<p class="paragraph-paragraph-2bgue"><span style="color:#000000">JPMorgan, the global investment bank, said on Tuesday that Bitcoin's digital currency has risen as a gold competitor and could trade as high as $146,000 if it becomes a safe-haven commodity.</span></p><p class="paragraph-paragraph-2bgue"><span style="color:#000000">With investors seeing bitcoin as a shield against inflation and an alternative to the depreciating dollar, interest in the world's biggest cryptocurrency has exploded this year. The scramble has contributed to bitcoin prices more than tripling to a record high of $34,800 on January 2 in the last six months.</span></p>
