Bitcoin prices top 16 million won
Bitcoin’s price has climbed to the 16 million won ($13,816) mark for the first time this year thanks to Facebook’s recent announcement it would introduce its own cryptocurrency in 2010, a domestic crypto exchange said.According to domestic crypto exchange Bithumb, Thursday, bitcoin exceeded the 16 million level during the day and landed at 15.6 million won per coin as of 3 p.m., up 3.58 percent from a day before.Prices of virtual coins, including bitcoin, had stagnated at the 4 million won to 5 million won range for about five months this year since December.
