March 13 (Reuters) - Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency, on Saturday reached a record high, trading up to $59,755.
Bitcoin is up more than 2% from its previous year high of $58,354.14 on Feb. 21.
Bitcoin's price soared this year as major firms, such as BNY Mellon , asset manager BlackRock Inc , credit card giant Mastercard Inc , backed cryptocurrencies, while those such as Tesla Inc Square Inc and MicroStrategy Inc invested in bitcoin.
(Reporting by Ann Maria Shibu in Bengaluru; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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