Bitcoin has continued to climb over the last week, adding to a more-than-50% gain through December. The bitcoin price has brushed $30,000 per bitcoin during the last 24 hours, hitting $29,300 per bitcoin on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, up four-fold from the beginning of 2020 and on track for its biggest monthly gain since May 2019. Now, after the U.S. Treasury department proposed new "onerous" new bitcoin and crypto regulations, the chief executive of one of the world's biggest exchanges, Coinbase, has warned they pose "a substantial intrusion into your privacy without good reason"—and called on the bitcoin and crypto community to "voice your concerns directly" with the Treasury. MORE FROM FORBES Second Stimulus Check: How Bitcoin Could Have Made Your First Worth Almost $5,000 By Billy Bambrough The bitcoin price has come within touching distance of $30,000 per bitcoin this week, with the ... [+] bitcoin and cryptocurrency community ...