According to the PwC rating of the 100 largest companies, with a $167 billion market capitalization, bitcoin is bigger than Citigroup ($165bn), IBM ($164bn), HSBC ($162bn) and Pepsi ($160bn). The virtual currency is much bigger than Unilever ($149bn), Mastercard ($121bn) or Siemens ($117bn).
If bitcoin is compared to the Gross Domestic Product of countries, it has surpassed Algeria’s $156 billion and Qatar’s $152 billion. If the digital currency gains another $250, it will become bigger than Iraq. If bitcoin were a country, it would be the 53rd wealthiest nation in the world.
