美国有一位程序员用1万枚比特币才买了两份披萨。

At the time of Bitcoin's appearance, no one looked at it and even gave it away for nothing. In 2010, the lowest price of Bitcoin was only US$0.003, when one of the United States programmers bought two pizzas with 10,000 bitcoins.

后来随着更多的人参与到比特币的炒作当中，比特币的价格也是水涨船高，一路不断上涨。尽管这中间起起伏伏甚至几度出现崩盘，让很多人血本无归，但从整体来看，比特币价格仍然是呈上涨趋势的。

As more people became involved in Bitcoin’s campaign, the price of bitcoin was also high, rising all the way up. Although there was an upturn or even a few collapses in the middle, leaving many dead, the price of bitcoin as a whole was still on the rise.

当比特币达到2万美元的时候，很多人认为它即将破灭，但没想到比特币又接连突破3万美元，4万美元，5万美元甚至6万美元大关。

为何比特币如此疯狂呢？只能说比特币特殊的属性给全球投资者创造了疯狂的机会。

Why is Bitcoin so crazy? All I can say is that bitcoin's special attributes create crazy opportunities for global investors.

一方面是比特币本身的稀缺性。

比特币从一开始发行，它的数量就确定下来，终极数量只有2,100万枚，而且随着时间推长，比特币的挖掘难度越来越大。

这种稀缺性不仅让比特币本身更珍贵，最关键的是因为数量有限，它具有很好的抗通胀属性，过去十几年，尽管全球物价飞升，但比特币价格仍然很坚挺。

This scarcity has not only made bitcoin itself more precious, but most critically because of its limited number, its good anti-inflationary properties and the fact that, over the past 10 years, the price of bitcoin has remained strong despite the rise in global prices.

另一方面全球投资机构的介入。

On the other hand, the involvement of global investment agencies.

十几年前比特币都是一些个人在玩，都是一些投资者为了寻找一夜暴富而大量炒作。

A decade ago, Bitcoin was played by some individuals, and by some investors in search of one-night wealth.

但经过十几年的发展，比特币被证实具有一定的投资价值，所以很多机构也纷纷介入，从2020年开始，包括支付巨头PayPal、电动汽车制造商Tesla、对冲基金巨头Paul Tudor Jones等都加入到比特币投资行列当中，这直接推动了比特币新一轮高潮。

再一个是比特币为不法分子提供了洗钱便利。

, another is Bitcoin, which facilitates money-laundering for outlaws.

比特币是一种无中心的数字货币，不受任何一个政府和组织控制，它只通过网络上的节点进行流通，所以很难进行追溯。

Bitcoin is an uncentred digital currency that is not controlled by any single Government or organization and circulates only through nodes on the network, making it difficult to trace it retroactively.

正是比特币这种特点，现在很多人都利用比特币进行跨国资金的转移，尤其是最近几年在全球对跨国洗钱打击力度越来越大的背景下，连瑞士私人银行都要透露一些账户信息了，这迫使很多富豪将目光转向了比特币。他们先买入比特币，然后再利用比特币把钱转到境外，所以最近几年全球对比特币的需求也是愈发强烈。

It is in bitcoin that many people are now using bitcoin for cross-border money transfers, especially in recent years, when private Swiss banks have revealed some account information against a backdrop of growing global efforts to combat transnational money-laundering, forcing many rich people to turn their eyes to bitcoin. They buy bitcoin first, then use bitcoin to transfer money abroad, so the demand for bitcoin has become stronger globally in recent years.

在多方面的共同影响之下，比特币虽然没有什么实质性的价值，对实体经济也没有什么促进作用，但却广受全球众多投资者的欢迎，它的价格也是一路水涨船高。

With the combined influence of many sides, Bitcoin, while of little material value or contribution to the real economy, is widely welcomed by a large number of investors around the world, and its prices are rising all the way.