Bitcoin is going bananas

Bitcoin is going bananas.
The cryptocurrency was 6.9% higher at $1,094.69 per coin early Wednesday, bringing its 2017 gain to 15%.
On its first trading day of the new year, bitcoin crossed above the $1,000 mark for the first time since 2013.
Bitcoin is up 90% since the beginning of September, and it gained 123% in 2016, making it the top performing currency for the second year in a row.
Bitcoin's gains have been buoyed by renewed interest from China, where money is rushing out of the country as