Bitcoin reached a price in excess of $48,000 on Tuesday as the frantic pace of trading for the cryptocurrency continues to soar as more and more people are drawn in.Cryptocurrencies have been around for a while, but, up to this point, have really stayed in the shadows as the industry grew, developed, and evolved.Now, however, more and more "powerful" people and corporations are being drawn to cryptocurrencies and this has raised the whole profile of the space.Elon Musk at Tesla, Inc. has committed to $1.5 billion in bitcoin and some are saying that this "may open the floodgates" to the real expansion of the industry.