Bitcoin 2016's top performing currency, breaks $1,000-mark
Digital currency bitcoin jumped above $1,000 for the first time in three years on Sunday, having outperformed all central-bank-issued currencies with a 125% climb in 2016. Notably, Bitcoin's total worth is at a record-high of above $16 billion (over ₹1 lakh crore). Bitcoin is a web-based "cryptocurrency", which relies on thousands of computers across the world that validate transactions.