{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bitcoin\u2019s Billion-Dollar Day\u2014Why It Mattered Then (and Still Does)","description":"The Day Bitcoin Became a Bonafide Unicorn 12 years ago today Bitcoin broke through an important milestone On March 28, 2013, Bitcoin quietly crossed a major symbolic threshold, reaching a market capitalization of $1 billion. It wasn\u2019t shouted from the rooftops. In fact, the actual number might\u2019ve hovered just below that line. But in crypto, even rounding errors can be historic. It was a moment of validation for a technology that had been dismissed (often gleefully) as nerd money or internet funny-money. Instead, Bitcoin had just earned a seat at the \u201cunicorn\u201d table,a title usually reserved for high-growth startups valued at over a billion dollars. Of course, comparing Bitcoin to a startup is a bit like comparing a currency to a share of Tesla. Not quite apples-to-apples. But still, the milestone mattered, and still does. ","author_name":"BitAML Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/553852","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36022180\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/186673625"}