What's behind the plunge in bitcoin?
Apr 07, 2018
3 minutes
In the wild roller-coaster that the stock market has been riding, most investors may have missed the plunge in another asset: bitcoin.
The cryptocurrency has dropped 11 percent of its value in the past three trading days – part of a 66 percent fall in value since December, which is jaw-dropping even by its standards.
Some of the latest losses may stem from stock market fears over a potential trade war with China. But analysts say the biggest factor behind the plunge in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is the
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