MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. Bitcoin rose by 11.6% to $57,289, according to data from the Coindesk platform.

As of 15:45 Moscow time, Bitcoin reached $57,414 (+12.23%).

The last time the price of Bitcoin exceeded $57,000 was on December 1, 2021.

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or possibly a group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. It is a decentralized digital currency on its own blockchain.