비트코인 가격 3천500만원 넘어서며 사상 최고가 기록<br /><br />The cryptocurrency Bitcoin, considered the sector's benchmark, has been reaching new highs on this Sunday above 34-thousand U.S. dollars, around double its peak in the big rally three years ago.<br />Investors have been drawn to Bitcoin as the U.S. dollar weakens, and with the Federal Reserve likely to keep interest rates near zero for serveral more years.<br />Also, it got a boost last year from PayPal deciding to accept Bitcoin for online payments and let users buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies.<br />From a year ago, the virtual currency is up well over 300 percent.<br />But it's famously volatile, having plunged in March along with global stocks to under 5-thousand dollars.<br />