Cryptocurrency markets have hit a significant milestone shortly after Elon Musk’s Tesla officially announced their investment in Bitcoin
BTC
$23,046
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For the first time in history, the crypto market has surpassed Alphabet’s GOOG and GOOGL in terms of market capitalization.
On Feb. 10, the total crypto market cap hit $1.413 trillion, overtaking the market cap levels of Google class-A and class-C shares. At the time of writing, the market capitalizations of GOOGL and GOOG amount to $1.39 trillion and $1.404 trillion, respectively.
One-year crypto market capitalization. Source: CoinMarketCapCrypto market capitalization has been gaining momentum amid an ongoing crypto rally this year, breaking the $1 trillion mark in early January.
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Total crypto market cap previously surpassed the market cap level of Tesla, which amounts to around $815 billion at the time of writing. Soon after crypto markets broke Tesla’s market cap, the company made a massive announcement on Feb. 8, reporting a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin to the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission.
Crypto's recent pump now puts the market behind Amazon, Microsoft and Apple in terms of market cap.
Source: TradingViewAhead of the record-breaking crypto market cap, Bitcoin and Ether
ETH
$1,635
hit new all-time highs of above $48,000 and $1,800, respectively.
Following Tesla’s official move into Bitcoin investment, some in the industry speculated that Apple could be the next institutional player to adopt the crypto asset.