News24.com | After dizzying gyrations, what's bitcoin really worth?

After dizzying gyrations, what’s bitcoin really worth? Share Subscribers can listen to this article Getty Images When it started life in 2009 as open-source software, bitcoin was essentially worth zero — though within a year it had reached eight cents. One tech site, AssetDash.com, notes that bitcoin is currently worth around as much as Facebook and a little more than Chinese e-retail giant Alibaba.
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