Bitcoin’s ups and downs

Bitcoin rallied to a high of $19,800 in mid December before falling 28 percent, driven by a new generation of investors that can now bet on and against Bitcoin prices with futures contracts 

Dec 1: $10,859.56
	$16,858.02
Dec 10: CBOE* starts trading bitcoin futures $15,036.96
Dec 16: $19,343.04
Dec 17: CME† opens up bitcoin futures $17,608.35
Dec 30: $12,629.81
Jan 10, 09:00GMT: $13,478.56

$4,492,80.00 Current value of $100 of bitcoin bought at start of 2011

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*Chicago Board Options Exchange. †Chicago Mercantile Exchange


Sources: Associated Press, Coindesk.com/price