Bitcoin briefly overtook Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to become the 5th largest asset in the world by market cap for the first time, trailing only behind gold, Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia. CompaniesMarketCap This happened on Wednesday morning, when bitcoin’s market cap rose to $1.871 trillion, coinciding with Alphabet’s brief drop to $1.859 trillion following its loss in a legal case related to ad tech practices. This is a big deal for Bitcoin’s growing role in the global financial system and its growing appeal to retail and institutional investors. Interestingly, Bitcoin is now worth twice as much as Tesla. Bitcoin’s recent …