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Bitcoin Price Drops Below $14,000 As Cryptocurrency Competition Heats Up by Nonnyflex(m): 10:32am On Dec 22, 2017 |
Cryptocurrency bitcoin tumbled below $14,000 briefly on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, down roughly 30% from its record top near $20,000 set at the start of the week. It was last down 7% at $14,499 but fell as much as 14.7% earlier in the Asian day. The cryptocurrency, which was at about $1,000 at the year’s start, had surged to a record high of $19,666 on Sunday in the lead up to exchange giant CME Group’s launch of its bitcoin futures. It has since lost about a third of its value. “Keep in mind that bitcoin has gone up a lot this year, so a correction is always likely,” said Shane Chanel, equities and derivatives adviser at ASR Wealth Advisers in Sydney. Bitcoin‘s success brought cryptocurrencies to the forefront and has also boosted the profile of its rivals, which offer alternatives to bitcoin. “A lot of the capital is flowing from bitcoin into alternative coins. You’ve seen companies like Verge and Ripple, which are over 400% in the last week,” Chanel at ASR Wealth Advisers said. Verge and Ripple are among an array of cryptocurrencies that both emulate and compete with bitcoin. Stephen Innes, head of trading in Asia-Pacific for retail FX broker Oanda in Singapore, said that there have also been moves out of bitcoin into Bitcoin Cash, a clone of the original cryptocurrency. Oanda does not handle trading in bitcoin. “Most of it is unsophisticated retail traders getting burned badly,” Innes said on bitcoin‘s recent retreat. Bitcoin is known to go through wild swings. In November, it tumbled almost 30% in four days from $7,888 to $5,555. In September, it fell 40% from $4,979 to $2,972. “Trading in bitcoin is akin to gambling, so its movements don’t follow logical patterns,” said Takashi Hiroki, chief strategist at Monex Securities in Tokyo. “Unlike equities and bonds, it is not possible to calculate expected returns on bitcoin, so buying it becomes a gamble rather than an investment.” While CME and its rival Cboe Global Markets move to list bitcoin futures has given the digital currency some perceived legitimacy, some policymakers remain skeptical. South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service said on Tuesday it does not consider bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to be currencies of any kind. Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that bitcoin had not been proven as a credible currency. |
Re: Bitcoin Price Drops Below $14,000 As Cryptocurrency Competition Heats Up by Nonnyflex(m): 10:33am On Dec 22, 2017 |
Re: Bitcoin Price Drops Below $14,000 As Cryptocurrency Competition Heats Up by bettercreature(m): 11:09am On Dec 22, 2017 |
It has nothing to do with competition,it's because of xmas |
Re: Bitcoin Price Drops Below $14,000 As Cryptocurrency Competition Heats Up by Nonnyflex(m): 3:56pm On Dec 22, 2017 |
bettercreature:An international entity known all over is giving you its assessment and u inside ur room seems to know better... So 3 other times it happened this year was because of Christmas abi? |
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