The crypto currency has reached a price of $ 53,155 per unit this Friday after experiencing growth of more than 2%, according to data from the CoinDesk portal.
The digital currency passed the threshold of $ 50,000 for the first time in its history on Tuesday and on Wednesday its value rose to $ 52,000 per unit.
The increase in the price of the cryptocurrency comes at a time when more and more companies are leaning towards the idea that bitcoin could gain greater acceptance as a means of payment.
Tesla also announced last week that it will spend $ 1.5 billion on the cryptocurrency as part of a new investment strategy. The payment system MasterCard announced that it will start working with several digital currencies, while Apple Pay already allows its users to make payments with bitcoin through the BitPay application.
In addition, late last year, the PayPal payment system launched a functionality that allows US users to buy, sell and save the main cryptocurrencies.