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In what year did bitcoin first trade above $20,000 USD? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2020 uint256

first traded above USD 20,000
The first reported crossing of the USD 20,000 level by Bitcoin's market price across exchanges.
sources
www.investing.com, cnbc, 'bitcoin breaks above $20,000 for the first time ever', published 2020-12-16: 'bitcoin breached the $20,000 level for the first time in history wednesday' (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-the-first-time-ever.html), en.wikipedia.org, finance.yahoo.com, reuters, "bitcoin breaks above $20,000 for first time", 16 december 2020 (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20-000-134316170.html); corroborated by investing.com, "bitcoin tops $20,000 for the first time", 16 december 2020, reporting btc at $20,283.49 on bitfinex at 13:48 gmt, reuters, 'bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time' (dec. 16, 2020): https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, reuters, 'bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time,' dec. 16, 2020: https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, reuters, bitcoin breaks above $20,000 for first time, dec. 16, 2020 (via yahoo finance): https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20-000-134316170.html, reuters, bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time (dec 16, 2020), https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939; coindesk, first mover: stimulus tests bitcoin in real-time, and it passes $20k (dec 16, 2020), https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/12/16/first-mover-stimulus-tests-bitcoin-in-real-time-and-it-passes-20k, reuters, bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time (dec. 16, 2020): https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, reuters, bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time, published 2020-12-16 (https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939); corroborated by coindesk, first mover: stimulus tests bitcoin in real-time, and it passes $20k (https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/12/16/first-mover-stimulus-tests-bitcoin-in-real-time-and-it-passes-20k), reuters, bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time, published december 16, 2020, https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, reuters, via investing.com, 'bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time' (december 16, 2020): https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, reuters, ‘bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time,’ dec. 16, 2020, syndicated by investing.com: https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, reuters, ‘bitcoin shatters $20,000 barrier for first time,’ dec. 16, 2020: https://www.investing.com/news/forex-news/bitcoin-breaks-above-20000-for-first-time-2369939, thefinancialexpress.com.bd, www.aljazeera.com, www.coindesk.com

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  2. Answered125 of 197 agreed140 needed
    #10692,017differedfrom en.wikipedia.org
    #3952,017differedWidely documented historical fact: Bitcoin first traded above $20,000 USD on December 17, 2017, during the 2017 bull run (e.g. CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index historical data and widespread financial press coverage of the December 2017 all-time high).
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  3. Panel disagreed125 of 197 answers agreed; 140 were required.