beyond Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image captionOne bitcoin traded as low as $4,477.21 at one point The value of Bitcoin has fallen below $5,000 (£3,889) for the first time since October 2017. The fall brought the total value of all Bitcoin in existence to below $87bn. On Thursday, 15 November, Bitcoin Cash - an offshoot of Bitcoin - split into two different crypto-currencies, which are now in competition with each other. And some observers have blamed this for creating turmoil in the crypto-currency markets, with many of the digital assets experiencing falls. Bitcoin exchange Kraken said in a blog post that it regarded one of the two new Bitcoin Cash crypto-currencies - Bitcoin SV - as "an extremely risky investment". Bitcoin is a notoriously volatile crypto-currency. At its peak, in November 2017, it briefly hit $19,783 - which means the price has fallen by about 75%. Analysis: Rory Cellan-Jones, Technology correspondent After the excitements of last year when the price soared to nearly $20,000 and then tumbled, Bitcoin has been rather dull and stable for much of 2018, settling between $6,000 and $7,000. Sceptics like the economist Nouriel Roubini have predicted its demise, while the "hodlers" - those who promise to hold it come what may - remained confident it was heading "to the moon" where they would drive their "lambos". (That's- Lamborghinis for the uninitiated.) Now it is tumbling again and while it is never safe to ascribe any one cause to a market movement, bitter rifts in the community around a Bitcoin variant appear to be to blame. Bitcoin Cash split off from Bitcoin last year after a dispute about its direction and split again a few days ago in another so-called hard fork. Its value has dropped by almost 50% over the last week. It's confusing but think of the People's Front of Judea versus the Judean People's Front and you will get the picture. The result is gloom right across the cryptocurrency sector with its many altcoins. We were told that the fact that there was a strict limit of 21 million bitcoins which could be mined guaranteed that this would be a strong and stable currency. What nobody seemed to reckon with was that if you could start one cryptocurrency you could start dozens and chaos might then ensue. I think about you. But I don't say it anymore -Marguerite Duras, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camper Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Tiagong end of 2018 will chiong to 100k leh. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Fury Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) 1 year ago it peak at 20k...drastic 12mths Edited November 21, 2018 by Nick Fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing Birdy Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 time to hoot moar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camper Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, Nick Fury said: 1 year ago it peak at 20k...drastic 12mths Yeah simi psyc level simi 50% simi stochastic pivot level all broken lol. 6mths back i tell peepur in NK classic bubble burst liao they tell me to f off ? Edited November 21, 2018 by Camper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemcell Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 heng dat time 20k i sell liao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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