Bitcoin investment exceeds $9 billion in 2015

     Bitcoin prices came under pressure again in the Asian session on Thursday (September 10), continuing yesterday's weak performance.

     The quotes released by BITSTAMP show that Bitcoin/US dollar (XBT/USD) fell from 244 to 238 yesterday, and even fell below 238 in the Asian session of this trading day.

     The quotes released by KRAKEN showed that Bitcoin/Euro (XBT/EUR) continued to fall from 219 to around 214 yesterday, and further fell to 213 in the Asian session of this trading day.

(Bitcoin/USD intraday chart)

(Bitcoin/Euro time-sharing chart)

     In terms of industry, data released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Coindesk showed that the cumulative investment in Bitcoin in 2015 reached US$9.16 billion , an increase of 262.5% over the same period last year.

     In this regard, Bitpay Chief Commercial Officer Singh said, "Bitcoin investment is growing rapidly. The most important figure is that investment has increased nearly three times this year compared to the same period last year."

     Reports from Coinometrics and Statistita show that Bitcoin has taken over global financial services and remittance companies like Western Union and digital money transfer and settlement platform Xoom.

     At the same time, more and more internationally renowned companies such as Dell , Microsoft and Overstock are expanding the use of Bitcoin among ordinary merchants.

     At 13:13 Beijing time on September 10, Bitcoin/USD was 237.60 and Bitcoin/Euro was 213.15.