Cryptocurrency Investors Worry, Wait After Bitcoin Price Drop
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Over the last month, in a series of volatile swings, the price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin rose to a record high — then plunged to less than half that value. The abrupt changes have inspired comparisons to the dot-com bubble, and underscored the extremely speculative nature of investing in cryptocurrency.
Some speculate the recent slide was due to fear over regulatory crackdowns on the cryptocurrency market. Cryptocurrency trading hotbed South Korea has suggested a ban on trading might be possiblethough the country has not yet finalized any plans. Similar reports recently circulated about China.
The anxiety over anticipated crackdowns may have helped trigger a selloff across the cryptocurrency market Tuesday. The largest and best-known of hundreds of digital currencies, bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that is bought and sold in exchanges internationally.
And its value floats against other currencies the same way the dollar and the euro float against each other. Users say it's got this very effective system for verifying transactions," NPR's Uri Berliner reports. And they say that's a good thing. But the recent price fall may not be a good thing for investors, who are still trying to figure out what the crash means for the future of the cryptocurrency. Many other digital currencies have shown similar swings in recent days.
When they collapsed, investors We see similar characteristics in cryptocurrencies right now. Bitcoin investors know this trend as well. Investors saw a similar rise and fall in bitcoin prices in December And there have been dramatic rises and falls in the price of the cryptocurrency within the last year. It tripled its value within months — then, by the end of the year, tripled again. You might make a profit, but what we are seeing is people who — in the last month or two — put money into bitcoin, are having trouble getting cash back when they sell and are now watching the price fall and panicking.
My shower this morning after looking at my portfolio during this crash. Some say that bitcoin shows promise. Economists aren't so sure. Some analysts believe that the cryptocurrency might be trying to find a temporary price floor, but Citigroup analysts think that the price of bitcoin could plummet again to half of its current valueCNBC reports.
And then I think it will probably crash. But I don't know how much — you know, how far down it will decline. Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player. The Two-Way There are hundreds of digital currencies worldwide. The price of the largest, best known one just plummeted by 50 percent.
Now, investors are watching for a boom — or a bust. Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email. January 18, 4: Technology Finding Your Lost Bitcoins.
