Bitcoin Tops $40K for First Time, Doubling in Less Than a Month

Causing observers to run out of superlatives and Google users to query about whether a crash is coming, bitcoin’s price topped $40,000 for the first time Thursday, only hours after the leading cryptocurrency blew past $38,000 and $39,000.

UPDATE (Jan. 7, 13:10 UTC): Adds new all-time high, fixes current price.
UPDATE (Jan. 7, 16:21 UTC): Adds new all-time high.